President Joe Biden is making a play for Nikki Haley’s former supporters. Haley endorsed Trump, but urged the former president to appeal to her millions of voters. A self-described centrist Republican Haley voter said he just can’t support Donald Trump again. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Roger, who is affiliated with […]
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India’s opposition makes its election case, calling Modi an autocrat and promising aid to the poor
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party vowed to boost social spending and reverse what it views as a slide into autocracy as it laid out its campaign promises on Friday, two weeks before the start of a weeks-long, multi-phase general election. Most polls have predicted a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]
Trump held ‘friendly’ meeting with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago and then took autocrat to a concert
Donald Trump and a small group of close advisers met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for roughly an hour Friday night at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Afterward, Trump took the European autocrat to a tribute band concert that was part of a “members only” event at […]
Tucker Carlson’s Lesson in the Perils of Giving Airtime to an Autocrat
Tucker Carlson left Moscow more than a week ago, riding high from an interview with President Vladimir Putin of Russia that returned him to the spotlight after his abrupt cancellation by Fox News last spring. But the interview with the wartime autocrat, mocked in various corners of the political media world for its soft touch, […]