Latin American Politics Headlines at 4:03 p.m. EDT
Joe Biden wins Democratic primary in Puerto Rico
Joe Biden wins Democratic primary in Puerto Rico
Harris has enjoyed near-unanimous support from the party, defying pundits who predicted Democratic infighting should Biden bow out.
Ex-FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page reached settlements with the Justice Department that will see the government paying out a total of $2 million in their lawsuits over the department’s 2018 release of their text messages.
El Mayo co-founded the notorious Sinaloa crime syndicate with El Chapo, who is currently jailed in the US.
The US vice-president says she made clear to the Israeli PM her "serious concerns" about casualties in Gaza.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) weighed in on the Republican claims that when Vice President Harris becomes the Democratic nominee for president it will be an “undemocratic” shift, saying “give me a break.” Asked by Fox News Digital what she thinks of the criticism coming from the GOP about Harris’s rise to the top of…
Vladimir Putin has met Bashar al Assad in Moscow, after a surprise visit from the Syrian president that was announced by the Kremlin on Thursday morning. Footage shared on Telegram by the Russian president's press service showed the two leaders smiling and shaking hands, before sitting down and chatting through their respective interpreters. "I am very glad to see you," President Putin can be heard gushing to his guest.
An inquest for a teen who fatally self-harmed in custody has been told the justice department lied to the minister about the facility's suitability for youths.
A class action has been launched against a major Australian home builder after customers waited years past their contractual agreement for homes to be completed.
The Pentagon has found $2 billion worth of additional errors in its calculations for ammunition, missiles and other equipment sent to Ukraine, increasing the improperly valued material to a total of $8.2 billion, a U.S. government report revealed on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Defense has faced challenges in accurately valuing defense articles sent to Ukraine due to unclear accounting definitions, a new Government Accountability Office report showed. In 2023, the Pentagon said staff used "replacement value" instead of "depreciated value" to tabulate the billions in materials sent to Ukraine.
First lady Jill Biden watched on Wednesday night as President Joe Biden told the American people it was time to “pass the torch” on his political career. Then she got on a plane, flying nearly 4,000 miles to Paris, where another torch was being passed.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order on Thursday directing officials of the state with the largest homeless population in the nation to start removing homeless encampments was met with outrage from homeless advocates and elected officials.
The British government has dropped plans to oppose the International Criminal Court’s application for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza, according to UK news agency PA Media..
House Democrats have launched a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation to codify the right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide, in a long-shot attempt to put Republicans on the spot about reproductive rights. Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), lead sponsor of the Access to Family Building Act, said Thursday the discharge petition on…
The Opposition says Labor’s factional system means Anthony Albanese won’t be able to announce the best team in his ministerial reshuffle on Sunday.
Sheikh Hasina was seen wiping away tears in pictures taken during her visit to a metro station in Mirpur
The likely Democratic presidential nominee’s brief statement articulated the same policy as Biden's but was notable for the times she said “I” rather than “we.”
A union representing ambulance workers stood down over serious misconduct claims has blamed a leak on "desperate" leaders within the Victorian agency.
Confronted with a barrage of negative social media posts from former President Donald Trump aimed at his wife, second gentleman Doug Emhoff eschewed machismo or defensiveness.
Melinda French Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, threw her support behind Vice President Harris’s presidential run, pointing to the need to protect reproductive rights. “I feel like Kamala, I was happy to endorse. I’ve worked with her before, she knows what we need in society and she’s using her voice against those…
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House Thursday afternoon, where sources told CNN the president was expected to be as forceful as he has ever been in urging Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire agreement, as US officials believe that a deal may be on the cusp.