Tehran, Iran – AFP Iranians cast their ballots Friday in a presidential election marked by a lone reformist’s bid to break through against a divided conservative field. Around 61 million Iranians were eligible to vote in the election called after the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last mont...
Atlanta, United States – AFP A halting Joe Biden struggled Thursday to allay concerns he is too old for a second term in the White House in a fiery debate with Donald Trump marked by personal insults. A bombastic Trump lashed out at his successor, calling him a failure on the economy and the world […]
In the run-up to the election, Donald Trump is ahead in five out of seven critical battleground states, according to polling averages. The race remains tight in the first three states, with margins close enough to be within a typical polling error of 3.5 points, making both a Trump or Biden victory feasible. In the […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for high participation in the forthcoming snap presidential election, saying it “silences enemies.” Speaking to a gathering from different provinces in Tehran on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei said public participation in the election “brings...
A right-wing group aligned with Donald Trump is compiling a list of federal employees considered “disloyal” to the former president. The American Accountability Foundation aims to scrutinize high-ranking government officials, starting with the Department of Homeland Security. News website Axios reports that Trump’s “top...
Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie is claiming that every Republican in Congress is under the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobby. He says every GOP lawmaker has what he calls an AIPAC babysitter, influencing their decisions. AIPAC advocates for pro-Israel policies to the United States’ legislative and execut...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has endorsed displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools, echoing Louisiana’s recent law. At a Faith and Freedom Coalition event in Washington, he emphasized values like “Thou shalt not steal.” He called the Ten Commandments “incredible stuff” and criticized opposition to t...
Abdullah Hammoud, the Democratic mayor of Dearborn, says the US president risks losing reelection against Donald Trump by siding with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Frankly, it’s Biden right now who is choosing Benjamin Netanyahu over American democracy,” says Hammoud during an interview with AFP. “For me, ...
Louisiana has enacted legislation requiring the display of the Biblical Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms. Governor Jeff Landry signed the Republican-backed law, emphasizing the commandments’ foundational role in legal principles. The law mandates poster-sized displays in classrooms from kindergarten through university, ci...
Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden attempted a political high-wire act Tuesday by announcing a citizenship pathway for half a million immigrants married to US nationals, in a counterweight to his recent crackdown on illegal border crossers. The Biden administration has been struggling to address immigration, a hugely div...
