Category: Polls
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Why Khamenei Is Betting on Trump
Since mid-April, diplomacy between Tehran and Washington has shifted into overdrive. After a seven-year freeze, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has made a stunning, if not entirely surprising, reversal: He has greenlit a new nuclear deal if U.S. President Donald Trump accepts Tehran’s basic red lines. While the fourth round of talks between the two…
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Trump’s New Air Force One? Why Qatar’s Luxury Jet Gift Draws Constitutional Scrutiny
President Donald Trump’s plan to accept a luxury aircraft from Qatar for use as a temporary Air Force One has opened a new front in the long-running battle over ethics and foreign influence in his presidency, just as he prepares to embark on his first major international trip since returning to office. The prospective gift—a…
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Israel-Gaza Conflict News Live Updates: Netanyahu credits military pressure, US ‘political pressure’ for release of hostage
13 May 2025 | 12:41:22 AM IST Synopsis Israel-Gaza Conflict News Highlights Updates: Netanyahu credits military pressure, US ‘political pressure’ for release of hostage Israel-Gaza Conflict News Highlights Updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday credited the release of US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity in Gaza to Israeli military pressure and “political…
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The Iran deal reversal: For Netanyahu, it was never really about security – opinion
Netanyahu managed to turn opposition to the nuclear agreement into a nearly mandatory standard for every Israeli politician. By NADAV TAMIR MAY 11, 2025 02:42 MIKE WALTZ, serving as US national security advisor, attends a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office last month. Netanyahu is in a…
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CNN halted for Donald Trump ‘breaking news’ as host ‘struggles’ to report huge win
CNN was interrupted for breaking news as it was confirmed that Donald Trump had succeeded in achieving something host Abby Phillip hadn’t ever thought possible. After a previous backlash against the US president for not taking the action he’d promised, she has now been forced to admit: “Trump has… succeeded. He has shut the border…
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PKK holds congress in response to Ocalan’s call to end war with Turkey
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) announced on Friday that it had held a long-awaited congress in response to a call by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, a move that will likely mark the end of the group’s four-decade-long armed campaign against the Turkish state and deliver a historic win for Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
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Your primer on Albania’s parliamentary election
A prime minister seeking an unprecedented fourth term, a deeply entrenched opposition, and a crop of new parties angling for influence—Albania’s parliamentary election on May 11 comes amid deep domestic polarization. Voters will head to the polls at a strategically pivotal moment for the Western Balkan nation, which remains among the most staunchly pro-US countries…
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Live Updates: Conclave to Elect New Pope Is Set to Begin
Here’s the latest. Roman Catholic cardinals were set to cast a first round of ballots for a new pope on Wednesday in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, gathering under the soaring frescoes of Renaissance masters and a blanket of intense seclusion as they elect the next leader of 1.4 billion faithful. The largest number of voting…
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Cynicism Didn’t Start With Watergate
Cynicism Didn’t Start With Watergate But the scandal has had a long-lasting impact on public confidence in government By Bill Schneider/CNN WASHINGTON (June 17) — What’s been the most powerful force in American politics for the last 25 years? In a word, it’s cynicism. Americans have come to believe the worst about government, politics and…
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Depression or determination? Choosing between two clashing narratives about Israel – opinion
KNOW COMMENT: Israelis are determined to withstand ugly narratives of delegitimization that are crashing like tidal waves, and the resultant international dictates meant to weaken the Jewish state. By DAVID M. WEINBERG MAY 2, 2025 19:12 CAPTION: PAYING TRIBUTE through music at a graveside at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Remembrance Day this…
