Category: Middle East | The People's News

US sends aircraft carrier and bomber task force to ‘warn Iran’

08/03/202106/05/2019 by jcibme

The US has deployed an aircraft carrier to the Middle East to send a “clear and unmistakable message” to Iran. …

Saudi Coalition Attacks Air Base Next to Yemen Airport

08/03/202101/05/2019 by jcibme

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen raided an air base adjoining Sanaa’s airport, Saudi news …

The G7 conundrum: How hard should you push China in a crisis?

America will arrive at the Bavarian G7 summit with upgraded plans to try to reduce China’s political and commercial reach.

Stuart Lau , David M. Herszenhorn and Suzanne Lynch

Norway shooting investigated as terror attack, alert level raised

David M. Herszenhorn

Republicans are poised to win the House and Senate. Welcome to our Election Forecast.

We rated every race in play in the midterms. Here’s who we think will win.

Steven Shepard

Stormclouds at home dampen Biden’s return to Europe

The president kicked off the G-7 summit in Germany hoping to rally the world’s leading democracies, but turmoil in Washington hangs over the proceedings.

Jonathan Lemire

The Twilight of Pope Francis

Even this supremely good man has so far failed to tackle the church’s most urgent moral task.

James Carroll

The Supreme Court’s Faux ‘Originalism’

The conservative Supreme Court's favorite judicial philosophy requires a very, very firm grasp of history — one that none of the justices seem to possess.

Joshua Zeitz

Battleground Republicans squeezed hardest on abortion after Roe falls

Democrats insist the Supreme Court ruling will hurt them in the suburbs. But few of the GOP's most vulnerable are budging — or talking.

Sarah Ferris and Ally Mutnick

Trump endorses Bailey for Illinois governor ahead of Republican primary

In central Illinois rally, the former president also praised the Supreme Court for striking down Roe v. Wade

Shia Kapos

Dems hope abortion ruling stops their slide in blue states

The new stakes on abortion policy could change races in states like Colorado that have been sliding onto the edges of the battlefield.

Zach Montellaro and Holly Otterbein

Biden signs gun safety bill, calls SCOTUS abortion ruling 'shocking'

“I think the Supreme Court has made some terrible decisions," the president said after the Supreme Court revoked the constitutional right to an abortion.

Kierra Frazier