Dutch populist party wins provincial elections after Utrecht attack
An upstart populist party shocked the Dutch political establishment by winning the most votes in provincial elections after a preliminary count in the early hours of Thursday, boosted by a ...
Wary EU to May: Brexit delay until June 30 is contingent on Parliament yes vote for her deal
Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause ...
U.N. rights chief: U.S. sanctions could deepen Venezuelan economic crisis
The United Nation's high commissioner for human rights said Wednesday that recent U.S. sanctions that are aimed to topple Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro threaten to deepen the nation's crisis. Commissioner Michelle ...
Key Republicans defend late war hero Sen. John McCain, target of Trump's attacks
Key Republicans on Wednesday defended the late Sen. John McCain as a "hero" against ongoing attacks from President Donald Trump, daring to say what most in the GOP still won't seven months after the Arizona senator's death from brain cancer. A trio of senators, from ...
New litmus test for 2020 Democrat hopefuls: Abolish Electoral College
The Green New Deal and "Medicare for All" are old news. The hottest position in the Democratic presidential field this week is abolishing the Electoral College. Elizabeth Warren kicked things off at a CNN town hall Monday night when the Massachusetts senator drew enthusiastic applause ...
Trump tours Ohio tank plant he 'kept' open, takes more shots at late GOP Sen. John McCain
President Donald Trump returned Wednesday to Ohio, the state that foretold his 2016 victory, with a tour of a tank plant, where he touted its expansion and told cheering workers "we are rebuilding the American military, we are restoring American manufacturing and we are ...
Trump calls top aide Kellyanne Conway's spouse 'husband from hell' in Twitter brawl
U.S. President Donald Trump refused to row back on his feud with White House aide Kellyanne Conway's spouse on Wednesday, calling George Conway a "husband from hell" and prompting Conway to renew his accusation that Trump was mentally unfit for his office. "The president seems ...
'Trump of the Tropics': Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and U.S. president declare special relationship
President Donald Trump heaped praise Tuesday on right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro — and received plenty back — in announcing a special relationship that he said could even see the Latin American country join NATO. At a joint news conference on the sun-soaked Rose Garden ...
Beto O'Rourke makes early impression in Pennsylvania visit, adds to chorus against Electoral College
Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke is making an early impression in Pennsylvania, a late-voting state that may yet play a role in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary contest. An animated O'Rourke spoke Tuesday for 50 minutes to a crowd of hundreds in a Penn ...
Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the European Union to delay Brexit by at least three months after her plan to hold another vote this week on her twice-defeated divorce deal was thrown into disarray by a surprise intervention from the speaker of Parliament. Nearly ...
