Texas Democrats pick lieutenant governor nominee to challenge GOP incumbent Dan Patrick
DALLAS — Texas Democratic voters selected state Rep. Vikki Goodwin as their nominee for lieutenant governor Tuesday night, defeating Marcos Vélez in the party’s primary runoff and setting up a…
GOP veteran defeats populist candidate in one of America’s most conservative districts
Republican veteran strategist Tom Sell defeated populist, MAGA-style candidate Abraham Enriquez in a primary runoff race in a Texas congressional district known as one of the most conservative in the…
MAGA triumph: Trump ally Ken Paxton defeats John Cornyn in bitter Texas GOP primary war
PLANO, TX – President Donald Trump and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are the big winners in the Lone Star State’s bitter Republican Senate primary battle, which has spanned for…
House Dem who repeatedly tried to impeach Trump toppled in heated Texas race
Texas redistricting claimed a longtime Democratic incumbent Tuesday, as Rep. Christian Menefee defeated Rep. Al Green in a Houston-area runoff that forced two sitting House Democrats into the same race.…
Mother, boyfriend allegedly abandoned blindfolded young sons in remote forest as part of ‘game’: reports
A French mother who allegedly abandoned her two young children in a forest in Portugal while blindfolded was arrested with her former law enforcement boyfriend while eating at a café…
‘Designated target’ Mojtaba Khamenei to sign Trump deal in ‘unprecedented’ courier setup
Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, would have to approve any final deal with the U.S. through secret courier networks while remaining in hiding as a “designated target,” counterterrorism experts said…
Funerals, beauty queens and bombs: The Ukrainian city that won’t let Putin win
LVIV, Ukraine — As Kyiv takes a massive hit from Russia, another city seeks to carry on amid war. Four years into Russia’s war, the western Ukrainian city of Lviv…
World’s humanitarian system buckling, ‘no longer fit for purpose,’ US-based researchers say
LONDON, England — From Sudan to Gaza, civilians are desperate, hospitals are under attack, and the humanitarian aid system cannot keep up, according to a new report in the Lancet…
Iran signals ‘mass sacrifice’ in ‘high stakes’ Saddam-era warning amid Trump deal talks
President Masoud Pezeshkian invoked one of Iran’s strongest wartime symbols on May 24, signaling Tehran’s resolve to hold its ground against the U.S. and Israel across the region, a counterterrorism…
Pope Leo warns AI risks becoming tool of ‘domination, exclusion and death’ in new encyclical
Pope Leo unveiled the Vatican’s new encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” warning that artificial intelligence risks becoming a tool of “domination, exclusion and death” unless governments and institutions place moral limits on…