A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, to six-and-a-half years in prison, state news agency TASS reported Monday. The hearing, which was held behind closed doors, found Kurmasheva guilty of spreading false information about the Russian army, making her just the latest US journalist to be convicted in the country in recent months. Kurmasheva’s charge was handed down in the city of Kazan on Friday, the same day that a court in the Russian city of...

After President Joe Biden announced that he would suspend his reelection campaign, his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed him has propelled her to being the most likely Democratic nominee. Now, the question is who her running mate will be. Harris has a wide range of potential contenders from which to choose, and her decision will shape the direction of her campaign. She may decide to follow former President Barack Obama and find “her Biden,”...

Vice President Kamala Harris is now the most likely replacement for President Joe Biden after he dropped out of the 2024 race Sunday and endorsed her as the Democratic nominee—triggering a rushed competition among the Democratic Party’s rising stars to become her running mate. Names commonly floated as replacements for Biden at the top of the ticket, mostly governors who served as surrogates for the Biden-Harris campaign and who have high approval ratings in their home states,...

The race to be Kamala Harris’ running mate has already started. Moments after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential contest and endorsed his vice president on Sunday, speculation began swirling over who would be Kamala Harris’ running mate. Some Democrats started floating their preferred picks. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, for instance, “would be an excellent choice” to share the ticket, said Philadelphia Democratic Party chair and former Rep. Bob Brady. Govs. Andy...

By the time that former President Donald J. Trump joined TikTok in June, conservative content was flourishing on the social media platform, known for its grip on young people. Mr. Trump’s TikTok account is part of an online conservative ecosystem characterized partly by videos, streams and messaging that rail against traditional institutions and promote a cultural ideology that pushes back on social movements supporting different gender identities and diversity, equity and...

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) said Monday that he is not running for office in the wake of speculation that he would pursue the Democratic presidential nomination after President Biden dropped his reelection bid Sunday. “I’m not running for office,” Manchin told “CBS Mornings” on Monday, adding, “I’m not looking. … I don’t need that in my life.”

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