Mark Rutte will have to confront threats within and outside NATO

Mark Rutte will have to confront threats within and outside NATO

Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty … Read more

Obamacare’s future hangs in the balance in 2024 election

Obamacare’s future hangs in the balance in 2024 election

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (R) talks with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) while attend an event to mark the 14 anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act at the U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images “Repeal and replace” has long been the … Read more

Trump speaks in Georgia as Hurricane Helene fallout gets political

Trump speaks in Georgia as Hurricane Helene fallout gets political

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump pauses before speaking during a campaign rally at the Mosack Group warehouse on September 25, 2024 in Mint Hill, North Carolina.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is set Monday to deliver remarks and help hand out supplies in the hurricane-blasted swing state … Read more

Iran’s response to Israel is a choice between revenge and survival

Iran’s response to Israel is a choice between revenge and survival

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves before voting in the country’s presidential election, in Tehran, Iran July 5, 2024.  Office Of The Iranian Supreme Le | Via Reuters Iran’s powerful proxy network across the Middle East is being dealt blow after blow from Israel, which has dramatically escalated fighting with Lebanese militia group Hezbollah … Read more

Oil markets not pricing in an ‘all-out war’ after Israel kills Hezbollah leader

Oil markets not pricing in an ‘all-out war’ after Israel kills Hezbollah leader

General view of the Towers and oil platforms of the State oil Company of Venezuela, Venezuelan oil Company SA. Jose Bula Urrutia | Future Publishing | Getty Images Oil prices didn’t react sharply on Monday after Hezbollah confirmed that its leader was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. … Read more

Trump’s ‘loyalty is only to himself’

Trump’s ‘loyalty is only to himself’

Mark Cuban and Elon Musk. Getty Images Billionaire investor Mark Cuban cautioned Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday against forming an alliance with former President Donald Trump, because, he said, the Republican presidential nominee may not ultimately repay his political debts. “Elon, there will come a time when you need something from Donald Trump,” Cuban … Read more

Google should be prosecuted over search results

Google should be prosecuted over search results

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado David Dee Delgado | Reuters Donald Trump on Friday called for Google to be criminally prosecuted for what the Republican presidential nominee called the company’s bias toward his … Read more

Eric Adams arraignment on corruption charges

Eric Adams arraignment on corruption charges

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrived in federal court in Manhattan on Friday morning for his arraignment on criminal charges of receiving illegal campaign donations and undisclosed luxury travel gifts while doing favors for Turkey’s government and Turkish businessmen. Adams, 64, was charged in a five-count indictment unsealed Thursday alleging conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud, … Read more

House Ethics panel issues subpoena in sex probe

House Ethics panel issues subpoena in sex probe

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the House failed to pass the Spending Reduction and Border Security Act on Friday, September 29, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Matt Gaetz said Thursday that he has learned the House Ethics Committee will subpoena him as it investigates whether … Read more

Wealthy investors support Harris over Trump, new survey says

Wealthy investors support Harris over Trump, new survey says

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at the Philip Chosky Theatre during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 2024.  Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images A majority of millionaire investors said they plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, even though they give former President … Read more