WILMINGTON, Del. — In a tense moment outside the courtroom where Hunter Biden is on trial for gun charges, his wife, Melissa Cohen-Biden, confronted former Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler, who has been in the courtroom. Ziegler, who worked on trade policy in the White House, was part of an effort by Trump allies […]
Convicted felon Donald Trump might need to turn to some of his ex-allies in order to help him out with his newfound legal guilt—namely, “Tiny D” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump’s ability to vote for himself in November will depend on the details of his sentence, which is expected July 11. His vote is further […]
President Biden is receiving help from Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine as his campaign scrambles to ensure that he gets on the election ballot in the state. DeWine called a rare special General Assembly session for Tuesday demanding Republican state lawmakers help pass a bill ensuring that Biden appears on this year’s ballot. Ohio requires […]
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited his Belarusian counterpart and close ally for talks Friday in Minsk, after which he questioned whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy has the legitimacy to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf. Russia is willing to hold talks about the war in Ukraine, Putin said, but Zelenskyy’s five-year term in office was […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Thursday in Belarus for a two-day visit as part of several foreign tours to kick off his fifth term in office, underscoring close ties with a neighboring ally that has been instrumental in Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. Putin traveled to China earlier this month, and is expected in Uzbekistan […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Belarus on Thursday for a two-day visit as part of several foreign tours to kick off his fifth term in office. The visit underscores close ties with a neighbouring ally that has been instrumental in Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. Mr Putin travelled to China earlier this month, and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Rick Scott said Wednesday that he will run for Senate Republican leader when Mitch McConnell steps down from the post, becoming the third Republican in the race. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the current No. 2 Republican in the Senate, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have already announced they are […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A top ally of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from prison Tuesday after nearly a year when a court granted him bail in a corruption case, his party said. Pervez Elahi, the president of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was arrested in June on charges of illegally appointing officers […]
CARACAS (Reuters) – Iran on Saturday said it will send experts to its ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators in hospitals it said had been stopped due to Western sanctions. Venezuela requested Iran’s help, according to a message on the social media platform X by the Iranian government attributed to the head of the […]
Alexei Navalny’s close ally Leonid Volkov has vowed to “never give up” fighting against Vladimir Putin, so the late Russian opposition leader’s “ultimate sacrifice” would “not be in vain”. In his first TV interview since a brutal hammer attack in March outside his home in Lithuania, where he lives in exile, Mr Volkov told the […]
(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is likely to win 44.8% of the vote in this month’s national election and will be loath to invite populist rivals into a governing coalition, according to research group Krutham. Most Read from Bloomberg The predicted vote outcome, based on an analysis of opinion polls and municipal […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to Donald Trump, for defying a subpoena from the congressional panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Bannon was convicted in 2022 of two counts of contempt of Congress for […]