On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a kind of dragon’s blood tree — a species found only on the Yemeni island of Socotra that…
Centrist Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and nationalist Karol Nawrocki will compete in a second round of the presidential election in Poland on June 1, the electoral commission said based on votes from 100% of electoral districts. Trzaskowski, from the ruling Civic Coalition (KO), got 31.36% of votes in the first…
Portugal’s ruling center-right Democratic Alliance (AD) won a snap parliamentary election on Sunday but again fell short of the majority needed to end a long period of instability as the far-right Chega gained a record share of the vote. Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said the election result was a vote…
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday defended the ‘aggressive’ timetable he is pushing to advance President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ saying the House remains on track to pass the ‘historic’ legislative package by Memorial Day. The House Budget Committee will reconvene at 10 p.m. Sunday night after a vote…
The release of audio recordings of former President Joe Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur have intensified criticism of the administration’s use of an autopen on official presidential orders and pardons. The damning tapes, which bring Biden’s alarming mental decline into sharp relief, were kept under wraps by Biden…
Former President Joe Biden’s office confirmed on Sunday that he is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. ‘Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,’ Biden’s team shared in a statement. ‘On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer,…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the timing of a potential face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin regarding a ceasefire deal in Ukraine in an interview that aired Sunday. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday while returning to Washington, D.C., from Abu…
Sympathetic messages rolled in from across the country after former President Joe Biden’s team announced that the 82-year-old was diagnosed with an ‘aggressive’ form of prostate cancer. In a statement, Biden’s team said that the former politician ‘was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing…
President Donald Trump said he and the first lady were ‘saddened’ after learning that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer, wishing him a ‘fast and successful recovery.’ ‘Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis,’ Trump wrote in a post on Truth…
President Donald Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’ survived a key hurdle in the House of Representatives on Sunday night, putting it one step closer to a chamber-wide vote later this week. Lawmakers on the House Budget Committee were summoned back to Washington for a 10 p.m. meeting to vote on…