“People are extremely angry,” said one former official, adding that a US attack could prompt the Iranians to rise again. “The wall of fear has fallen. There is no fear left.” Iran’s leadership is increasingly worried that a US strike could break its grip by pushing an already angry public into the streets after a … Read more
Indiana State Rep. Ed Clere, R-New Albany, speaks during a committee meeting on Jan. 23, 2024. (Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle) Republican Ed Clere has decided to leave the Indiana General Assembly after 18 years — and says President Donald Trump’s policy changes pushed him out of the party. Clere cited conflict over Trump’s failed … Read more
BuzzFeed (AKA the unemployment rate, the cost of eggs, the price of gas, inflation, the Dow Jones, whether citizens received a stimulus check, and Trump’s overall approval rating.) Laurent Gillieron/Getty Images Related: My Delicate Mind Was Wrecked After Learning These Terrible, Disturbing, and Creepy Things Note: Inflation data is released a few weeks after the … Read more
HONG KONG (AP) — China has flooded Latin American markets with low-priced exports, particularly cars and e-commerce goods, as its exporters adjust to tariffs and geopolitical moves by U.S. President Donald Trump. The world’s second-largest economy has become an important trading partner for many Latin American nations, seeking access to their abundant natural resources and … Read more
By Farah Master, Colleen Howe and Liz Lee HONG KONG/BEIJING, Jan 30 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to China is the latest victory Beijing can offer in its rivalry with Washington, but the deals it brings back to London also show the limits of the balancing act middle powers can attempt. He … Read more
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier isn’t opposed to immigration enforcement. She was encouraged by the Republican president’s initial moves in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes. But Niedermeier, 35, has grown increasingly disenchanted with Trump. … Read more
(Corrects by deleting former paragraphs 22-23 with incorrect reference to the fact that the criminal defense attorney Abdikadir Noor is a plaintiff in the civil case) By Brad Brooks and Joseph Axe MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump warned Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday that he was “playing with fire” for … Read more
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Cubans of all walks of life are going into survival mode, navigating blackouts and soaring food, fuel and transportation prices as the U.S. threatens a takeover of the communist-run nation. Reuters interviewed more than three dozen residents of the towns and neighborhoods around the capital Havana – … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved quickly this week to negotiate with Democrats to try to avoid a lengthy government shutdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, a sharp departure from last year’s record impasse when he refused to budge for weeks. Some Republicans are frustrated by the deal, raising the possibility … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The terms of Russia’s pledge to U.S. President Donald Trump to temporarily halt bombing Ukraine during one of the country’s bleakest winters in years remained unclear Friday as Ukrainians braced for even worse conditions next week. Trump said late Thursday that President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a temporary pause in … Read more