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Inside the furor plaguing Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin
NEW YORK | Democrats keep winning at the ballot box. And yet Ken Martin, the man leading the Democratic National Committee, is facing a crisis of confidence among party officials who are increasingly concerned about the health of their political machine barely a year into his term. Major donors aren’t giving. Liberal influencers are publicly […]
Utah woman who published a book on grief after husband’s death to be sentenced for his murder
PARK CITY, Utah | A Utah mother who published a children’s book about grief after the death of her husband and was later found guilty of killing him finds out Wednesday how long she will spend in prison. Kouri Richins was convicted in March of aggravated murder for lacing her husband’s cocktail with five times […]
Musk, Cook, Huang and other prominent US executives invited to join Trump on trip to China
Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace will join President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week, according to a White House official. Trump expected to arrive in Beijing Wednesday to meet with President Xi Jinping. Aside from discussions about Iran, the two leaders are expected to […]
Trump’s proposed ‘Golden Dome’ estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump’s plan to put weapons in space — pitched as a “Golden Dome for America” missile defense program — is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion over a 20-year period, according to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag he […]
Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trump’s end game
WASHINGTON | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. While the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before Congress nearly two weeks ago, notably […]
French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
PARIS | A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sickened passenger said Tuesday. The outbreak has now reached 11 total reported cases, 9 of which have been confirmed. Three people […]
With ceasefire talks stalled, Trump and Hegseth claim ‘control’ over Iran and Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates | Kuwait accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Middle East nation. The accusation brought Tuesday came just before U.S. President Donald Trump departed for Beijing where he’ll meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a […]
UK’s Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow and several ministers quit
LONDON | U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told members of his Cabinet on Tuesday that he has no intention of resigning as calls grew louder within his Labour Party for him to step down. Starmer tried to shore up support within his Cabinet following a febrile few days in the wake of hefty losses for […]
Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more
WASHINGTON | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles. For this part, the Pentagon chief softened his tone from previous hearings on Capitol Hill in his […]
Ukraine officials say Zelenskyy’s ex-chief of staff is a suspect in a money-laundering probe
KYIV, Ukraine | Two national agencies fighting corruption in Ukraine named President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff as an official suspect in a major graft investigation. They said Tuesday that the Ukrainian leader is not under suspicion in the case. Andriy Yermak is suspected in an alleged 460-million-hryvnia ($10.5 million) money-laundering scheme, the agencies […]