China Names 14 Generals Suspected of Corruption
BEIJING — China’s military authority on Monday released a list of 14 generals who are under investigation or have been convicted of graft, among them the son of one of…
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BEIJING — China’s military authority on Monday released a list of 14 generals who are under investigation or have been convicted of graft, among them the son of one of…
It’s outrage time again. This time it’s over a “Saturday Night Live” commercial parody that aired over the weekend. The subject (take a deep breath and prepare to be shocked):…
Sunday’s episode of “The Good Wife,” a CBS show about the travails of a political spouse, revealed that staffers on Florrick’s campaign for Cook County State’s Attorney used anonymous Twitter…
Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition leader slain Friday night a stone’s throw from the Kremlin, was a true original, one of the towering figures of his country’s post-communist political odyssey….
Netanyahu is driven not only by his concerns about Iran’s nuclear threatthe topic of his addressbut also by domestic political considerations. Israel will hold its national elections just two weeks…
A long, steadily worsening showdown between the rivals is coming to a head in the tense final stages of talks between world powers and Iran in pursuit of a nuclear…
In a reversal of the usual worries about political influence on electoral map-making, the Supreme Court is being asked to let raw politics play an even bigger role in the…
Every election cycle can be considered, first and foremost, a monument to hype. With every passing week, the political world is a blizzard of brash predictions, bold pronouncements, and bad…
NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND — Typically, when a politician meets a reporter for an interview, decorum dictates that said politician offer up a bland pleasantry to break the ice. “Thanks for…
Sanaa is Yemen’s capital, but Houthi rebels have controlled the city for months. Hadi escaped a week ago after being under house arrest for a month following his resignation under…
But far from being acolytes of the liberal Massachusetts senator, they are the attendees at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference. In interviews with CNN, a dozen conservative activists at…
WASHINGTON — Jeremy Bird, the architect of the grass-roots and online organizing efforts that powered President Obama’s presidential campaigns from Chicago, is advising a similar operation in Tel Aviv. But…
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s (D-Hawaii) new chief of staff — a business owner with no government experience — is raising eyebrows in the state. Gabbard’s announcement on Tuesday that she had…
Phil Robertson is very concerned about the rate of sexually transmitted infections in America. Robertson, one of the stars of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” who was suspended from the show in…
Ask someone about a recent high-speed chase and they’ll laugh about llamas on the loose in Arizona. But ask about the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, and you’ll likely…
“We need a leader who understands that when the PM and leader of our longtime ally asks to come to Congress to share his concerns about Iran, we should show…
In this week’s edition of “Policlips Now,” we’re highlighting the best political clips you may have missed while you were working. Whether it was Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) crude Bill…
Two very different GOP presidential hopefuls sat for two very different question and answer sessions in the 1 p.m. hour at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) just outside Washington,…
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama raised the political pressure on Republicans over immigration on Wednesday, telling young members of Miami’s Latino community that Republicans…
House Republicans on Wednesday accused Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen of political bias, suggesting the central banker took her cues from the Obama administration as she sought to jump-start U.S….
WASHINGTON — For President Obama, this has been a week to guard his power. He went to court to defend his executive action on immigration while fighting an effort by…
WASHINGTON — This week, socialite Kim Kardashian detailed her makeup routine, listing products with a total cost of at least $1,977.75, according to an investigative report by Jezebel. That got…
Please be more like sheep. Believe it or not, that’s the Lunar New Year message for the people of Hong Kong from the city’s leader C.Y. Leung. “In the coming…
MOSCOW — As European diplomats labored to patch up a flagging peace agreement in Ukraine on Tuesday, Russia warned the Ukrainians that they could run out of natural gas within…
Let’s be wary, and more judicious. ••• My colleague Ken Paul notes that “calculus” shows up constantly — and generally not in the sense of “a system of calculation using…
NEW DELHI — Rahul Gandhi, long expected to be the next leader of India’s beleaguered Congress Party, threw political commentators into fits of baffled speculation on Monday when party officials…
Within four days of Perez’s arrival in San Francisco, the two sides announced a deal. “Sometimes when you’re in a less formal setting, it’s conducive to letting your guard down…
LONDON — In a renewed debate about the probity of British lawmakers, two of the most senior members of Parliament, both former foreign secretaries, on Monday denied wrongdoing after being…
MALÉ, Maldives — The authorities in the Maldives arrested a former president and current opposition leader, Mohamed Nasheed, on Sunday, and ordered him to stand trial on charges related to…
MALÉ, Maldives — The authorities in the Maldives arrested a former president and current opposition leader, Mohamed Nasheed, on Sunday, and ordered him to stand trial on charges related to…