The pop artist said hope and healing were the themes of her 2010 hit “Firework.” The White House TikTok video was a “violation” of what it stood for, she said.
Troy Jackson won his party’s nomination by commandeering the progressive movement that fueled Graham Platner’s rise. He will face off against GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November.
The U.S. delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital and cast doubt on the integrity of the voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.
After threatening a “massive attack,” the president said his envoys were talking with Tehran but left open the possibility of a sharp military escalation.
Hours before addressing the White House press corps, the president endorsed using subpoenas against reporters in national security leak investigations.
The president will address a smaller, heavily secured gathering Friday as his administration intensifies its legal and rhetorical attacks on journalists.