Ron DeSantis ends presidential bid days before N.H. primary
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he was suspending his presidential bid Sunday, ending a campaign that was initially considered the most serious challenge…
‘We don’t have a clear path to victory’: DeSantis exits presidential race
On Sunday, DeSantis also endorsed the former president for president. "[Trump] has my endorsement because we cannot go back to the old Republican guard of…
At Birch Society headquarters, looking for roots of conspiracy theory in U.S.
APPLETON, Wis. — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the…
A patchwork anti-Trump crew is rallying around Nikki Haley
Around the same time Hutchinson called on New Hampshire voters to support Haley, GOP Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont did the same: “After years of…
EU, US near deal on police access to online data – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — The long arm of the law is about to stretch from Europe…
As Democratic candidates focus on Super Tuesday, Texas is key
HOUSTON — All week, as former Vice President Joe Biden labored in South Carolina for his sweeping primary victory, other candidates jumped ahead to mine for…
UN chief denounces Israel for ‘utterly unacceptable’ killings as Gaza death toll soars – POLITICO
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the “heart-breaking” and “utterly unacceptable” killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza on Sunday, as the number of deaths from…
Column: Snarky comment, Biden apology show politics can be better
Asa Hutchinson was never going to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, much less the nation’s 47th president. In another time, before Donald Trump became…
Putin willing to visit North Korea at ‘early date,’ Pyongyang says – POLITICO
Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang soon, North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported on Sunday,…
How plagiarism-detection programs became a political weapon
The plagiarism accusations first struck Claudine Gay when a right-wing activist published several examples of unattributed text from the Harvard president’s academic writings. Though insufficient…
Netanyahu trapped by clashing demands from war cabinet and hawks – POLITICO
TEL AVIV — As he tries to cling to power, Benjamin Netanyahu is being buffeted by contradictory demands over the direction of the war in…
Opinion: Why do Arizona Republicans dress up like cowboys?
When Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater contemplated a run for president in the 1964 election, he introduced himself to a national audience by releasing a photo…
Washington takes aim at facial recognition
The letter comes a day after the National Academies released a 106-page report concluding that facial recognition systems have gotten so advanced that the industry…
Asa Hutchinson: New Hampshire Is ‘Close to a Make-or-Break’ for Stopping Trump
When I asked him what it would take for him even to vote for Biden, Hutchinson told me, “That’s not going to happen.” But if…
Democrats ‘appalled’ by Netanyahu’s bashing of two-state solution
“The prime minister needs to be capable of saying no to our friends,” he said. After leaving a Thursday meeting about the Middle East crisis…
Both of these agencies want a piece of Microsoft’s Open AI partnership
The discussions are largely limited to Microsoft and OpenAI and are not part of a broader dialogue over which agency will investigate artificial intelligence issues,…
Biden: Two-state solution still possible with Netanyahu in power
Democrats expressed horror at those comments. But Biden said he believed Netanyahu was not opposed to all two-state solutions. Biden’s comments came after he spoke…
Adams vetoes law enforcement bills, despite likely council override
The Council passed the How Many Stops Act in December with a veto-proof two-thirds majority: 35-9, with four absences and three abstentions. Adams signaled Friday…
How ‘Big Soda’ used its clout to stop 5 of 5 California laws to regulate sugary drinks
Reporting from Sacramento — California is known as the state that took on the tobacco industry, challenged the NRA on firearms restrictions and passed other legislation…
L.A. Times union walks out in protest of ‘substantial’ coming job cuts
According to the Times’ own reporting, the cuts stem from offsetting steep financial losses that owner Patrick Soon-Shiong has absorbed since acquiring the paper almost…