Most democratic elections are about competing views of the world. But in the United States in recent years, that divide seems to have evolved, moving from differences of opinion about what the nation could be to differences of opinion about what the nation is. In an October op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Geoffrey Cohen…
NEW YORK — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died. She was 81. Giovanni, subject of the prize-winning…
Washington, DC – A lightning-quick offensive has seen Syria’s opposition take control of major cities and large swaths of territory, toppling the government of longtime leader President Bashar al-Assad and indelibly altering the war-torn country’s future. The events represent a remarkable reversal of fortunes in Syria and enlivened a multipronged civil war that appeared largely…
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CNN — The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But Syria’s rebels completed a speedy and stunning march to power on Sunday, starting an uncertain new era for the country. For half a century, the Assad family ruled over Syria with an iron fist, with long-documented reports of…
One of the biggest pitfalls of Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign was the over-reliance on celebrity endorsements. Now, this isn’t to say Harris lost the election solely because of those endorsements, considering the Vice President overwhelmingly lost to President-elect Donald Trump, but those massive endorsements clearly didn’t do her any favors with voters,…
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers. Assad’s exit stood in stark contrast to his first months as…
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CNN — The Biden White House is working increasingly closely with officials from the incoming administration as it races to try to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal to halt the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas before Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions. In…
Kari Lake, pictured at the Republican National Convention in July, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Voice of America. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump says Kari Lake, a local television news anchor-turned-MAGA politician, will lead the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America. If successful, the…