Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv early Monday morning, as the future of US aid to Ukraine hangs in the balance of the imminent US presidential election and as Russia continues to make small but steady gains on the battlefield. Austin will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov while in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine’s weapons needs and how the US can continue to support the country’s military over the next year, the secretary told a small...

The first batch of preliminary results indicated the referendum on Moldova's EU future was a "no," but a last-minute spike in votes in favour from the eastern European country's diaspora evened out the score. A referendum on Moldova's EU membership bid was too close to call on Monday morning, with the difference between "yes" and "no" votes counted in hundreds. Although early preliminary counts showed Moldovans largely rejected the proposal to enshrine the eastern European country's EU...

A congressional investigation into whether Democrats have been using the ActBlue online donation platform to cheat at fund-raising has expanded into possible foreign funding as House and Senate investigators join forces to demand the Biden administration provide them access to classified intelligence and secret money-laundering reports filed by banks. In bombshell letters to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Avril...

A group of about 2,000 migrants left Mexico's southern border Sunday hoping to reach the country's north and ultimately the United States. The development comes weeks before the U.S. presidential election, in which immigration has been a key issue. Some migrants, like Venezuelan Joel Zambrano, believe a new administration in the U.S. could put an end to asylum appointments through an online system called CBP One. "That is what makes us fearful. They say this could change because they...

With less than three weeks until Election Day, former President Donald Trump made slight gains in three swing states he's looking to flip, according to new conservative polling data. Early voting has already started in most states as the campaign season winds down ahead of November 5. Due to the nation's Electoral College system, the most important states to win are the so-called swing states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. Trump,...

For competent leaders, managing national security and international upheaval involves putting partisan mudslinging on hold. For Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, partisan mudslinging is the whole point. Problems are there to be politicized, not fixed. His latest circus act involved testifying before an inquiry on foreign interference — inspired in part by “irregularities” in a 2019 Liberal nomination race that were uncovered by intelligence officials — to inflame suspicions about the...

It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace? One key reason is a relatively simple one: Wealthier consumers, boosted by strong gains in income, home equity and stock market wealth, have increasingly driven the spending. That trend, documented by Federal Reserve research, represents something of a shift from the pre-pandemic period. And it suggests that consumer...

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein will hold talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut on Monday on conditions for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, two sources told Reuters, as Israel expanded its air campaign on the group's assets overnight. While Hochstein is likely to push for calm after a year of fighting during which Israel killed leaders of both Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, the U.S. has made it clear it will show unwavering support for Israel despite rising death...

An apparent Donald Trump supporter trolled Taylor Swift Saturday evening by delivering a message via flyover at the pop star’s Miami Gardens concert venue asking if she was ready for the ex-president to retake the White House. “Trump 2024 – Ready For It, Cat Lady? MAGA!” was scrawled in big block letters in a message pulled by a small plane, according to social media footage. The flyover — a play on the singer’s 2017 hit “…Ready For It?” — happened before Swift took the stage for...

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