Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces independent run for president, ending Democratic primary challenge to Biden
Environmental lawyer and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday his independent candidacy for president, officially ending his effort to defeat President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary in favor of a long-shot general election bid.
2023-10-10 01:17
Biden's promise to restore US leadership tested by fresh outbreak of war abroad
With the outbreak of war in Israel, President Joe Biden is contending with conflicts in two parts of the world at a moment of paralysis in Washington and increasing polarization over the direction of America's involvement abroad.
2023-10-09 03:16
RFK Jr. is polling high for an independent. But it may not last
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce Monday that he is dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary and will run as an independent. The move would come after Kennedy's calls for a debate with President Joe Biden went nowhere and with Biden continuing to hold a 50-point advantage in primary polling.
2023-10-09 02:55
Biden cannot escape Trump's shadow in border crisis
To the anger of his supporters, the US president is ramping up deportation and expanding the wall.
2023-10-08 11:16
Why this Israel-Gaza conflict is so complicated for Biden
President Joe Biden and his top aides are contending with an exceedingly complicated diplomatic situation unlike any previous conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
2023-10-08 00:54
A trucker killed women in six states. Investigators say they've identified his last victim
Long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women across the United States in the 1990s and sent authorities confession letters signed with smiley faces. But the identity of his last known victim remained a mystery for three decades.
2023-10-07 15:48
Fact check: Biden makes false claims about the debt and deficit in jobs speech
During a Friday speech about the September jobs report, President Joe Biden delivered a rapid-fire series of three false or misleading claims -- falsely saying that he has cut the debt, falsely crediting a tax policy that didn't take effect until 2023 for improving the budget situation in 2021 and 2022, and misleadingly saying that he has presided over an "actual surplus."
2023-10-07 08:18
Liberia election: George Weah faces demands for war crimes court
The former football star is running for a second term but faces demands for a war crimes court.
2023-10-07 07:56
How Logan Botanic Garden helps Vietnam's plant life
The botanical mission to safeguard species in a "biodiversity hotspot" thousands of miles away.
2023-10-07 06:25
Biden finds GOP's chaos a helpful contrast but an unwelcome distraction
President Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged he's facing an unwelcome political obstacle: The disarray engulfing his political opponents has only made it more difficult for his message to break through.
2023-10-07 06:20
Can India cricketers win World Cup for a billion fans?
They are playing at home which could be an advantage but also a pressure point, writes Suresh Menon.
2023-10-07 05:15
US border walls are controversial - but are they effective?
Barriers have been a feature of every recent US presidential administration's border policies.
2023-10-07 00:18