Articles filed under Political Figures
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Obama Center will host WNBA All-Star events in place of unfinished Chicago Sky facilityJul 08, 2026 2:54 pm - The recently opened Obama Presidential Center will play a major part in WNBA All-Star weekend. The league announced Wednesday that the Obama Center will host several medi...
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Rahm Emanuel warns that Israel has become a ‘territorial pariah’ in a blistering speechJul 08, 2026 1:13 pm - Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, warned Wednesday that the country has become increasingly isolated as its leadership has turned it into a “territorial pariah,” in a speech at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday.
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DNA evidence from Charlie Kirk assassination disputed by defendant's lawyersJul 08, 2026 7:59 am - Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are expected to keep questioning the reliability of DNA testing used to link the defendant to the suspected murder weapon when a weeklong hearing resumes Wednesday.
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Platner may be finished, but voters’ hunger for change and willingness to take risks will remainJul 08, 2026 7:22 am - With Graham Platner's campaign teetering from an allegation of sexual assault, there's no shortage of people arguing that the 41-year-old Maine oysterman and progressive political neophyte was always too risky for a key Senate race. However, it's likely more candidates will follow his path in the future.
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Trump blasts NATO for rejecting his efforts to claim Greenland as leaders hold a summit in TurkeyJul 08, 2026 7:09 am - U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at his NATO partners at a summit in Turkey on Wednesday, saying he was unhappy with the alliance for pushing back against his efforts to take control of Greenland and for not supporting his war in Iran.
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Funeral processions held in holy Iraqi cities for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali KhameneiJul 08, 2026 7:05 am - Thousands of mourners attended funeral processions for Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday in the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala as part of dayslong funeral ceremonies for the Islamic Republic's late supreme leader.
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US launches new airstrikes on Iran, with Tehran firing back at 3 Gulf Arab statesJul 08, 2026 6:28 am - The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by hitting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Persian Gulf.
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Democrats begin pulling Platner endorsements after Maine candidate faces sexual assault allegationJul 07, 2026 7:38 am - A woman who previously dated Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner said he drunkenly forced her to have sex after she told him to stop, according to a Politico...
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Rahm Emanuel will assail Netanyahu in Tel Aviv speech as American politics shift against IsraelJul 07, 2026 7:33 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, will denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv...
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NATO unveils billions in arms deals to prove its firepower as Trump arrives in AnkaraJul 07, 2026 7:28 am - President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara Tuesday afternoon for the NATO summit, as the transatlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms deals in an attempt to appease the mercurial U.S. leader.