Flanked by fighter jets, Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday in the first part of his trip to the Middle East, where he will also travel to Saudi Arabia. Putin landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE under protection from four Su-35 Russian fighter jets, which...
A group of progressive Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are pressing President Biden and his administration to step up oversight of the use of U.S. military weapons by the Israeli military in Gaza to reduce the civilian death toll. In a letter to President Biden on Tuesday, the senators raised alarm...
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is taking over as CEO of the Latino Community Foundation (LCF), a California-based nonprofit focused on expanding Latino economic, civic and political representation. Castro, a former mayor of San Antonio and 2020 presidential candidate, will take over the organization on Jan. 1. "One of the things that...
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday that he will step down from Congress after he was ousted as House Speaker.
Boston is considering a proposal to allow noncitizens with "legal status" to vote in local elections as the state grapples with a surge of new migrants.
More than 40 White House interns have written a letter to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris condemning their handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict.