Iran blasts and Red Sea attacks stoke fears of a wider Middle East war

Iran blasts and Red Sea attacks stoke fears of a wider Middle East war

Iranians hold portraits of slain top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani during the commemoration ceremony marking the anniversary of his killing in the Iranian capital Tehran on January 3, 2024. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images Deadly blasts that killed at least 84 people in southern Iran has added to growing international concerns about the … Read more

Why 2024 could be the year student loan borrowers get forgiveness

Why 2024 could be the year student loan borrowers get forgiveness

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the student debt relief plan as Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona (R) listens in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images How Plan A, Plan B student loan forgiveness compares Nearly 40 million Americans would have … Read more

Maersk Red Sea pause shows Operation Prosperity Guardian limits

Maersk Red Sea pause shows Operation Prosperity Guardian limits

A cargo ship crosses the Suez Canal, one of the most critical human-made waterways, in Ismailia, Egypt on December 29, 2023. (Photo by Fareed Kotb/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu | Getty Images The threat to global trade in the Red Sea remains high, even with efforts to protect commercial vessels from attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi … Read more

No Labels will face ‘tough judgement’ on third-party ticket

No Labels will face ‘tough judgement’ on third-party ticket

Senator Joe Lieberman posing for a portrait in Beijing on October 15th 2023. (Gilles Sabrié for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Gilles Sabrié| The Washington Post | Getty Images No Labels founder Joe Lieberman is open to scrapping his bipartisan, third-party presidential ticket if the nonprofit political group cannot nail down the right candidates … Read more

Oil prices rise as Iranian warship enters Red Sea

Oil prices rise as Iranian warship enters Red Sea

A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on November 22, 2023 showing the Galaxy Leader cargo ship approaching the port in the Red Sea off Yemen’s province of Hodeida. – | Afp | Getty Images Oil prices rose on Tuesday after Iran dispatched a warship to the Red Sea, as the … Read more

Muslim leaders expand campaign to abandon Biden over Israel-Hamas war

Muslim leaders expand campaign to abandon Biden over Israel-Hamas war

U.S. President Joe Biden joins Israel’s Prime Minister for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Miriam Alster | Afp | Getty Images Muslim leaders announced on Saturday that they are going national with an effort … Read more

Russia pummels Ukraine with ‘massive’ wave of airstrikes; 16 reported killed

Russia pummels Ukraine with ‘massive’ wave of airstrikes; 16 reported killed

An aerial view of a destroyed building after Russian strikes hit the city center in Dnipro, Ukraine on December 29, 2023. A mall, maternity hospital and many other buildings were damaged in the attack. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Russia on Friday launched one of its worst aerial attacks on Ukraine since the start … Read more

Michigan court rejects appeal to disqualify Trump from 2024 ballot

Michigan court rejects appeal to disqualify Trump from 2024 ballot

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. December 19, 2023. Scott Morgan | Reuters The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot. The Michigan court ruled against an appeal by liberal … Read more

What could happen in the Russia-Ukraine war in 2024?

What could happen in the Russia-Ukraine war in 2024?

A Ukrainian soldier is seen inside an artillery vehicle in his fighting position as Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Kharkiv, Ukraine on November 20, 2023. Diego Herrera Carcedo | Anadolu | Getty Images At the start of 2023, hopes were high that a much-vaunted Ukrainian counteroffensive — expected to be launched in the … Read more

Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents

Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents

President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Community Center, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration on Thursday opened the door to seizing the patents of certain costly medications from drugmakers in … Read more