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After years on their back foot, here's why Democrats are feeling good about 2026

For much of the last two years, the U.S. Democratic Party has been on its back foot, enduring painful electoral defeats to an omnipresent Republican opponent while grappling with a troubling decline in voter registration and a listless party base. But in the closing days of 2025, the political pendulum appears to be swinging in their direction.
Trump says U.S. struck dock on shore where he says alleged drug boats 'load up'

U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated that the United States has "hit" a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but offered few details.
Russia says its negotiating stance on Ukraine will toughen after accusing Kyiv of attack

The Kremlin said Tuesday its position would toughen in talks on ending the war in Ukraine after accusing Kyiv of attacking a Russian presidential residence — an allegation that Kyiv said was baseless and intended to prolong the conflict.
Trump has the power to make Putin accept peace plan, says Ukrainian MP

Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko says he doesn’t believe Russia is interested in a peace deal with Ukraine, but he hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will use his influence to make one happen anyway.
China launches live-firing drills around Taiwan in 2nd day of exercises aimed at further isolating the island

China launched 10 hours of live-firing exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, the second day of Beijing's largest-ever war games around the island, aimed at swiftly cutting its links to outside support in the event of a conflict.
