GET THE LATEST INTERNATIONAL AND POLITICAL NEWS
In the run-up to the second round of Democratic debates this week, rumors circulated that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was digging up opposition research on former Vice President Joe Biden. On Wednesday night, she deployed it. Gillibrand said that in an…
Hungarian-American financier George Soros has poured over $5 million into his latest independent political action committee (PAC) ahead of the 2020 US presidential election. Billionaire Soros’ June $5 million contribution toward his super PAC, Democracy PAC, ties the Freedom Partners…
Amid the uncertainty, prompted by the simmering trade tensions between China and the US, Brexit chaos and the US-Iran standoff, public financial institutions, as well as investors all over the world, are opting for the safe haven that the precious…
This story is part of a group of stories called Finding the best ways to do good. Made possible by The Rockefeller Foundation. People can be really mean to robots. We humans have been known to behead them, punch them,…
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker made an uncomfortable but necessary point during the second Democratic primary debate: The bar for action on climate change is higher than it used to be, and pledging to rejoin the Paris climate agreement is…
The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris showdown at the second Democratic debate started on, what else, health care. It’s a top issue for Democratic voters and has featured heavily in every primary debate so far. Biden has positioned himself as the moderate,…
