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Strong leaders Trump and Johnson weakened their parties, but Modi made BJP stronger

Narendra Modi, unlike his counterparts in other countries, quietly does succession planning. He has groomed an extremely diligent, hardworking rung of leaders under him

Head-on | Biden-Trump rematch exposes broken US politics

A new opinion poll conducted by The New York Times-Siena College projects that if the presidential election pitting Donald Trump against US President Joe Biden was held today, Trump would win a comfortable majority

Who is Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to lead US Navy?

The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Admiral Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy. As Chief of Naval Operations, she has become the first woman to join the elite group of senior military officers that comprise the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Race for US House speaker in chaos as Republican nominee Steve Scalise drops out

Steve Scalise narrowly won a secret internal Republican ballot Wednesday to replace ousted speaker Kevin McCarthy, but it quickly became clear he couldn't get the 217 lawmakers needed in a vote of the full House as his opponents in his own party lined up to announce they would not support him

Republicans reject own funding bill, US government shutdown imminent

In a 232-198 vote, the House defeated a measure that would extend government funding by 30 days and avert a shutdown. That bill would have slashed spending and restricted immigration, Republican priorities that had little chance of passing the Democratic-controlled Senate

US shutdown looms: Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy faces crucial test

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives and the Democratic-led Senate have until 30 September to avoid the US' fourth partial government shutdown in a decade by passing spending legislation that President Joe Biden can sign into law to keep federal agencies afloat

Trump to report to Atlanta jail to face charges in election-subversion case

The Republican former president faces 13 felony counts including racketeering, which is typically used to target organized crime, for pressuring state officials to reverse his election loss to Democratic President Joe Biden

First Republican presidential debate: Who's in and who might be out?

With two weeks until the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, eight candidates say they have met qualifications to be on stage in Milwaukee. Here's a look at who's locked in and who is not

Senators move to require release of US government UFO records

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, has teamed up with Senator Mike Rounds, a Republican, in leading an effort to force the disclosure of information relating to what the government officially calls "unidentified anomalous phenomena," or UAPs

Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis supports revoking China's trade status

The US Senate voted in 2000 to grant that status to China as it prepared to join the World Trade Organization. Any step to remove it would also need congressional approval. The status is a legal designation in the United States for free trade with a foreign nation