Nation and World Politics
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How Mexico, bastion of machismo, got a female president before the U.S.
Jun 04, 2024 7:11 am - Mexico is famous for its macho culture. Women here didn’t win the right to vote for president until 1953 — three decades after their U.S. counterparts. As recently as nin...
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‘I am the luckiest man in the world’: Centenarian veterans share their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
Jun 04, 2024 7:10 am - COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that hel...
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Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversiesJun 03, 2024 9:10 pm - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, was back before Congress on Monday, calling “simply preposterous” Republican allegations that he'd tried to cover up origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biden prepares a tough executive order that would shut down asylum after 2,500 migrants arrive a dayJun 03, 2024 2:56 pm - The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests to the U.S.-Mexico borde...
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Mexico awakes with joy, fear, market jitters to first woman elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum
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Proposed Gaza cease-fire puts Netanyahu at a crossroads that could shape his legacy
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A Black medic wounded on D-Day saved dozens of lives. He's finally being posthumously honored
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After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive
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A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum?
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Zelenskyy in Manila to promote peace summit, which he says China and Russia are trying to undermine