Hawkish Finnish president says it’s ‘time to start talking to Russia’

The Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama officials to redraw their congressional map on Monday, weeks after striking down Louisiana’s second black-majority congressional district. Alabama officials filed petitions to the Supreme Court last month urging the justices to quickly toss out a ruling that required the state to use a congressional map with two […]

President Donald Trump is doling out a plum ambassador post to Kari Lake, tapping her to represent the United States in Jamaica after her rocky tenure leading the Voice of America. The White House announced Lake’s nomination on Monday, two months after a federal judge overturned her efforts to largely shutter the federal news service […]

Plus: AOC attacks billionaires, Trump heads into Xi talks weakened by the Iran conflict, and redistricting battles escalate nationwide

President Donald Trump will travel to China for a crucial summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week and is bringing a slew of top business leaders with him. The summit will begin May 14, and the two leaders are expected to discuss the Iran war, Taiwan, and trade, among other topics. The meeting was […]