Politics

5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (945+ words) Sep 12, 2026 at 05:28 PM EDT With less than two months ahead of Election Day, Republican groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Texas to bolster state Attorney General Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate bid. A Republican-aligned group known as Texas PAC,…...

5+ hour, 29+ min ago   (561+ words) NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Saturday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, the latest effort by the rival neighbors to repair ties strained by a deadly border clash…...

6+ hour, 4+ min ago   (380+ words) President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation's first president. Trump, in social media posts late Friday, asked for…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago   (760+ words) LONDON – Reform UK, the anti-immigration party led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, received 72 million pounds ($97 million) from two cryptocurrency billionaires this weekend, fueling concerns about money in British politics. After news broke that Ben Delo, a co-founder of the BitMEX…...

11+ hour, 18+ min ago   (908+ words) Attacks on a key Saudi oil pipeline were launched from Iraqi territory, said Iraq's government Saturday, pledging to probe further. U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to blame Iran for the attack that halted the pipeline. Iraq closed two key border crossings…...

13+ hour, 11+ min ago   (620+ words) Julia Frankel And Qassim Abdul-Zahra BAGHDAD – Iraq’s government was racing Saturday to contain the fallout after local Iran-backed militias were accused of attacking and shuttering a key Saudi pipeline. Iraq's government confirmed the attacks had originated from its territory, pledged…...

13+ hour, 11+ min ago   (379+ words) KYIV – Russian strikes killed three civilians and wounded dozens in Ukraine, local officials said Saturday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia. Ukraine is under mounting pressure from…...

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (445+ words) Sheikh Saaliq And Aijaz Hussain Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center right, arrives for the BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (Indian Foreign Ministry via AP) NEW DELHI – Leaders of the BRICS nations were meeting in New Delhi on…...

19+ hour, 5+ min ago   (614+ words) HANNIYEH – A group of men and children gathered Friday at a vantage point overlooking their village in southern Lebanon, watching from a distance as Israeli drones descended, carrying boxes laden with explosives to be dropped on houses. It has become…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (48+ words) AI firm Anthropic has said it detected a UAE-linked influence operation that targeted the Muslim Brotherhood and United Nations experts critical of Abu Dhabi's alleged role in Sudan's war.The UAE has... Employees severed lunch, delivered goody bags and stocked…...