Trump takes a scattershot approach to income-tax reform
During his campaign for a second term, former president Donald Trump has proposed a string of tax giveaways: He has suggested “no tax on tips,” an idea he said he…
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead. Here’s who could head the group next
Israel succeeded Wednesday in its year-long mission to kill Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the man accused of being one of the masterminds of the October 7, 2023 attacks. But while…
‘Rot and decay’: Rep Hank Johnson argues SCOTUS term limits are path forward for removing ‘corrupt’ justices
Georgia Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson, a strong proponent of Supreme Court reform, says term limits for the justices is a way to eliminate ‘the possibility of long-term rot and decay’…
South Korean intelligence says North is sending 12,000 troops to aid Russia’s war in Ukraine, reports say
South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12,000 troops including special operation forces to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, news reports said Friday, a development that could…
Crunch time: Harris to team up with Barack and Michelle Obama next week in key battlegrounds
As the 2024 election showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump reaches the home stretch, Harris will team up next week with arguably the two most popular…
New drug overdose data provides hope while deaths remain too high
Federal statistics on drug misuse and overdoses are alarming and frightening, but there’s also notable progress within the context of bad news and still far too many deaths. First the…
Can Trump and Harris turn out the voters they need? A key county has clues.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The challenges both Democrats and Republicans are confronting in the presidential race were on vivid display here at a strip mall in Northampton County — which has…
Obama’s fears about Trump drive his stepped-up campaigning
In the early spring, former president Barack Obama joked to some allies that his blood pressure was finally going down — because he had stopped watching cable news. After spending…
Moldova faces a tug of war between Russia and the West in two crucial votes
Voters in Moldova will cast their ballots Sunday in two crucial votes, which have been billed as the most consequential in the country’s post-Soviet history. One is for president, the…
Israel says it killed the Hamas mastermind behind October 7. Here’s what we know
More than a year after Hamas’ devastating October 7 attacks on Israel, the country’s military said Thursday it had killed the man it considers to have been the chief architect…