When we expect to get Iowa caucus results
The Iowa Republican caucuses convene at 7 p.m. Central time Monday, and it shouldn’t take too long to learn who prevailed in the first nominating contest of the 2024 presidential…
Half of Americans agree with Trump’s ‘poisoning the blood’ immigration rhetoric
There’s always been a symbiosis between Donald Trump and right-wing rhetoric. His 2016 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination was successful — surprisingly successful — because of his willingness to…
Austin released from hospital but won’t return to Pentagon right away
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday, the Pentagon said, ending a two-week hospitalization he had kept secret for days after developing…
Iowa Democrats look to rebuild after election losses, caucus downgrade
DES MOINES — At this time in 2020, Democrats held three of Iowa’s four congressional seats. They had three statewide elected officials, and they were just kicking off the Democratic…
Surprises do happen in early primaries. How much have they mattered?
Barring a major surprise, Donald Trump should be well on his way to clinching his third consecutive Republican presidential nomination on Monday night, when the votes from the Iowa caucuses…
North Korea claims another successful test of its hypersonic glide missile tech
North Korea on Monday claimed to have again tested a missile that could become one of the world’s fastest and most accurate weapons – with the potential to ultimately be fitted…
Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian spy plane in attack over Sea of Azov
Ukraine claimed it destroyed a Russian spy plane over the Sea of Azov on Monday, in what would be a significant strike against Moscow’s aerial capabilities. Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi initially…
One killed, 17 injured in twin attacks in Israeli city of Raanana
A woman in her 70s was killed Monday and 17 other people were injured in twin attacks in the central Israeli city of Raanana, according to hospitals treating the victims.…
Iran extends Nobel Prize winner’s prison sentence
She was charged with “spreading propaganda” against the Islamic Republic regime, her family said. The 51-year-old rights activist was awarded the Nobel in October for “her fight against the oppression of women…
The first US lunar lander to launch in over 50 years is headed for a fiery end. Here’s what it got done in space
The Peregrine spacecraft — which launched last week on the first US mission to aim for a moon landing in over 50 years — is headed back toward Earth and expected…