Japan is considering compiling an extra budget focused on relief spending for reconstruction efforts after disasters such as earthquakes and heavy rain, the Yomiuri newspaper
October 07, 2026Voters started lining up while it was still dark on Tuesday morning at the Medina County Board of Elections as early voting began in Ohio, a state that
October 06, 2026Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella has offered legal assistance to a group of Colombian military veterans who were arrested over the 2021 killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse
October 07, 2026Italy's lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved part of a fiercely contested electoral reform championed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni which could be a factor in
October 06, 2026A new video from Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was standard issue Republican messaging for promoting her state’s stricter rules for people on Medicaid
October 06, 2026Trump draws backlash after he suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
October 06, 2026An overwhelming majority of Americans said that it is inappropriate to use taxpayer funds for TV ads featuring the president around an
October 06, 2026Spain's government on Tuesday approved two housing decrees whose rejection by parliament last week prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election.
October 06, 2026The Kremlin on Tuesday warned that a preliminary decision by NATO member Lithuania to lift a constitutional ban on hosting nuclear arms on its territory could lead to a new
October 06, 2026In a historic move, Hungary will soon start releasing tens of thousands of Communist-era police files in an online public database, giving people access
October 06, 2026Spain's snap election will revolve around an issue which has topped voters' list of concerns for three years straight but, until a fortnight ago, failed
October 06, 2026President Donald Trump says he will stop using taxpayer funds for ads promoting himself
October 06, 2026President Donald Trump on Monday said taxpayers will no longer pay for television ads featuring him shortly before the November congressional
October 06, 2026Spain's Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, on Monday lived up to his reputation as a political gambler by calling a snap
October 05, 2026Democrats say their nominee for governor in Ohio, Dr. Amy Acton, represents the party’s best chance in years to win that office
October 05, 2026Brazil's benchmark stock index Bovespa gained more than 8% in early Monday trading, exceeding 205,000 points after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro led leftist
October 05, 2026An AP-KFF poll finds that rural voters are divided on whether President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown has benefited or harmed their communities
October 05, 2026Key takeaways as Brazil heads to presidential runoff that could reshape Latin America
October 05, 2026When Halima
October 05, 2026Police in Moscow have detained about 60 people, mostly young, as a rally held by Russia’s Kremlin-friendly Communist Party was ending
October 04, 2026The People's House museum exhibit in Washington has updated its replica Oval Office to match Donald Trump’s flashier and more golden design choices from his second term
October 04, 2026Many college students today are feeling anxious about their future
October 04, 2026Scotlandville is a predominantly Black community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that's facing challenges in its political representation
October 04, 2026President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections
October 04, 2026Ukraine is working to heal a spat with South Korea over Kyiv's publicly announced transfer of two North Korean servicemen taken prisoner in the war against Russia, Ukrainian media
October 02, 2026President Donald Trump's campaign rally on the Choctaw Nation puts him in rare company
October 01, 20268 in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump on inflation. That’s extremely rare for a president
October 02, 2026Another Trump meme coin contest promises an ‘exclusive’ dinner with the president
October 02, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump won't say if he thinks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be reelected this month
October 01, 2026The tweet that defined a decade of Trump
October 01, 2026A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans blame President Donald Trump for persistently high prices, while only about 2 in 10 approve of his handling of the cost of living
October 01, 2026A senior Taiwan naval commander has been transferred to the Coast Guard to boost coordination at a time China has ramped up its maritime presence around the
October 01, 2026Matthew Van Houten, District Attorney for Tompkins County, New York, joins The Lead.
September 30, 2026By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - The US Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation placing new restrictions on stock trading by members of Congress, as Democrats refused to provide enough votes to
September 30, 2026U.S.
September 30, 2026US troops complete Iraq exit, as Iran and its allies celebrate
September 30, 2026Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Trump's third nominee for surgeon general, is moving closer to confirmation
September 30, 2026Democrats in competitive midterm races are increasingly
September 30, 2026Iran said on Wednesday it had received a US response to its latest proposal to resurrect the collapsed ceasefire in
September 30, 2026A Google co-founder is spending $100 million to defeat California’s wealth tax. It could become one of his best investments
September 29, 2026Former US special counsel Jack Smith told senators on Tuesday that he will not be silenced by threats of prosecution, as he
September 29, 2026Top AI executives sign commitment to ‘self-police’ after meeting at White House
September 29, 2026‘Please fight’: How an elderly woman’s eviction put Spain’s housing crisis in the spotlight
September 28, 2026Republican hopes of winning Senate races in Georgia and North Carolina have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections
September 29, 2026By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW, Sept 28 - Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion roubles ($202.58 billion) on defence in 2027, around 27% more than the 13.5 trillion roubles originally budgeted and the
September 28, 2026Italy's ruling coalition won a closely watched by-election in the southern region of Calabria on Monday, the first major test for Prime Minister Giorgia
September 28, 2026A senior member of Congo's ruling party was beaten to death after taking part in a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, a party representative said on
September 28, 2026Attempts to form a new government in Sweden hit the buffers on Monday after Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson said she was unable to secure enough support,
September 28, 2026Before he was the top U_S_ Postal Service official, David Steiner criticized Donald Trump's leadership style after seeing him on "The Apprentice."
September 28, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's been a bit of a random walk in Asia so far, with oil and yields up, stocks mixed, gold down and the dollar flat.
September 28, 2026Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, the wife of Malaysia's longest-serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, died on Monday, the veteran leader's office said.
September 28, 2026A city council in eastern Germany has halted the installation of memorial plaques honoring Holocaust victims, sparking outrage
September 27, 2026A deputy chair of President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party stepped down after an opposition politician accused her of making a large profit on shares just before a funds
September 27, 2026Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican congressman whose four-month absence from the House this year went unexplained until he disclosed that he was being treated for depression, clashed with Democratic opponent Rebecca Bennett in a debate Sunday in the battleground district
September 27, 2026As Maine Republican Susan Collins seeks a sixth Senate term, some voters are bringing up her 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice
September 27, 2026Pressure to boycott upcoming Nations League games against Israel over that country’s actions in Gaza has taken its toll on the Ireland team with players ultimately putting their participation to a vote
September 26, 2026Some former Kennedy Center employees are accusing officials at the performing arts venue of long knowing about structural issues they recently cited as new problems
September 26, 2026CNN's Dana Bash discusses the extraordinary circumstances of Trump's White House ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico. The three outlets on Thursday afternoon regained access to the White House after the president banned them over the weekend.
September 25, 2026The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump
September 26, 2026President Donald Trump has vowed to campaign in 35 of the most competitive battleground races in the final sprint to November’s midterm elections
September 26, 2026Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday his leftist-nationalist government could lose its narrow majority in parliament because of a dispute in a junior ruling party that
September 25, 2026Inside Trump’s plan for the ‘biggest DOJ election observer effort in history’
September 25, 2026President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but protesters gathered outside the White House
September 25, 2026‘Love Me’: White House airs government-funded ad praising Trump
September 25, 2026Despite increasing political anxiety over Iran war, senators narrowly rejected a war powers resolution
September 24, 2026Election-season politics have stalled efforts to expand wastewater recycling to residents' taps in an affluent Phoenix suburb
September 24, 2026(Adds Bedford's title and first name in second paragraph, please read FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford instead of Bedford.)
September 24, 2026Moroccan voters are choosing a new parliament in an election marked by frustration among young people and high unemployment
September 23, 2026About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office
September 23, 2026Morocco's interior ministry reported a lower turnout of 38.02% in the country's parliamentary election on Wednesday, down from 50% in the last vote in
September 23, 2026President Donald Trump says his new White House ballroom will include a rooftop drone port to defend the complex
September 23, 2026General Motors CEO Mary Barra is expected to attend US President Donald Trump's state dinner at the White House on Thursday
September 23, 2026President Donald Trump has surprised many by showing support for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a well-known democratic socialist
September 23, 2026Spain clears way for US extradition case against millionaire activist
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