Colorado court’s Donald Trump ruling sets off political firestorm

The Colorado Supreme Court ignited a political firestorm with its ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to hold office again, disqualifying him from appearing on the state’s primary ballot. Just how far those embers reach — and how hot they burn — in coming weeks could shape the country’s political discourse and electoral … Read more

Apple’s Smart Watch Series 9 & Ultra 2 to go off shelves unless Biden intervenes

New York: Apple’s latest series of smart watches in Series 9 and Series Ultra 2 watches may have to go off the shelves of retailers and Apple stores unless US President Joe Biden intervenes to overturn the US International Trade Commission ruling that bans their sale. December 25 — Christmas Day, was also the last … Read more

Could a Democrat Beat Rick Scott in Florida’s US Senate Race?

When Senator Joe Manchin announced that he wouldn’t seek reelection in West Virginia, Democrats’ uphill battle to maintain their Senate majority in 2024 became steeper. Manchin has long been viewed as the only Democrat who could win in deep red West Virginia—a state Donald Trump carried by nearly 40 points in the last presidential race. … Read more

As holidays arrive, unfinished business looms for White House, Congress

As holidays arrive, unfinished business looms for White House, Congress – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden left the White House for Camp David on Saturday, as his administration and Congress leave the capital this year with unfinished priorities, and Americans feeling uncertain about the economy. Willie James Inman reports from Washington. Be the … Read more

Turkish MPs set to restart talks on Sweden’s NATO application – POLITICO

The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee will once again take up the issue of Sweden’s NATO accession Tuesday, according to a parliamentary statement cited in media reports. Turkey is one of two NATO countries, along with Hungary, that has yet to approve Sweden’s bid to join the military alliance following Russia’s full-scale assault on Ukraine. … Read more

Donald Trump enters 2024 on cusp of unusual position: Election front-runner

Donald Trump is on the verge of entering 2024 arguably holding a status that is unprecedented for him: Election front-runner. It’s an unfamiliar position for a candidate now suddenly leading most 2024 general-election polls in a way he never did in races past. This is despite his supporters attacking the U.S. Capitol, and despite the … Read more

POLITICO’s quiz of the year 2023 – POLITICO

<p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>Which of these European commissioners did not step away from Ursula von der Leyen’s top team this year?</span></strong></p> Jutta Urpilainen Ylva Johansson Mariya Gabriel <p><strong><span style=”color: rgb(0, 0, 0)”>Von der Leyen joined Mark Rutte and Giorgia Meloni on a trip to which country to strike a deal to limit migrant departures?</span></strong></p> … Read more

We are once again at war in the Middle East – POLITICO

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. It was February 1991, and the crew of the British frigate HMS Gloucester was scrambling, trying to knock out an Iraqi Silkworm missile heading toward the USS Missouri — a World War II-era battleship recommissioned by former United States President Ronald Reagan. The extreme jolt from the … Read more

Nikki Haley closing the gap on Donald Trump in New Hampshire

There’s an actual political contest brewing in New Hampshire. With just over a month left before Granite State voters go to the polls on Jan. 23, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley continues to close the gap between her campaign for the Republican nomination in the first-in-the-nation primary and that of her former boss, 45th President … Read more

The Pitch for a Unity Ticket in 2024 Keeps Getting Weaker

As questions endure about the electability and the competency of the two leading candidates for president, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, No Labels—a group that has pitched itself as a bipartisan band intent upon propping up a third-party candidacy with a “unity ticket” in 2024—seems to be adopting—if quietly—the latest Republican position du jour on … Read more