Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Fears of political violence are growing as the 2024 campaign heats up and conspiracy theories evolve

Experts on extremism fear that the threat of politically motivated violence will intensify as the 2024 presidential campaign heats up

Fears of political violence are growing as the 2024 campaign heats up and conspiracy theories evolve
World

International backlash grows after move to strip Guatemalan president-elect's immunity

International rebuke swelled on Saturday over what observers say are efforts to use a politicized justice system to keep Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arevalo out

International backlash grows after move to strip Guatemalan president-elect's immunity
World

Colombia's Petro says he proposed U.S. pay bonuses to Venezuelan migrants

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, visiting Venezuela on Saturday, said he had proposed to the United States that it pay an "economic stabilization" bonus to Venezuelan migrants

Colombia's Petro says he proposed U.S. pay bonuses to Venezuelan migrants
News|Political

GOP secures all elected statewide offices in Louisiana, after Republican victories Saturday

Republicans in Louisiana have swept three runoff races for powerful statewide offices: attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer

GOP secures all elected statewide offices in Louisiana, after Republican victories Saturday
World

APEC over, Taiwan reports renewed Chinese military activity

Taiwan reported renewed Chinese military activity around the island on Sunday, with nine aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait and warships carrying out "

APEC over, Taiwan reports renewed Chinese military activity
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Ahead of Dutch elections, food banks highlight the cost-of-living crisis, a major campaign theme

Thousands of families are lining up for free handouts at food banks across the Netherlands

Ahead of Dutch elections, food banks highlight the cost-of-living crisis, a major campaign theme
Health|News|Political

Voters back abortion rights, but some foes won’t relent. Is the commitment to democracy in question?

The statewide battles over abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to abortion have exposed another fault line across the country

Voters back abortion rights, but some foes won’t relent. Is the commitment to democracy in question?
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Dissent over US policy in the Israel-Hamas war stirs unusual public protests from federal employees

President Joe Biden and Congress are facing some unusually public challenges over their support for Israel’s offensive against Hamas

Dissent over US policy in the Israel-Hamas war stirs unusual public protests from federal employees
World

Trump congratulates Argentine libertarian Milei on election win

Former U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated libertarian Javier Milei, an outsider with radical views to fix the economy, on being elected president in Argentina on Sunday.

Trump congratulates Argentine libertarian Milei on election win
News|Political

Biden pardons National Thanksgiving Turkeys while marking his 81st birthday with jokes about his age

President Joe Biden has spent part of his 81st birthday observing the White House tradition of pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys

Biden pardons National Thanksgiving Turkeys while marking his 81st birthday with jokes about his age
Business|News|Political

A Montana farmer with a flattop and ample lobbyist cash stands between the GOP and Senate control

Republicans two seats short of U.S. Senate control are expected to spend tens of millions of dollars on ads attacking Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester as a Washington insider tainted by lobbyist cash

A Montana farmer with a flattop and ample lobbyist cash stands between the GOP and Senate control
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Right-wing populist Milei set to take Argentina down uncharted path: 'No room for lukewarm measures'

What many deemed impossible just months ago is reality: Right-wing populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina’s presidency

Right-wing populist Milei set to take Argentina down uncharted path: 'No room for lukewarm measures'
Economy

German minister attacks 'inflexible' debt brake as coalition cracks show

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Monday criticised sticking to what he called the country's "inflexible" debt brake and took a swipe at Finance Minister

German minister attacks 'inflexible' debt brake as coalition cracks show
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Albania's opposition disrupts a budget vote with flares and piled-up chairs in Parliament

Albanian opposition lawmakers have disrupted the Parliament’s session again to protest what they say is increasingly authoritarian rule by the governing Socialists

Albania's opposition disrupts a budget vote with flares and piled-up chairs in Parliament
Entertainment|News|Political|World

Christian conservatives flock to former telenovela star in Mexico’s presidential race

While most Mexican politicians refrain from clarifying where they stand on religion, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, former telenovela actor and right-wing activist Eduardo Verástegui prays on TikTok and claims that getting closer to God changed the course of his life

Christian conservatives flock to former telenovela star in Mexico’s presidential race
World

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch meets Zelenskiy in Kyiv in 'very important signal' -Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch in the Ukrainian capital in what Kyiv said on Monday was a "very important signal" of support at a time when global

Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch meets Zelenskiy in Kyiv in 'very important signal' -Ukraine
World

U.S. Democrats urge Biden to push Israel over Gaza humanitarian assistance

A group of U.S.

U.S. Democrats urge Biden to push Israel over Gaza humanitarian assistance
Education|News|Political

Years after Parkland massacre, tour freshens violence for group of House lawmakers

A second group of U.S. House lawmakers toured the building where Parkland high school students were massacred in 2018

Years after Parkland massacre, tour freshens violence for group of House lawmakers
News|Political|Technology

Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children's safety online

A Senate committee has issued bipartisan subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap and X, demanding that the heads of the three companies testify at a December hearing on protecting children online

Senate panel subpoenas CEOs of Discord, Snap and X to testify about children's safety online
World

US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrives in South Korea port

The U.S. aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrived at a port in the South Korean city of Busan on Tuesday, in a show of extended deterrence against North Korea's nuclear and missile

US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson arrives in South Korea port
World

Taiwan election about choosing whether to embrace China, frontrunner says

Taiwan's people have to make a choice at next year's election about whether the island keeps moving forward on the road to democracy or "walks into the embrace of

Taiwan election about choosing whether to embrace China, frontrunner says
Political

Vivek Ramaswamy struggles to gain traction with Iowa Republicans as critics question his path ahead

Vivek Ramaswamy has failed to rise in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race and is increasingly risking becoming an afterthought

Vivek Ramaswamy struggles to gain traction with Iowa Republicans as critics question his path ahead
News|Political

60 years after JFK's death, today's Kennedys choose other paths to public service

The 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination finds his family, and the country, at a moment many would not have imagined in JFK's lifetime

60 years after JFK's death, today's Kennedys choose other paths to public service
Arts

Shows like 'Scandal' and 'Madam Secretary' inspire women to become involved in politics in real life

Watching a woman character star in a fictional political TV drama can spark viewers, particularly women, to vote, campaign for a politician or find other ways to become involved in politics.

Shows like 'Scandal' and 'Madam Secretary' inspire women to become involved in politics in real life
Political

West Bank's settler violence problem is a second sign that Israel's policy of ignoring Palestinians' drive for a homeland isn't a long-term solution

While the war in Gaza has riveted public attention, the simultaneous escalation of violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank is not disconnected from the violence in Gaza.

West Bank's settler violence problem is a second sign that Israel's policy of ignoring Palestinians' drive for a homeland isn't a long-term solution

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