Harris blames โ€˜Trump abortion banโ€™ for deaths of two Georgia women

The vice presidentโ€™s remarks came at a speech in Atlanta.

Trump confronts his โ€˜weak spotโ€™ at the debate

The former president lags by double digits with this key constituency.

Trump gegen Green Deal

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Zuckerbergโ€™s new Washington game

Meta has largely won its legal battles over social media bias โ€” and now its CEO is hedging his bets against a potential Trump presidency.

Republican fight over green subsidies heads toward a boiling point

The partyโ€™s leaders may soon have to decide whether to preserve at least parts of the Democratsโ€™ climate law.

This isnโ€™t the 1968 convention. Could it be 1860?

The rise of a youth movement in the 19th century changed the country forever.

Democrats are jubilant, but now comes the hard part for Harris

CHICAGO โ€” Kamala Harris arrived in Chicago still in a Democratic era of exuberance. But as the Democratic National Convention burst to life Monday, even Democrats here were preparing for a series of challenges ready to meet her on the other side of the balloon drop. In fact, they were right in front of her: [โ€ฆ]

What Tim Walz brings to the Democratic ticket

Walz knows how to speak the language of places where Democrats have hemorrhaged votes for decades.

Pakistani man charged with murder-for-hire plot that may have targeted Trump

U.S. officials see ties to Iran, but no link to the assassination attempt on the former president last month.

Kamala Harrisโ€™ call for โ€˜reproductive freedomโ€™ means restoring Roe

The position aligns with President Joe Biden but clashes with some abortion-rights activists championing her White House bid.

Inside the Democratic reboot: Joy, hope and fear

Bidenโ€™s withdrawal lifted the pall over the party, but Kamala Harris doesnโ€™t have much time to turn the conversation to Trumpโ€™s conduct rather than her own.

What a Kamala Harris foreign policy could look like

She would likely stay tough on Russia and China, and has rebuked Israelโ€™s handling of aid into Gaza.

โ€˜Scared to Deathโ€™: GOP Security Hawks Slam Vance Selection

By choosing the Ukraine-skeptic Ohio senator, Trump accelerates his partyโ€™s rejection of its Reaganite roots.

Trump has sowed doubt in elections for more than a decade. The debate was the latest.

2012 was a โ€œtotal sham.โ€ He really won the popular vote in 2016. And then thereโ€™s 2020.

Bidenism Is Gasping in America. Itโ€™s Having a Moment in Britain.

Britainโ€™s Labour Party has drawn some inspiration from Bidenโ€™s 2020 presidential campaign. They should be careful not to take that too far.

Weather tracker: severe storms and tornadoes hit parts of US

One tornado in Oklahoma was the first of 2024 to be rated as EF-4, the second most severe categorySevere thunderstorms affected parts of the United States last week, spawning at least 129 tornadoes across midwestern and southern states between 25 and 2…

Trumpโ€™s New York trial is knocking him off balance

While the former president was stuck in court, his opponent hit the trail.

Nigel Farage โ€˜canโ€™t rememberโ€™ if Donald Trump has offered him a job

The Brexiteer hinted that he could work with Trump in the U.S.

10 ways a second Trump term could be more extreme than the first

From nationwide abortion bans to classroom culture wars, assaults on climate science and political weaponization of the military, his return to the White House could make Trump 1.0 seem tame.

Trump scores easy knockout of Nikki Haley in South Carolina

The former presidentโ€™s win โ€” which was so decisive that the AP projected him the victor solely based on a voter survey โ€” came in the home state of his only major Republican rival, Nikki Haley.

As Trump looms, top EU politician calls for European nuclear deterrent

Center-right leader Manfred Weber says EU needs to prepare for war without US help and must build its own atomic weapons shield. ย 

Monday briefing: Why Germanyโ€™s far right AfD is thriving despite scandal

In todayโ€™s newsletter: Politicians from Germanyโ€™s rightwing AfD party have been exposed for plotting with extremists โ€“ but will they be banned, or could it see support rise?โ€ข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. The far-rig…

DeSantis exits presidential race

The Florida governor also endorsed Trump.

Zelenskyy invites Trump to Kyiv

You can end the war in 24 hours? Come on then, Ukrainian leader needles Republican front-runner.

The desirables of Davos

The 13 hottest celebs, CEOs and politicians for your panel (or party) at this yearโ€™s World Economic Forum.

As Trumpโ€™s return looms, Europe shivers at prospect of facing Putin alone

Germany is increasingly frustrated at how far its military support for Ukraine outstrips that of EU peers.

Former NATO chief to US Democrats: Cut a border deal to help Ukraine and beat Trump

‘Biden has an interest in solving that issue before the election,’ Anders Fogh Rasmussen tells POLITICO.

John Kerryโ€™s America First climate legacy

For those who have felt the hard edge of US climate diplomacy, Kerry was no white knight.

Trump scores an early knockout with Iowa caucuses win

It didnโ€™t take long to make a call: The former president is the caucus winner.

Trumpโ€™s ghost stalks Davos

Republican front-runner is not yet back in the White House, but he looms large in the minds of influential decision-makers gathered at the World Economic Forum.

The โ€˜dirty dozenโ€™ of Davos

Autocrats, blowhards and bores: The 12 bad boys of the World Economic Forum shindig in the Swiss Alps.

Trump criticizes White House for Houthi strikes

Washington has been under intensifying pressure to respond to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

Democrats rip Biden for launching Houthi strikes without congressional approval

Some Republicans, meanwhile, couched their praise of the strikes in broader criticism of the administrationโ€™s foreign policy actions.

Biden campaign blasts Trump for allegedly saying he wouldnโ€™t defend Europe if attacked

โ€œThe only person he cares about is himself,โ€ a Biden campaign spokesperson said.

Trump vowed heโ€™d โ€˜neverโ€™ help Europe if itโ€™s attacked, top EU official says

‘By the way NATO is dead,’ the former (and potential future) US president added in private meeting.

The numbers that will shape a crucial year in US politics

From Bidenโ€™s approval rating to the national murder rate, here are 24 numbers to watch this year.

One year of Trumpโ€™s praise for authoritarians

The former president keeps praising strongmen, from Viktor Orban to Kim Jong Un.

Biden quietly shelves trade pact with UK before 2024 elections

Britain has long coveted a US trade agreement as a significant post-Brexit prize.

Trump defends dictator comments at NYC soiree full of MAGA diehards

At an event with key figures within the MAGA movement, the former president repeated comments that he wants to be a dictator on โ€œday one.โ€

What Labourโ€™s foreign policy should look like

Reconnecting Britain is at the heart of what needs to be done โ€” but the strategy of โ€œhowโ€ needs more thought.

โ€˜Weโ€™re facing another old enemyโ€™: Rushdie warns against global authoritarianism

Speaking in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Rushdie says US Republicans are moving away from democratic values including free speechSalman Rushdie has warned of the threat of authoritarianism globally and said the US Republican party is โ€œseeking to undermin…