• Democrat James Walkinshaw to win Virginia House race, narrowing GOP's edge in Congress
    2025-09-10

    Democratic candidate James Walkinshaw is projected to win a special election Tuesday to represent a Northern Virginia congressional district once held by the late Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly, according to The Associated Press. Walkinshaw, a Fairfax County supervisor, defeated Republican Stewart ...

  • 'It's not my signature': Trump says about alleged Epstein 'birthday book' letter
    2025-09-10

    President Donald Trump offered his first on-camera reaction to a drawing and signature in Jeffrey Epstein's 50th "birthday book" which he allegedly signed in 2003 -- denying completely that what is in the book is his signature or his "language," while speaking to reporters outside of Joe's Seafood i...

  • Thai top court orders former PM Thaksin to return to prison
    2025-09-10

    Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra left and his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrive at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday. SAKCHAI LALITAP BANGKOK — Thailand's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was unlawfully allowed to stay...

  • Israel targets Hamas leadership in Qatar
    2025-09-10

    A man walks near a damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, according to an Israeli official, in Doha, Qatar, Sept 9, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] Qatar on Tuesday condemned a "reckless" Israeli attack targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, as a Hamas delegation was discussing United St...

  • Deadly stabbing of Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte light rail raises questions about public safety
    2025-09-09

    A deadly stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in North Carolina last month has sparked outrage among elected officials, including President Trump, after local authorities released video of the attack on the Charlotte Area Transit System. Police say 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who fled the war in Ukrai...

  • French parliament ousts prime minister, deepening political crisis
    2025-09-09

    A screen shows the result of a confidence vote after French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou failed to secure a majority during an extraordinary session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, September 8, 2025. REUTERSBenoit Tessier Purchase Licensing Rights France's parliament brought down the...

  • Billionaire CEO who voted for Trump sounds the alarm on Fed attacks
    2025-09-09

    Ken Griffin, who has said he voted for President Donald Trump last fall, warns the White House attacks on Fed independence could backfire by lifting interest rates and worsening inflation. Scott McIntyreBloombergGetty Images While many CEOs have stayed silent during President Donald Trump’s at...

  • Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ‘roving’ ICE raids in Los Angeles
    2025-09-09

    A woman is detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents outside a Home Depot Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Los Angeles. | Gregory BullAP The Supreme Court has lifted restrictions that barred the Trump administration from carrying out immigration-related raids in the Los Angeles area based on broad criter...

  • Estate of Jeffrey Epstein gives Congress 'birthday book' allegedly signed by Trump
    2025-09-09

    The estate of Jeffrey Epstein has provided the House Oversight Committee with a copy of the birthday book prepared as a gift for the disgraced financier on his 50th birthday — an album that includes a tawdry image that appears to have been signed by President Trump, even though Trump had previously ...

  • UK's Labour in turmoil after deputy leader's exit
    2025-09-09

    A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit PRU shows Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer sits alongside Britain's Deputy Prime Minister and Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Angela Rayner during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Que...

  • UK to move asylum seekers to barracks
    2025-09-08

    Men walk past The Bell Hotel, following Tuesday's High Court ruling in London that granted a temporary injunction to stop asylum seekers from being housed at the site, in Epping, Britain, Aug 20, 2025. [PhotoAgencies] The United Kingdom government is considering plans to relocate migrants from as...

  • Belgium stands by Palestine decision
    2025-09-08

    People disperse away from the Mushtaha Tower as it collapses after being hit by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on Friday. SAEED M.M.T. JARASGETTY IMAGES Belgium's Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot says his country has "concerns" about a potential hostile reaction from Israel and the United States o...

  • Massie on Epstein files: ‘We can't avoid justice to avoid embarrassment for some very powerful men’
    2025-09-08

    Republican Rep. Thomas Massie said Sunday that those who might be in the Jeffrey Epstein files need to be held accountable regardless of their social status. "We can't avoid justice just to avoid embarrassment for some very powerful men," Massie told ABC News' "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoul...

  • Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Trump "essentially just declared war" on Chicago, but there's no "indications" of deployment
    2025-09-08

    Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, said Sunday that President Trump "essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation" referring to his recent remarks about Chicago. But she outlined that "we don't have any indications" that the administration is getting ready to send troops ...

  • South Korea says US release of video showing workers' arrest was regrettable
    2025-09-08

    U.S. President Donald Trump meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the Oval Office, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 25, 2025. REUTERSBrian Snyder SEOUL, Sept 7 Reuters - South Korea said the U.S. government's release, opens new tab of images of the arrest of hund...