Alice Stewart, a veteran political adviser and CNN political commentator who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58. Law enforcement officials told CNN that Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood in northern Virginia early Saturday morning. No foul play is suspected, and officers believe a medical emergency occurred. “Alice was a very dear friend […]
Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday. Police in northern Virginia told CNN that Stewart’s body was found outdoors in the Bellevue neighborhood early Saturday morning and that no foul play was suspected. […]
BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon conceded the race to win back her former seat Friday morning, several days after Mayor Brandon Scott claimed victory in the contest. In a news release, Dixon officially bowed out, closing the door on the contest which was her third attempt at a political comeback since she was […]
(Bloomberg) — Each day, Bloomberg journalists take you across a selection of towns and cities as they gear up for the big vote. Most Read from Bloomberg Hello, this is Anirban Nag, and I head Bloomberg’s Mumbai Bureau. India’s financial capital where some of the country’s richest, including Mukesh Ambani, are registered voters is infamous […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur that’s at the center a Republican effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, the Justice Department told lawmakers on Thursday. It comes as the the House Oversight and Accountability Committee and […]
(Bloomberg) — Robert Fico was just doing what he usually does, especially in a part of the country that voted for him. But minutes after Slovakia’s prime minister emerged from a meeting to mingle with supporters in the town of Handlova, he was being rushed to hospital with bullet wounds. Most Read from Bloomberg The […]
May 15—CHEYENNE — Thomas Lear is a community college lecturer, former baseball player and comes from a long line of military servicemen who served in the United States Air Force. His next stop? The Wyoming Legislature, he hopes. Lear announced his candidacy for House District 12 on May 6 — a seat currently held by […]
(Bloomberg) — China said it would sanction five Taiwanese political commentators and roll out a law to punish “separatists,” moves aimed at piling pressure on incoming president Lai Ching-te just days before he takes office. Most Read from Bloomberg The pundits’ remarks “deceived some people on the island, incited hostility and confrontation between the two […]
At a former railway station in Rio de Janeiro, a fast-growing mountain of food, bottled water and clothes donated to Brazil’s thousands of flood victims testify to a rare unity of purpose in a country marred by deep political enmity. In solidarity with residents of the water-ravaged southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazilians […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is replacing his defense minister with a civilian economist. Andrei Belousov will lead Russia’s military-industrial complex as Putin prepares for a protracted war. The move shows Russia’s wartime economy has become a key pillar of growth. Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced his defense minister with a civilian economist on Sunday. The move […]
As elections loom in South Africa, the Cape Independence Party is licking its wounds after failing to make the provincial ballot despite two court challenges. Posts have surfaced claiming to show party members detaining black people for “walking after hours”. But this is false: the photos are from 2023 and show the arrest of suspects […]
Donald Trump‘s youngest son Barron, 18, on Friday stepped back from his planned political debut, withdrawing as a delegate at the Republican Party convention in July. Barron, who has been largely shielded from the public eye, made global headlines this week when it appeared he would be the latest member of the Trump family to […]