The yen was slightly stronger against the dollar as investors digested the impact of Japan’s ruling coalition losing its majority in the upper house election. Japanese stock futures inched lower. Japan’s currency, which had declined in the two weeks leading up to Sunday’s vote, held an small advance of 0.2% to trade at 148.52 versus…
Former “First Buddy” Elon Musk’s plan to wade back into politics with a new political party has roiled MAGA influencers across X. Musk officially filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission Sunday to establish his so-called “America Party” after he pledged to hit back against Republicans for passing President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which…
Forget fireworks and cookouts: Elon Musk and Sam Altman are spending their Fourth of July sharing their frustrations about US politics. The rival tech billionaires each celebrated Independence Day with social-media posts in which they vented about the state of the 50 states. Musk rekindled his idea of starting a new political party called the…
The League of Social Democrats, one of Hong Kong’s last opposition political parties, has announced it will disband after operating for nearly two decades. The decision was revealed in a press event invite sent out by the political party on Friday. In the document, the group said it would share further details about its plan…
How lawmakers are reacting to the strikes on Iran – CBS News Watch CBS News The White House spent much of Sunday defending the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. While Republicans largely praised the strikes, Democrats were more critical. Willie James Inman reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news,…
Hong Kong’s leader has rolled out 10 measures to address a freshwater contamination case involving banned substances dirtying the supply at two public housing estates. The Post unpacks the water safety concerns behind the saga and how people can protect themselves. 1. What’s the scandal about? Residents at the two public rental and subsidised estates…
A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. According to the complaints, both Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy…
Levittown, Pennsylvania — At a town hall Saturday in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona encouraged the Democratic party to return to its roots as the “big tent” party. “What happened the last election is that we got so pure, and we kept so pure that we started kicking people out of the…
Four former Hong Kong lawmakers convicted of subversion in a case involving 47 activists were released on Tuesday after completing their jail terms, becoming the first batch of defendants to be freed following the city’s largest and longest-running national security trial. Gary Fan Kwok-wai, 58, Kwok Ka-ki, 63, Jeremy Tam Man-ho, 49, and Claudia Mo…
Four former Hong Kong lawmakers convicted of subversion in a case involving 47 activists were released on Tuesday after completing their jail terms, becoming the first batch of defendants to be freed following the city’s largest and longest-running national security trial. Gary Fan Kwok-wai, 58, Kwok Ka-ki, 63, Jeremy Tam Man-ho, 49, and Claudia Mo…