A newly resurfaced Katie Porter video shows the embattled California Democrat yelling at a staffer to "get out of my [expletive] shot" during a 2021 virtual meeting, triggering widespread criticism from within her own party and renewed scrutiny of her treatment of subordinates.
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te said that the country will construct a multi-layered air defense system called the "T-Dome" to defend itself against increasing threats from China.
Democratic lawmakers and progressive activists spent two years demanding a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. But now that President Donald Trump has delivered one through the Trump peace deal, those same critics are attacking it—claiming, without evidence, that Israel will soon violate the agreement.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), is standing firm on his strategy to pressure Senate Democrats into ending the government shutdown, now entering its tenth day.
President Donald Trump announced that he canceled a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping after it was revealed that "very strange things" are happening in China.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."
Colombian President Gustavo Petro asserted that a U.S. naval strike on a narcotics ship was aimed at “a Colombian vessel with Colombian citizens on board.” The White House forcefully rejected his accusation, demanding a retraction and calling the claim “baseless and reprehensible.”
Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in North Korea Thursday to join dictator Kim Jong-un for a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the country’s communist “Workers’ Party of Korea.” The visit underscores China’s attempt to maintain its strategic position in Pyongyang amid North Korea’s deepening alliance with Russia.