Politics

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vows to halve inflation, tackle illegal immigration

By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in his first major speech of 2023, has pledged to halve inflation, grow the U.K. economy and stop illegal immigration.

Israel's new far-right government unveils plan to weaken Supreme Court

By Isabel Debre, Josef Federman, Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's justice minister has unveiled the new government's long-promised overhaul of the judicial system that aims to weaken the Supreme Court.

Elon Musk says Twitter will ease ban on political advertising

By Associated Press

Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year.

Here's what the speaker of the House actually does

By Rachel Paine Caufield, The Conversation

The speaker of the House is the most visible and authoritative spokesperson for the majority party in the House. But their role goes beyond politics to everything from accounting to procurement.

WATCH: I hope they get their act together,' Biden says of Republican vote for House speaker

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Joe Biden says House Republicans' inability to unify behind a speaker candidate is "embarrassing" and "not a good look" for the country.

WATCH: State Department holds briefing after Israel demolishes part of West Bank village

By Sam McNeil, Associated Press

Residents and activists say the Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive orchards in two Palestinian villages in the south of the occupied West Bank.

WATCH: Biden, McConnell make bipartisan trip to Kentucky amid House GOP chaos

By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

President Joe Biden is in Kentucky visiting a dilapidated bridge that's getting a federal facelift and talking up the virtues of bipartisanship with Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell.

Transgender inmate executed in Missouri

By Jim Salter, Associated Press

A Missouri inmate has been put to death for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the U.S.

FDA finalizes rule change allowing mail-order abortion pills

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

U.S. health officials have finalized a rule change that allows women seeking abortion pills to get them through the mail. The update Tuesday by the FDA replaces a long-standing requirement that the medicine be picked up in person.

WATCH: House adjourns on the 2nd day of voting after McCarthy falls short of majority

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

House Republicans plowed through the second day of the new Congress, with no clear off-ramp from their political chaos over electing leader Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker.