Dutch voters on Monday headed to the polls in a general election that is largely seen as a referendum on the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Incumbent and caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) are expected to win a fourth term in office, although his party […] Read more
President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package Thursday afternoon as Washington moves to send fresh aid this month. With his signature, the president checks off his first priority in the White House. He also will give a prime-time address Thursday describing how the country will proceed in fighting the virus a year after the World […] Read more
Former President Donald Trump is competing with the GOP’s fundraising operation and lashing out at its members, further complicating his status as a Republican Party leader. “No more money for RINOs,” Trump said in a fundraising email Monday night, referring to “Republicans In Name Only,” a term used to bash moderate GOP politicians accused of […] Read more
Rep. Eric Swalwell, one of the House prosecutors during Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, filed a lawsuit Friday against the former president, alleging he incited the deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol. The civil lawsuit from Swalwell, D-Calif., also accuses Donald Trump Jr., Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., of being “wholly responsible for […] Read more
Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., said on Saturday that Republicans are “destined” to lose in 2022 and 2024 if it rejects former President Donald Trump, his voters and an agenda he said makes the GOP the “party of the working class.” Banks, the head of the Republican Study Committee, spoke to Fox News at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and […] Read more
Warren Buffett, the 90-year-old “Oracle of Omaha,” remains a firm believer in the American dream, saying in his closely watched annual shareholder letter to “never bet against America.” “In its brief 232 years of existence … there has been no incubator for unleashing human potential like America,” the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway wrote in the letter […] Read more
President Joe Biden held his first call with Saudi King Salman on Thursday, emphasizing human rights and diplomatic efforts to end the war in Yemen as the White House scrutinizes relations with the oil-rich kingdom. Biden noted the recent release of women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul and several Saudi American activists from prison and “affirmed the importance the […] Read more
Dominion Voting Systems, a primary target of baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, will “definitely” file more lawsuits against those who pushed those false claims, the company’s CEO said Tuesday. CEO John Poulos, whose company filed a $1.3 billion defamation suit a day earlier against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, confirmed that more legal action […] Read more
The White House said Friday that there are no plans to invite Russia to rejoin the G-7 group of nations, a call that was frequently made by former President Donald Trump. Any invitation for Russia to join the G-7 would be made in partnership with all of the group’s members, White House press secretary Jen […] Read more
Prime ministerial hopeful Gideon Sa’ar will no longer work with his American advisers who are being accused of covering up a sexual harassment scandal involving the Lincoln Project’s co-founder and pocketing millions raised by their political action committee, a Sa’ar spokesman told The Jerusalem Post exclusively on Tuesday morning. Last month, Sa’ar hired Steve Schmidt, Stuart Stevens, […] Read more