Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a national unity government – at least among Jewish Israelis – during the swearing-in of Israel’s new parliament, or Knesset, on Tuesday, hoping to cling to power. The opposition to him, which now has a majority of seats but has yet to form a government, reacted with heckles, catcalls,…
WASHINGTON — After a blue tidal wave swept them from power, House and Senate Republicans will try to pick up the pieces Tuesday and select their leadership teams for the new Congress. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has already heeded his party’s call for new blood, announcing he will forgo a bid for minority leader…
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Pope Leo XIV, who became the first sitting pontiff to vote in a U.S. election, said Friday he is “proud to be an American and to exercise my right” to vote. His remarks, made to reporters en route to Latin America for a 12-day trip, come after the Vatican confirmed the U.S.-born pontiff had voted…
Israeli President Isaac Herzog must decide who gets the first attempt at forming a government, after an inconclusive election left both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, short of a parliamentary majority. Herzog has said he will task a candidate with forming a government on Sunday. Eisenkot has…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on Friday said the company will continue to invest in artificial intelligence infrastructure, even after voters strongly opposed data centers during Tuesday’s midterm elections. “When I think about the midterms, I need to keep thinking about how do we keep investing to meet that customer demand,” Friar told CNBC’s Sara Eisen…
The Nasdaq slid more than 10% from its record close on Thursday, on track to confirm a correction as worries over massive AI spending and heightened scrutiny of data centre expansion rattled tech stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell nearly 4% in afternoon trading in New York, more than 10% below its record closing…
Democrats have regained control of both chambers in the United States Congress during this year’s midterm elections, with a wave of victories that party leader Hakeem Jeffries likened to an “American tsunami”. But as of Wednesday night, two races for Congress’s upper chamber are still undecided. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list A…
Trump spoke throughout the evening to a number of US media outlets, striking a conciliatory tone and conceding that the Democrats did a “good job”. He said he would accept the results and that he was looking forward to working with the opposition party – albeit he would still have the power, as president, to…
Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George has been elected mayor of Washington, D.C., NBC News projects, continuing Democratic control over the capital city — but with a new twist, as self-identified socialists make gains in cities across the U.S. Lewis George will be Washington’s first new mayor since 2015, succeeding retiring Mayor Muriel Bowser, who did…
