Palestinian-American lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected Israel’s offer to allow her to visit her grandmother in the West Bank, blasting the “oppressive conditions” set for the visit as humiliating.
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Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper bowed out of the 2020 presidential race Thursday after failing to resonate with voters despite nearly six months on the campaign trail.
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Shortly after President Donald Trump called for the ban, Israel said Thursday it will not allow two minority Democratic congresswomen who have been critical of the treatment of Palestinians to enter the country next week.
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Iowa Congressman Steve King on Wednesday defended his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there would be “any population of the world left” if not for births due to rape and incest.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed a defamation suit that Senate hopeful August Louis Wolf brought against Samantha Menh, who resigned as an adviser from the Connecticut Republican’s campaign and sued him for sexual harassment.
Read moreThe Italian Senate will return Tuesday from its summer vacation to set a crucial date for a no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government.
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As Republican candidates for office confront new state laws that darken their electoral chances, legal experts are questioning whether the laws can survive constitutional muster.
Read moreThe Left in Central America has suffered decades of hard times. Time was, it could form coalitions with liberals and have a voice in political discourse, at least within the circles of academia and progressive Christianity. But the economic sector in Central America — the bankers, ranchers and exporters — remain hostile to social improvements such as clean water and health care and education for the poor.
Read moreTapped for Cabinet-level office after his conspicuous criticism of former special counsel Robert Mueller, Representative John Ratcliffe sparked scrutiny this week about his fitness to serve as national intelligence director.
Read moreJournalists for Germany’s Spiegel Online did not need a permission from a member of parliament to publish his manuscript as part of a 2013 fact-check on his politicking.
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H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89.
Read moreA former Republican candidate for the New York Senate who was sentenced to prison two years ago in an apartment-rental scam claims in a lawsuit filed Friday that he was forced to strip naked and undergo a body-cavity search as punishment for complaining about inadequate medical treatment.
Read moreAfter three days of arduous negotiations, European Union leaders broke a deadlock Tuesday and nominated German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to become the new president of the bloc’s powerful executive arm, the European Commission, and take over from Jean-Claude Juncker for the next five years.
Read moreSenator Cory Booker has rolled out a sweeping immigration agenda composed of changes that as president he could make without relying on Congress to act, including a shift away from criminal prosecution of border crossings and a new mandate for immigration jails to meet minimum standards.
Read moreThe St. Paul city attorney can move forward with her defamation lawsuit against Congressman John Lesch for a letter he wrote questioning her suitability for a job, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
Read moreJurors can hear evidence of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter’s alleged extramarital affairs when they consider charges the California Republican looted campaign cash to finance vacations, golf outings and other personal expenses, a judge said Monday.
Read moreEgypt’s former president, Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country’s first free elections in 2012 and was ousted a year later by the military, collapsed in court during a trial and died Monday, state TV and his family said.
Read moreAuthorities on Friday night said they’ve arrested an Arkansas woman in connection with the killing of a former state senator who was found dead outside her own home.
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Julian Castro put on his hat as former head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in a visit Friday to a mobile home park where residents were recently stunned by rent increases by the new out-of-state owners.
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