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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (R) welcomes US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the “Our Team, Our Year” Get Out The Vote (GOTV) rally at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 2026. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Voters in New York, Maryland, Utah and South Carolina head to the…
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) questions U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as he testifies before the House Armed Services Committee April 29, 2026 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Potential 2028 presidential hopeful Rep. Ro Khanna challenged newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk to a televised debate on…
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 22: Andy Burnham, Labour MP for Makerfield, takes a “Selfie” with the Parliamentary Labour Party after his swearing-in at the Houses of Parliament on June 22, 2026 in London, England. Last week Andy Burnham won 54% of the vote in the Makerfield by-election, paving his way to return to Westminster as…
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 22: Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation as UK Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, outside No.10 Downing Street on June 22, 2026 in London, England. The prime minister had faced calls to announce a timeline for his departure from office ahead of an expected leadership challenge by…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, during a news conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick serve as acting director of National Intelligence,…
Black smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images Russia has pledged to carry out frequent and “massive group strikes” against Ukraine shortly after Kyiv launched a barrage of drones on Moscow,…
US Vice President JD Vance (L) waits, alongside US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff (C) and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to meet with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not seen), at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026, ahead of high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal…
Fomer US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama arrive at the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Kent Nishimura | Afp | Getty Images Former President Barack Obama opened his long-awaited presidential center in Chicago on Thursday, drawing a who’s who of former presidents, dignitaries, celebrities and musical performers to…
Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni on Nov. 20, 2024, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tomas Cuesta | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Italian government closed ranks on Friday toΒ slamΒ U.S. PresidentΒ Donald TrumpΒ over his claimΒ that PremierΒ Giorgia MeloniΒ had “begged” for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that suggested America’s longtime European…
Seen through algae-laden green water, a tear in the recently applied sealant can be seen on the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Oliver Contreras | Afp | Getty Images PresidentΒ DonaldΒ TrumpΒ on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing theΒ Reflecting…