WASHINGTON (AA) – Democrats in the House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday to reelect Hakeem Jeffries as Minority Leader. Jeffries became the first Black lawmaker to lead a party in Congress in 2023, succeeding former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the top Democrat in the lower chamber. Democrats voted to retain Katherine Clark...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Two Democratic Party governors have formed a coalition of fellow state-level executives to oppose the policies of Donald Trump. Called Governors Safeguarding Democracy, their group aims to protect state-level democratic institutions and leverage their combined legislative, budgetary, executive, and administrative powers, the Ch...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has sharply criticized the Democratic Party following Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss in the presidential election to former President Donald Trump. The 83-year-old Vermont senator, a progressive who caucuses with the Democrats, called the party’s campaign strategy “d...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas says that it will decide its position on the new US administration considering “its practical behavior towards the Palestinian people.” Republican Donald Trump claimed victory in the November 5 elections after projections that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris to become the 47th president of t...
The Associated Press has confirmed that Republicans have taken control of the Senate from Democrats after Tuesday’s congressional elections. The win came following GOP Senator Deb Fischer’s reelection in Nebraska. Republicans have secured 51 Senate seats, positioning them to regain control of the chamber for the first time...
ISTANBUL (AA) — As one of the US’ closest allies and the most powerful lobby in the country, Israel is a significant force in Tuesday’s elections. American-made bombs have rained down on Gaza and now Lebanon during Israel’s attacks over the past year. Today, millions desperately await a cease-fire in ravaged Gaza and de-escalation in […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – With the US presidential race in its final stretch, European Greens have issued a public appeal to the US Green Party candidate, urging her to withdraw from the race in favor of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. “Ahead of these pivotal elections, European Greens have called upon US Green Party candidate Jill Stein...
WASHINGTON (AA) – As the one-year mark of Israel’s war on Gaza approaches, a new poll reveals stark partisan differences in Americans’ views of Israel and its role in the ongoing conflagration in the Middle East. This highlights the gravity of the differences between the Republican Party of former President Donald Trump and t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy supports the Democratic Party in the upcoming elections, former US President Donald Trump claimed during a rally in Pennsylvania on Monday. “He (Zelenskyy) wants them to win this election so badly,” the Republican presidential nominee said, calling Zelenskyy “the greates...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The row between the Democratic Party establishment in the US and advocates for Palestine lays bare the party’s hypocrisy when it comes to Israel’s war on Gaza, says an American doctor who recently returned from Gaza. Delegates from the Uncommitted National Movement, many of whom are longstanding Democratic operatives di...
