FILE – The icon for the video-sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. The Biden ’24 presidential campaign is using TikTok despite security concerns about it. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign Monday defended its new TikTok account as a vital way to boost its appeal with … Read more
FILE – Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a NATO summit at The Grove, in Watford, England. Dec. 4, 2019. Trump on Feb. 10, 2024, said he would encourage Russia to attack alliance members who he feels are not contributing enough to the common defense. A Republican Party that years ago would push back when Donald … Read more
Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11, 2024. The Kansas City Chiefs scored a touchdown in the final seconds of overtime to defeat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 and win the National Football League’s Super Bowl. The victory in Las Vegas was the … Read more
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on ‘the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council’ on Capitol Hill, Feb. 6, 2024, in Washington. WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Michigan this week as part of an election-year push aimed … Read more
Margot Robbie arrives at the 96th Academy Awards Oscar nominees luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Feb. 12, 2024. LOS ANGELES — The casts of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” gathered Monday for the annual Academy Award nominees’ luncheon along with other Oscar hopefuls coming together for photos, hugs and congratulations. The luncheon is … Read more
Former President Donald Trump arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida, Feb. 12, 2024. Trump is appearing at a closed hearing in his criminal case charging him with mishandling classified documents. FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA — Seeking to turn legal problems into political gain, former President Donald Trump arrived Monday to a crowd of supporters … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with U.S. television host Tucker Carlson, in Moscow, February 6, 2024. (Tucker Carlson Network/Handout via REUTERS) Russian president Ukraine started the war; Russia’s goal is to stop it. Ukrainians still consider themselves Russians, what is happening is an element of a civil war. The 2014 coup d’etat … Read more
Joe Biden’s Republican rivals are pouncing on questions about his mental acuity, following a verbal slip by the US president that exacerbated voters’ anxiety about his age. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report.
World The past several years saw a dangerous backslide in democracy as wars, coups and restrictions on speech eroded civil liberties around the world. Yet in 2024, a record-setting 2 billion voters in 50 countries will head to the polls. Ranging from hotly contested races to carefully stage-managed affairs, many of these elections may drastically … Read more
FILE – The U.S. Capitol Dome is reflected in a rain puddle on the compass star on the east side of the building, Sept. 24, 2023. The U.S. Senate could hold a final vote as early as Tuesday on a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan that is expected to have enough … Read more