When Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Germany for the Munich Security Conference last year, she made an unequivocal promise. “The United States,” she said, “will continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary.” When Ms. Harris returned to the same forum and took the same stage last week, her message sounded similar, but…
Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s Prime Minister, speaks on the second day of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, February 17, 2024. Bloomberg | Getty Images MUNICH, Germany – The West suffers from a “colossal lack of imagination” if it believes Russia’s war in Ukraine will not hit it next, European politicians have been told,…
A week before the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, where polls show her trailing by an insurmountable lead, Nikki Haley was in Texas pledging to run statewide, as most primary candidates typically do even under the direst of circumstances. Despite big losses in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada and the big odds she faces…
Germany’s defense minister said Saturday that his country’s pledge to spend 2% of GDP on defense was just the starting point and that more was likely needed. Previously, Chancellor Olaf Scholz had insisted that the 2% spending target would be achieved “in the 2020s, 2030s and beyond”. However, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius emphasized that…
Nikki Haley on Saturday called Aleksei A. Navalny, the outspoken Russian opposition leader, “a hero,” increasing pressure on former President Donald J. Trump to respond to news of his death. She said Mr. Navalny died at the hands of President Vladimir V. Putin and that Mr. Trump “must respond to that.” Speaking to reporters before…
Former U.S. President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the press at Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 16, 2024. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images MUNICH, Germany (AP) — NATO members on Saturday mulled a possible U.S. withdrawal from the military alliance if Donald Trump returns…
As time runs out before next week’s Republican primary in South Carolina, Nikki Haley is looking for a way to undermine Donald J. Trump and his leadership, including trying to reinterpret an old line of attack: he has long been disrespectful be towards veterans. In her effort to close the more than 30-point gap between…
Anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder said he believes Alexei Navalny’s death was intended as a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s political opponents ahead of next month’s election. Dissident Navalny, who died on Friday, was serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges of extremism in Russia, which he vehemently denied. World leaders reacted to the death…
Let’s be honest: Virtually no one thought he would even be elected president. Or that he would forge a groundbreaking treaty in the Middle East. Or that he would win the Nobel Peace Prize. Or that he would beat cancer. But Jimmy Carter exceeded all expectations in a life that spanned nearly a century. And…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a rally in support of political prisoners on Prospect Zakharova Street in Moscow, Russia, on September 29, 2019. Sefa Karacan | Anatolia | Getty Images World leaders and the wife of prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny reacted with dismay and suspicion to reports of the Kremlin critic’s death…
