NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has failed to get allies to commit to a multi-year financial pledge to support Ukraine, according to information obtained by dpa on Wednesday. Ahead of a NATO leaders’ summit in Washington, allies would only commit to support for Ukraine worth €40 billion ($43 billion) within the next year, dpa learnt […]
Two Russian submarines engaged in a torpedo duel during a Baltic Sea training exercise last week. The crews of the Novorossiysk and Dmitrov also trained to track enemies and evade enemy attacks. The Baltic Sea has been described as a “NATO lake” since Sweden and Finland joined the alliance. Two Russian submarines recently fought a torpedo duel, conducting […]
By Jeff Mason (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden‘s campaign and its Democratic allies raised $264 million in the second quarter, including $127 million in June and a record “grassroots” fundraising haul on the day of Biden’s disastrous debate against Donald Trump, Biden’s campaign said. The Democratic president’s re-election effort has $240 million in cash […]
The United States’ chief diplomat defended President Joe Biden’s standing on the world stage on Monday, saying that his shaky performance at last week’s debate does not erase three and a half years of diplomatic achievements and that the U.S. president is very much fit to lead. The comments by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, […]
Top allies of President Joe Biden came to his defense across several news programs on Sunday, acknowledging the president’s subdued debate performance but arguing that he remains the strongest contender against former President Donald Trump in the general election. “I think he’s the only Democrat who can beat Donald Trump,” Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., a […]
A team of President Joe Biden’s allies set off to appear on several cable networks’ Sunday shows to engage in damage control efforts, as the Democratic candidate works to climb back up after tanking Thursday’s presidential debate against Donald Trump. Several Democrats spoke Sunday morning across ABC, MSNBC, NBC and CNN about the party’s stance […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden was out of sight at Camp David Sunday spending time with family, prominent Democrats rallied with a public show of unwavering support for his campaign following his unsteady debate performance and growing anxiety over whether he should remain in the White House race. “I do not believe that […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s aides and allies circulated talking points to Democrats, fielded phone calls from nervous donors and shoehorned new lines into the president’s speech Friday afternoon as part of an all-out effort to contain the damage from his weak debate performance the night before. Biden’s hoarse voice and subdued delivery rattled Democratic […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt, John Geddie, Hyonhee Shin and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) –Donald Trump‘s allies are assuring officials in Japan and South Korea that the Republican presidential candidate will support a Biden-era effort to deepen three-way ties aimed at countering China and North Korea, five people familiar with the conversations said. In conversations over the […]
By David Dolan and Heekyong Yang TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) -While the first U.S. presidential debate of the 2024 race dwelled little on foreign policy, a shaky performance by Joe Biden will have America’s allies steeling for the return of Donald Trump, analysts say. Biden’s supporters had hoped the debate would erase worries that he was too […]
FAIRBURN, Ga. — As Reps. Wesley Hunt of Texas and Byron Donalds of Florida began the latest iteration of their “Congress, cognac and cigars” event aimed at bringing more Black men into the GOP fold here just outside of Atlanta, the two Donald Trump allies set their intentions for the conversation. “All we want is […]
India’s freshly re-elected prime minister, Narendra Modi, has called on the members of the new parliament to fulfil people’s wishes for “substance, not slogans,” as the body met for the first time. Modi told reporters that the parties in parliament should focus on finding consensus, as lawmakers sat for the first session since national elections […]