Democratic divisions, polling misses and Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing: the week in politics.
Source: [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/opinion/democrats-midterms-progress.html)
The BBC is seeking to subpoena Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner in its defense against a $10 billion defamation suit brought against the broadcaster by President Donald Trump. In court filings yesterday, the BBC alleges that Trump’s son Donald Jr.
President Trump’s comments on making the Strait of Hormuz a U. S. territory on Friday sparked a response from Iran, stating on the social platform X that it will continue to stay in the country’s control.
Brazil’s president was union chief who led metalworkers’ strikes of 1979-80 that paved the way for return of democracy Day after day, tens of thousands of metalworkers would cram on to the football pitch in São Paulo’s industrial suburbs to demand higher wages and, perhaps unwittingly, transform ...
It’s the height of hypocrisy to condemn Taliban abuses in one breath and cooperate in sending people back to them in the next.
Zambia resumed vote counting Friday after a nationwide suspension over alleged attacks on polling staff and stolen marked ballot papers. The halt came a day after presidential and parliamentary elections, with opposition leader Brian Mundubile already claiming victory. Sishuwa Sishuwa, Senior L...
Iran on Saturday rejected President Trump’s assertion that he could declare the Strait of Hormuz a “territory of the United States,” saying the opening and closure of the key waterway will remain up to Iran’s control. In a post on the social platform X, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Ghar...