Hefin David, Welsh Labour politician and MS for Caerphilly, dies suddenly
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has led tributes to Welsh Labour politician Hefin David, who has died suddenly, aged 47.Mr David had been Member of…
Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe dies 2 months after being shot during a rally
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally in June recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country’s drug-fueled…
Commentary: The state sets lofty goals in the name of a brighter future. What’s a vision and what’s a hallucination?
In April of 2006, I watched a posse of politicians gather at Skid Row’s Midnight Mission to introduce, with great fanfare and unbridled confidence, a…
Trump order gives politicians control over federal grants, alarming researchers
NEW YORK — An executive order signed by President Trump this week aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by…
Texas may rig election maps. Should California too?
In a brazen move, Republicans in Texas have set out to redraw the state’s congressional map — an effort to boost President Trump and the…
Newsom redistricting threat fits a pattern of ignoring voters
In 2010, California voters drove the foxes from the henhouse, seeing to it that lawmakers in Washington and Sacramento would no longer have the power…
Why an L.A. County politician hit up ‘cholos’ to fight ICE
In the wacky political world of Southeast Los Angeles County — where scandals seem to bloom every year with the regularity of jacarandas — there’s…
California contests Trump administration claim that the state obstructs immigration law
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office sent a letter on Friday requesting that the Trump administration remove California from its list of sanctuary jurisdictions that obstruct the…
Contributor: The U.S. credit downgrade is not the problem. Our reckless spending is
America’s debt-addicted government just lost its triple-A credit rating from Moody’s, as it previously had from fellow rating agencies S&P and Fitch. Many in Washington…
Former Ukraine politician Andriy Portnov shot dead outside school in Madrid | News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Andriy Portnov was previously a senior aide to removed former President Viktor Yanukovych and had been the subject of US sanctions.A Ukrainian…
China allegedly tried to influence this politician. She says she’s not going anywhere
After being sworn in as second-in-command of the Arcadia City Council, Eileen Wang addressed a controversy that has taken a back seat in the months…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris slated to deliver a pointed critique of Trump
Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to offer a pointed critique of President Trump and his policies on Wednesday in her first major speech since…
Drag superstar Tiara Skye talks politics with the ‘UK’s sexiest politician’ Carl Cashman
Trans drag superstar Tiara Skye treated fans to one of her most unhinged and hilarious interviews yet. Over the last few years, the self-proclaimed “street…
Column: Democrats belatedly wake up to start fighting Trump, Musk
WASHINGTON — A president’s first few weeks in office were once expected to be a “honeymoon,” a pleasant if brief period of bipartisanship and good feeling.President Trump’s…
Democrat politician Laurie Pohutsky STERILISES herself because of Trump presidency & launches into shock attack
DEMOCRAT lawmaker Laurie Pohutsky said she has sterilised herself to avoid a pregnancy during Donald Trump’s term in office.The 36-year-old Michigan state representative made the…
Musk says his gestures at Trump inauguration event weren’t Nazi salutes
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a top aide to President Trump, drew and quickly dismissed a raft of condemnation from Democratic lawmakers, left-wing…
Opinion: The limits of an imperial presidency
Whatever Trump and his advisors say, I know he won’t be able to remake Washington easily and swiftly.President-elect Donald Trump is returning to the most…
Musk turns on UK politician Farage over jailed far-right activist | Politics News
Elon Musk has reversed his support for Nigel Farage, the leader of the United Kingdom’s populist party Reform UK, after a disagreement over the tech…
Trump rails at the ‘deep state’ and ‘the swamp.’ Here’s the difference
Donald Trump has promised to do many things once he reoccupies the White House. Among the most famous, and most desired by his biggest fans,…
Opinion: South Korea needs a stronger response from the U.S. to help save its democracy
The Republic of Korea’s ascent as a global beacon of liberal democracy and capitalism has been built on its robust alliance with the United States.…