BOISE, Idaho — Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74, his family said in a written statement Saturday. Kempthorne died Friday evening in Boise, the statement said. No cause was given, but he had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year. “Beyond his publi...

Heading into White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend, POLITICO caught up with the buzziest new celebrities in town: the TMZ guys. Since arriving in Washington last week, Jacob Wasserman, Charlie Cotton and Jakson Buhaj of the TMZ DC bureau have shaken up the D.C. media bubble, asking Defense Sec...

THE ISLAMAPHOBE & BLAKEMAN: As Nassau County Executive, Republican Bruce Blakeman has welcomed Muslim residents with open arms. He’s eaten at their Ramadan Iftar dinners, appointed the first Muslim chaplain to the county’s police force and talked about the value of Muslims as Nassau County county r...

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“Today, we join Armenian communities in Canada and around the world in commemorating Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, also known as Medz Yeghern. We honour the victims and all those who endured unimaginable suffering during this dark chapter in history. In 2006, Canada officially recognised the Arme...

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum. Prime Minister Carney thanked President Sheinbaum for Mexico’s support and cooperation following the tragic death of a Canadian citizen at the Teotihuacán site near Mexico City earlier this week. The Prim...

Jim Himes wants to reauthorize a controversial surveillance law. He knows it comes with big risks. The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee has been seeking a bipartisan deal to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act while Republicans are busy fighting among the...

In the days leading up to the two-week cease-fire between the United States and Iran, Israeli officials worried that the war might soon be over. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly ordered more strikes on Iran, as if trying to get in as much damage as possible before President Trump forced...

The timing for the first ‘Global Progressive Mobilisation’ was excellent. One week after Viktor Orbán`s crushing defeat in the Hungarian parliamentary elections, more than 6000 social democrats from around the world met in Barcelona upon invitation of Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez to work on...

Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are quickly becoming an economic and political force, accruing multi-billion dollar valuations and drawing support from key officials in the Trump administration. But backlash to the platforms is spreading — in Washington and in state capitals — with ac...

Senate Republicans green-lit their party-line plan early Thursday morning to send tens of billions of dollars to immigration enforcement agencies in the coming years. Senators voted 50-48 to adopt a budget blueprint for legislation that could fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol ...

If you’re a Cabinet official thinking of pursuing a new professional opportunity, Senate Republicans have a request: Now’s the time to call it quits. The departure this week of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who is following former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General ...