MIAMI—Four key suspects in the killing of Haiti’s president appeared for the first time in U.S. federal court Wednesday to face accusations that they plotted and participated in his assassination, a day after they were transferred to the United States for prosecution. Haitian-Americans James Solages, Joseph Vincent and Christian Emmanuel Sanon and Colombian citizen Germán […]
LIMA, Peru—Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, gave in to protesters’ demands early Monday announcing in a nationally televised address that she will send Congress a proposal to move up elections. Boluarte’s decision came after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets around Peru for another day on Sunday to demand that she resign and schedule […]
LIMA, Peru—Peru’s Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office Wednesday and replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to remove him. The national ombudsman’s office called Castillo’s attempt to dissolve the Congress a coup. Lawmakers then voted 101–6 with 10 abstentions […]
President Joe Biden will decide whether to run for president in 2024 during the upcoming holiday break, confirmed White House chief of staff Ron Klain earlier this week. “When will the president make the decision?” Klain a crowd Monday during the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit. “I expect it shortly after the holidays. But I […]
TAIPEI—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China’s rising bellicosity failed to pay off and win public support. The elections for mayors, county chiefs, and local councilors are ostensibly about domestic issues such as the […]
Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk on Friday revealed his preferred pick for U.S. president in the 2024 race for the White House. Musk disclosed his preference at the end of a thread on Twitter that was prompted by a report about former President Donald Trump’s banned Twitter account being reinstated yet Trump not having posted anything […]
Former President Donald Trump will make a “special announcement” at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, at 9 p.m. ET on Nov. 15, where he is expected to announce a 2024 presidential run. NTD will livestream the event starting at 9 p.m. ET on Nov. 15. Access the livestream on this page, and also at […]
One of former President Donald Trump’s advisers said the 45th president will “of course” announce that he is running for president next week despite calls from some Republicans to hold off. “President Trump is going to announce on Tuesday that he’s running for president. And it’s going to be a very professional, very buttoned-up announcement,” […]
Count Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as a Republican who thinks Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should stay where he is as opposed to running for president. “I truly believe one of the most important paths to saving America is by having as many strong Republican governors as possible. And keeping them in place,” Greene said in […]
BEIRUT—President Michel Aoun left Lebanon’s presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen its historic economic meltdown. As Aoun’s term ends, the country is being run by a caretaker government after Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati failed to […]
