Politics today is defined by narrowing contests and uneasy alliances. In Michigan, Democrat Mallory McMorrow has suspended her Senate campaign, effectively turning a closely watched primary into a sharper contest between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed just weeks before voting....
Politics today is defined by narrowing contests and uneasy alliances. In Michigan, Democrat Mallory McMorrow has suspended her Senate campaign, effectively turning a closely watched primary into a sharper contest between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed just weeks before voting. On the world stage, NATO chief Mark Rutte heads into the Turkey summit trying to keep pace with President Trump’s shifting demands, as questions move beyond defense spending to whether allies can field real military capability. Trump’s own summit schedule underscores the stakes: meetings with Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa place Ukraine, regional diplomacy and alliance tensions on the same crowded agenda. Elsewhere, U.S. Congressman Riley Moore says Washington will scrutinize Nigeria’s 2027 elections, while within the Catholic world, an excommunicated traditionalist faction is already looking to a future pope for possible rehabilitation.
Top Politics stories
- Mallory McMorrow suspends Michigan Democratic Senate campaign ahead of August primary (12 sources)
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- Trump to meet Zelensky and Syria’s al-Sharaa at NATO summit in Turkey (7 sources)
- Trump to meet Zelensky and Syria’s al-Sharaa on Wednesday at NATO summit in Turkey (6 sources)
- Priest Says Excommunicated SSPX Could Be Welcomed Back by a Future Pope (5 sources)
- Nigeria condemns killings of two Nigerians in South Africa, demands investigations and justice (5 sources)
- Queensland to expand “Adult Crime, Adult Time” laws to mandate jail for youth bail breaches (5 sources)
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