Democrats Question Kamala Harris’ 2024 Candidacy Amid Rising Doubts

Democrats Question Kamala Harris’ 2024 Candidacy Amid Rising Doubts

AFP Vice President Kamala Harris is encountering significant uncertainty regarding her future candidacy. Despite her high-profile role, doubts about her potential as the party’s nominee are growing, as highlighted by recent political analyses. Recent polling data underscores the challenges Harris faces within her own party. A June 2024 Monmouth University poll, reported by The Hill, … Read more

Calls For Joe Biden To Step Down Grows Stronger As More House Democrats Flag Reelection Plans

Calls For Joe Biden To Step Down Grows Stronger As More House Democrats Flag Reelection Plans

More senior House Democrats are questioning US President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects after his mediocre performance during the first presidential debate against former President Donald Trump. Representatives Jerry Nadler, serving the 12th District of New York; Joe Morelle, serving New York’s 25th congressional district; Adam Smith, serving Washington’s 9th congressional district; and Mark Takano, serving … Read more

Joe Biden alters Netanyahu comments, says Netanyahu working out problems

Joe Biden alters Netanyahu comments, says Netanyahu working out problems

US President Joe Biden walked back his speculative comment that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be prolonging the Gaza war for political gain. He paused at the end of a press statement at the White House on illegal immigration from Mexico on Tuesday night, when asked about the comment he had made on the … Read more

What Donald Trump’s Conviction Means For Women

What Donald Trump’s Conviction Means For Women

Update: On May 30, former president Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in his “hush-money” trial, becoming the first American president to be declared a felon. Back in April 2023, when Trump was arraigned, we published the following opinion piece about what the significance of a guilty verdict would … Read more

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Medicated Abortion Restriction

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Medicated Abortion Restriction

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday on access to the medication mifepristone, which was used in nearly two-thirds of the country’s abortions last year. This is the court’s first abortion case since it overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago, after which many Republican-led states banned or restricted abortion access. … Read more

Opinion | US TikTok hysteria pushes key questions about the app to the margins

Opinion | US TikTok hysteria pushes key questions about the app to the margins

As we wait to see whether the Senate will do the same, we’re treated to the full spectrum of hypocrisy that the “China threat” induces in American politicians. Let’s examine this starting at the top, with US President Joe Biden, who has said he would sign the TikTok bill if the Senate passes the measure. … Read more

Biden Deemed ‘Healthy, Active, Robust’ During Annual Physical Exam

Biden Deemed ‘Healthy, Active, Robust’ During Annual Physical Exam

washington —  U.S. President Joe Biden’s is a “healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency,” his physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a statement released by the White House on Wednesday, following Biden’s annual physical examination. “The president feels well, and this year’s physical identified no … Read more

US Senate Republicans Block Democrats’ Bill Assuring Right to IVF

US Senate Republicans Block Democrats’ Bill Assuring Right to IVF

WASHINGTON —  Democrats on Wednesday failed in an attempt to rush legislation through the U.S. Senate guaranteeing Americans’ access to in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technologies, after an Alabama court designated frozen embryos as children. The state Supreme Court ruling on February 16 that frozen embryos should be considered children prompted at least … Read more

Biden Open To Meet House Speaker Johnson Amid GOP Resistance To Foreign Aid Bill

Biden Open To Meet House Speaker Johnson Amid GOP Resistance To Foreign Aid Bill

US President Joe Biden walks to Marine One at the White House on February 9, 2024. AFP KEY POINTS Biden has been urging GOP House members to pass the bill and called out Congress for going on a two-week break Johnson’s spokesperson said they welcome Biden’s “reversal” as a one-on-one meeting was “long overdue” Senate … Read more

Jordan’s PM urges US to take lead in ending Gaza ‘carnage’

Jordan’s PM urges US to take lead in ending Gaza ‘carnage’

The United States and other top powers need to use their influence with Israel to end the ongoing “carnage” in Gaza, Jordan’s Prime Minister, Bisher al Khasawaneh, said on Friday. Jordan, which shares a border with the West Bank, has been highly critical of Israel’s bombardments of Gaza with Khasawaneh saying on Friday that … Read more