Category: Politics

  • The Arizona Senate race is still undecided.

    The Arizona Senate race is still undecided.

    More than 285,000 voters dropped their ballot off at a polling location in Arizona, US, instead of voting in person or mailing it in. Maricopa County, which has the largest share of voters in the state, faced record-breaking day-of ballot drop offs. Arizona’s state law requires all mail-in and drop-off ballots to be individually signature…

  • The country could be split after an investigation season.

    The country could be split after an investigation season.

    House Republicans have prepared a 1,000-page road map to probe US President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings, CNN reported. They have prepared the road map after years of investigations into Hunter Biden’s business activities. The road map will be presented to FBI and Department of Justice, they added.

  • Six states will be watched for the mid-terms.

    Six states will be watched for the mid-terms.

    The Republican Party has lost its chance of regaining a Senate majority in the US midterm elections. They were trailing in Georgia, which was won by Democrats in 2020 elections with the electoral college votes. The state had voted for Republicans in six consecutive presidential elections until President Donald Trump narrowly defeated them in the…

  • We received death threats because we were trying to run a fair election.

    We received death threats because we were trying to run a fair election.

    Arizona’s Republican Governor candidate Mark Finchem will face Democratic nominee Kari Lake in the November 2020 election. Finchem had thrown out the results of the 2020 presidential election because he concluded that former US President Donald Trump had won more votes than Democrat Joe Biden. Notably, the US Supreme Court has ruled that absentee ballots…

  • The Republican agenda is being outlined by Kevin McCarthy days before the elections.

    The Republican agenda is being outlined by Kevin McCarthy days before the elections.

    US House Speaker-designate Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said that he has no restrictions on which committees actress-turned- congresswoman Diane Greene can serve. ” Members request different committees and as we go through the steering committee…we’ll look at it,” he added. Greene, who is seeking the post of House speaker, has said she wants to sit…

  • Trump and DeSantis are campaigning for president in Florida on Sunday.

    Trump and DeSantis are campaigning for president in Florida on Sunday.

    A video of US President Donald Trump’s rally in Ohio has surfaced on social media. The video shows Trump’s supporters clapping and chanting, “USA, USA!” as the former President comes out to speak. In the video, Trump is heard saying, “I’m gonna have to get some of those [Democrats] out from behind.” Earlier, Trump had…

  • Lauren Boebert blames her party for her reelection being too close to call.

    Lauren Boebert blames her party for her reelection being too close to call.

    Republican Lauren Boebert has been elected to a fourth term in the US House of Representatives after defeating Democratic Diane Mitsch Bush by 51.6% of the vote. Boebert’s victory is a victory for President Donald Trump, who won the Colorado district by almost 8percentage points in November 2018. Boebert’s district is white, and many of…

  • The doubters were wrong that Gen Z wouldn’t show up at the polls.

    The doubters were wrong that Gen Z wouldn’t show up at the polls.

    The poll found that likely voters younger than 30 planned to support a Democrat for Congress by 12-point margin, compared with a narrow advantage for Republicans among likely voters at large. The survey found that 12 voters in their 20s living in states with competitive Senate or governor’s races spoke with photographers for The New…

  • What is the big UN climate summit?

    What is the big UN climate summit?

    The UN climate summit in Egypt’s Sharm-el-Sheikh will bring together over 35,000 delegates, including President Biden and more than 100 world leaders. Over 40,000 registered participants were invited to the event which brought together 120 world leaders. While world leaders are in Sharm-el-Sheikh to highlight the Egyptian government’s dismal human rights record, a growing number…

  • Liz Cheney is hitting the trail for Democrats.

    Liz Cheney is hitting the trail for Democrats.

    US Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney said, “People coming together to say we think in democracy. And a real rejection of the toxicity, and hate, and vitriol, and of Donald Trump.” Cheney, who lost to Democratic candidate Adam Kinzinger in August, added, “We know from history that it’s impossible to tolerate hate speech or antisemitism. There…

  • The GOP blame game spread after the results of the elections.

    The Senate Leadership Fund has poured millions of dollars into key Senate races across the country in a bid to bail out candidates effectively crowned as party nominees by US President Donald Trump. The super PAC, affiliated with the minority leader, has spent tens of millions of dollars in key races including Ohio and Georgia.

  • Six states will be watched for the upcoming midterms.

    Six states will be watched for the upcoming midterms.

    Republicans are trying to take back Arizona after Democrats made inroads in the swing state in 2020 when Joe Biden won the state and Mark Kelly flipped a Senate seat for Democrats. GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Republican senatorial nominee Blake Masters were both endorsed by President Donald Trump. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hobbs Hobbs…

  • Voting day and election results are available on a live stream.

    Voting day and election results are available on a live stream.

    Voters in five states and the District of Columbia will cast their votes on Tuesday in elections to the US House of Representatives and the US Senate. The first phase of voting is scheduled for 8 am to 7 pm, with the final phase scheduled for 9 am to 4 pm. The general elections are…

  • Senate control is hanging in the balance in the midterms.

    Senate control is hanging in the balance in the midterms.

    The race for the state’s first black senator is a tight one and is being fought by Democrat Corinna Beasley and Republican Ted Budd. Polls will close on competitive House races in Iowa, Nevada and Washington state in this two-hour span, all states where Democrats believe it is likely they will pick up seats.

  • Politics areDividing Parties, and Friends and Families.

    Politics areDividing Parties, and Friends and Families.

    A survey has found that only 42% of people who are Democrats say that they’re very motivated to vote while 45% of people who’re Republican in a competitive congressional districts say they’re very motivated to vote. This comes ahead of the US congressional elections on November 3. However, the survey showed that Democratic groups are…

  • Changes might be coming in the election results.

    Changes might be coming in the election results.

    Former US President Donald Trump ignored the mid-term elections, a Republican candidate for Texas governor said. “Not in Ted Cruz’s state of Texas. Pennsylvania could take days,” Doug Mastriano told a right-wing audience. He added that it could take days for vote counts in Pennsylvania to be complete, after the acting elections chief said last…

  • Three bullets were taken from Khan’s leg.

    Three bullets were taken from Khan’s leg.

    Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan said that he didn’t need “any reason to accuse this government for me to get back into power”. This comes after an official from Khan’s party said that he was shot in the foot at a rally on Thursday. “I condemn the incident of firing on PTI Chairman…will pray for the…

  • The election is driven by the central tension.

    The election is driven by the central tension.

    US President Joe Biden has warned that the future of democracy in the country could depend on the results of next week’s midterm elections. “There are candidates…running for every level of office in America, for governor, for Congress, for attorney general, for secretary of state who won’t commit to accepting the results of the elections…

  • Biden and Trump are holding rallies on the final day of the campaign.

    Biden and Trump are holding rallies on the final day of the campaign.

    US election officials have said that they have found no evidence of voter fraud. This comes amid claims by Democrats that voter impersonation is a major problem in the US. Experts claim that there’s no evidence of ballot fraud in the 2020 election. They also said that it’s easy to identify a voter who hasn’t…

  • Russia is bruised as winter approaches.

    Russia is bruised as winter approaches.

    Russia on Sunday blamed Ukraine for an explosion that damaged the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russian-occupied Crimea to mainland Russia. The attack comes hours after Russia blamed Ukraine for a weekend explosion that partially damaged the bridge. “Russia is doing what it takes to protect itself and its citizens from attacks on Ukraine’s Kerch Bridge,”…

  • Live updates on Election Day, and the rest of the year.

    Live updates on Election Day, and the rest of the year.

    US Senator Robert Ritter, the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, has said that it could take days to complete the vote count in the state. On a right-wing show monitored by liberal organisation, Ritter said that it could take days to complete the vote count after the acting elections chief told NBC News it…

  • The people who will make a decision in this election.

    The people who will make a decision in this election.

    Republican registered voters nationwide and in competitive Congressional districts are a bit more likely to say they are deeply motivated to vote than are Democratic registered voters (52% extremely motivated among Republicans nationally, 46% among Democrats), a new survey said. Registered voters are more likely to see local Democratic candidates as caring about people like…

  • The Israel we know is gone.

    The Israel we know is gone.

    A Jewish nationalist who met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said the US is likely to boycott him. “I think the US is likely to boycott him,” said Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is expected to become a senior Cabinet Minister. Ben-Gvir is a leader of the far-right Yisrael Beytenu party, which has an…

  • The opening statements of the Oath Keepers trial were dramatic.

    The opening statements of the Oath Keepers trial were dramatic.

    US President Donald Trump’s former personal aide Kellye SoRelle, who is testifying in the trial of five members of Oath Keepers, has told the jury that she told them todelete text messages and other materials about their activities after the attack on the US Capitol. SoRelle said she acted on her own when she told…

  • It isn’t ok for armed election deniers to intimidate voters.

    It isn’t ok for armed election deniers to intimidate voters.

    Activists in US’ Georgia have sought a halt to early voting, urged to count votes by hand and sought to require voter ID at polling places. In Georgia, the courts enforce a law to protect voting rights, as they did with challenges during the last election. State statute requires boards of election to get equal…