Japan’s ruling party picks former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader. He will become prime minister next week
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ruling party picks former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba as leader. He will become prime minister next week.
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Nigel Farage has claimed that “our American allies will be furious and Beijing delighted” after Sir Keir Starmer gave up the Chagos Islands.
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Iran’s supreme leader swears Israel ‘won’t last long’
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'Kill him first': Israel eyes top level targets
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IDF assassinates right-hand man of Hamas leader Sinwar
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Michael Moore Warns This Move Could Cost Kamala Harris The Election
On the same day Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Flint, Michigan, Michael Moore is warning of a fatal “mistake that could be made in these final 4-5 weeks” until Election Day.“If Harris is advised by her wealthy donors to shun the left and drop her more progressive positions in favor of a ‘move to the center,’” Moore, who grew up in the suburbs of the Midwestern city he made famous in his debut documentary Roger & Me (but has since moved away), writes in a new Substack post, it cou
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Trump refuses to release medical records as concerns about him being the oldest possible president grow
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Anderson Cooper Struggles To Speak After Watching Weird Melania Trump Clip Live On Air
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Liz Cheney Splotches Donald Trump With Golden Line About Her Past
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Trump Opens Up About His Abortion Conflict With Melania
Former President Donald Trump has broken his silence on his wife Melania Trump’s recent revelation that she is pro-choice.“We spoke about it, and I said, ‘You have to write what you believe,’” Trump told Fox News in an interview on Thursday. “‘I’m not going to tell you what to do. You have to write what you believe.’ She’s very beloved. People love our former first lady, I can tell you that.”“I said, ‘You have to stick with your heart.’ I tell that to everybody,” Trump added.Read more at The Dai
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CNN Reporter Warns Kamala Harris Campaign Looks ‘Like a Loser’
CNN data reporter Harry Enten says that one key statistic may spell serious trouble for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign just one month out from the election—so much so that a win would be, in his words, “historically unprecedented.”In a segment with host John Berman, Enten analyzed the polling data around the question, “Do you think the country is on the right track?” Apparently, just 28 percent of Americans think that the United States is currently headed in the right direct
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Israel may launch symbolic attack on Iran nuclear-related facilities, says Ehud Barak
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Yazidi woman kidnapped by IS as a child 10 years ago freed from Gaza captivity
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Rudy Giuliani allegedly sent a text begging Michigan to overturn 2020 election. But he got the wrong number
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Jimmy Kimmel Says New Document Trove Finally Answers 1 Key Question About Trump
The late-night host said one mystery about the former president has now been solved.
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Trump attorney Alina Habba expects to be hit with ‘onslaught of litigation’ before election
Trump lawyer Alina Habba said in an interview Thursday that she expects to be hit with an “onslaught of litigation” with less than 35 days until the presidential election. Habba made the remarks in the context of comments about special counsel Jack Smith’s 165-page filing that was unsealed Wednesday by a Washington, D.C., federal court.…
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Trump Mocks Joe Biden’s Beach Body in (Another) Bizarre Rant
Donald Trump spent a large chunk of his campaign rally Thursday railing not against his actual opponent, Kamala Harris, but taking pot shots at his old rival Joe Biden over how he looks in a swimsuit.Throughout his speech in Saginaw, Michigan, Trump seemed preoccupied with the push Democrats made over the summer to get Biden—a weaker candidate than Harris, according to polling—to step aside.“That was a coup of an American president,” Trump said. “They took his presidency, they said, ‘You get the
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Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots have had to dramatically change the way they fly after long flying Soviet jets, and it's a lot to overcome
In a short time, Ukraine's F-16 pilots have had to learn to fly very differently from the way they flew their Soviet-era jets.