CNN — President Joe Biden will deliver his second State of the Union address next week in a country that has a pretty bleak outlook. For the past two decades, Gallup has polled the American public on a range of political issues and broad societal perceptions in its annual “Mood of the Nation” poll. Average … Read more
CNN — The United States and India are taking steps to strengthen their defense partnership, officials said Tuesday, in the latest sign of cooperation between the two countries in the face of an increasingly assertive China. The plans emerged after two days of meetings in Washington between government and business officials from both countries and … Read more
Ramallah, West Bank CNN — Abu A’asem brews pot after pot of his specialty Arabic coffee, despite the pouring rain. His corner stand in the heart of Ramallah is always busy, whatever the weather, but his future as a Palestinian is as bleak as the sky. “I am 40 years old and I still see … Read more
CNN — The FBI conducted a search of President Joe Biden’s home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and no documents bearing classified marks were found, Biden’s personal attorney said Wednesday. Bob Bauer, Biden’s attorney, said the FBI took handwritten notes and documents with them for further examination. The search lasted three and a half hours. “The … Read more
CNN — Tire Nichols, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers, will be remembered at a funeral service on Wednesday for the life he lived. Nichols, 29, who was black, was subdued but continuously beaten after a traffic stop by Memphis police on January 7. … Read more
CNN — A week after authorities discovered a woman bound and beaten in a southwestern Oregon home, the kidnapping suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, reports a CNN affiliate . Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died in a hospital after an hour-long standoff with law enforcement Tuesday night in Grants Pass, Oregon, CNN affiliate KTVL … Read more
CNN — Former President Donald Trump’s political operation has grossed $9.5 million in the roughly six weeks since he announced his latest White House run, according to a source familiar with fundraising figures . The loot is less than the nearly $11.8 million raised by Trump entities in the six weeks leading up to the … Read more
CNN — House Republican leaders are working to lock in votes to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from the Foreign Affairs Committee after several members of their conference reported resistance to the move. One of those Republicans, Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana, announced on Tuesday that she was now prepared to support a … Read more
CNN — The U.S. military is seeking to expand its access to bases in the Philippines with an eye on China, according to several U.S. defense officials, as part of an ongoing shift in force posture in the Indo-Pacific region. An announcement could come as soon as this week with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin … Read more
Editor’s note: Joyce M. Davis, Awareness and Opinion Editor for PennLive and The Patriot-News, is the President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She is a seasoned journalist and author who has lived and worked around the world, working for National Public Radio, Knight Ridder Newspapers in Washington, DC, and Radio … Read more
