The headline in this morning’s Kommersant newspaper captured the drama.“Vladimir Putin draws his red line.”Will the West cross it? And, if it does, how will Russia respond?Speaking in St Petersburg, President Putin sent a clear warning to the West: don’t allow Ukraine to use your long-range missiles to strike Russian territory.Moscow, he said, would view […]
Kamala Harris may have rattled Donald Trump on the debate stage, but the former president’s promise to save a nation in decline resonates with undecided voters in this part of a key battleground state. It took Paul Simon four days to hitchhike from Saginaw, or so he sang in America, his iconic soundscape ballad of […]
Ukraine is reportedly closing in on receiving permission from the U.S. and the U.K. to strike territory deep inside Russia with supplied long-range weaponry. The reports come as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy are in Kyiv this week, which marks the first joint visit of its kind for more […]
Candidate questionnaires have long been a part of American politics, locking in politicians to certain policies, pledges and positions. But it has been decades since one has threatened to roil a presidential race, or undercut a major party nominee’s carefully crafted image. But Kamala Harris is facing the real possibility that the candidate questionnaire she […]
Former President Trump’s inner circle is seething over how ABC’s moderators handled Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. “Weird how the hack moderators …are only “Fact checking” Trump and allowing Kamala to lie nonstop. The Fake News is the enemy of the people,” said Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s […]
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris met for the first time on the presidential debate stage in Philadelphia on Tuesday night.They may have shaken hands, but they did not hit it off.In a fiery 90 minutes, Harris frequently rattled the former president with personal attacks that threw him off message and raised the temperature of this […]
Democrats are privately acknowledging growing anxiety over the Tuesday night debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump, arguing that how Harris performs could go a long way in defining her as a candidate. Four years ago, Harris enjoyed a good night against former Vice President Mike Pence, and that debate might be best […]
Most people in the densely packed al-Mawasi camp for displaced Palestinians were asleep in the early hours of Tuesday morning when Israeli bombs struck. Homes, possessions, and entire families were blown away in the sprawling refugee settlement, which Israel’s military has designated a “humanitarian zone” along the Mediterranean coast of the Gaza Strip. “People flew,” […]
Presidential debates matter in American politics. And the one that takes place on Tuesday night between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris – their only currently scheduled face-off – may matter more than most.Joe Biden’s poor performance in the first presidential debate in late June created a firestorm of pressure within the Democratic Party that ultimately […]
Fast-moving wildfires in California and Nevada left tens of thousands of people under mandatory evacuation orders, numerous structures threatened and air quality impacted Sunday, as a dangerous heat wave grips much of the Southwestern U.S. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo declared an emergency Sunday in response to the Davis Fire, south of Reno, where evacuation orders […]
On Sunday evening, Harris’ campaign website added a new “Issues” section that describes her platform as “A New Way Forward”—a reference to her speech at the Democratic National Convention last month. The page features four main sections, highlighting various policy ideas on the economy, freedoms, law and order and national security. The section on the […]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) openly doubted that former President Donald Trump would show up to the presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, scheduled for Tuesday. In an interview at TribFest, the former House speaker was asked what advice she would give the former president regarding the debate, then joking that the two are “close.” […]