By Jarrett Renshaw and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden‘s reelection team held difficult phone calls on Sunday and Monday with important campaign funders who questioned whether the 81-year-old Democrat should stay in the presidential race and why they should keep donating after his dismal debate performance last week. The campaign’s National Finance […]
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 […]
A person barricaded themselves inside a South Miami-Dade apartment complex, catapulting a tense standoff with police officers and a SWAT team. Around 1:20 p.m., officers — and Miami-Dade Police’s SWAT team — were called to a home in the area of Southwest 138th Road and 260th Street near Naranja, Homestead police told the Miami Herald. […]
A hostage situation at a Brooklyn check cashing store by a lone gunman ended peacefully Saturday night after a few tense hours after the gunman surrendered. Police said the gunman entered the money transfer store- check cashing and money exchange store about 7:45 p.m., initially posing as a customer, then announced a robbery, displaying a […]
Residents in the German state of Bavaria are still on alert as severe floods hit the southern region of the country. Water levels remained high on Wednesday, especially in eastern Bavaria along the Danube, although there were initial slight decreases. In the neighbouring state of Baden-Württemberg, on the other hand, water levels were slowly returning […]
BERLIN (AP) — The death toll in floods across a large part of southern Germany rose to two on Monday as the body of a missing woman was found. Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the flooded region and officials warned that water levels could rise further in some areas. The body of the 43-year-old, whom rescuers […]
The News South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time, leading to what is likely to be a fortnight of uncertainty and tense negotiations with rival parties to form a coalition government. It marks the biggest shift in the way the country is governed since it came to […]
Despite several delays and technical hiccups, Boeing is getting ready to launch its first crewed test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of its agreement with NASA. Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is set for launch on Saturday, June 1 at 12:25 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The crew […]
The prosecution rested its case after its final witness, Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, concluded his testimony. This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments. 🚨 What happened today Trump lawyer Todd Blanche continued to grill Cohen for a third day of cross-examination […]
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we have the latest news from a tense day at the Trump trial and what to expect […]
Testimony will resume Monday morning in former President Donald Trump‘s hush money trial, following sometimes heated and sometimes emotional testimony from major witnesses last week. It wasn’t immediately clear whom Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office plans to call Monday as its 10th witness. The DA’s office has been keeping that information close to the […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when they voted for the first time. It was at this school on April 27, 1994 that Kunene joined millions of South Africans to […]