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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…
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The man who attacked Pelosi will not be going to court.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi, who was attacked with a hammer at their San Francisco home last month, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder. According to authorities, David DePape, a lawyer, had broken into Paul Pelosi’s home and shouted “Where’s Nancy?” during the attack. Nancy Pelosi also spoke about…
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Donald Trump would run against Ron DeSantis.
Donald Trump on Sunday took a dig at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a rally, referring to him as “Ron deSanctimonious”. DeSantis did not seek Trump’s endorsement for his 2022 reelection bid and the two men held dueling rallies over the weekend. At his rally on Sunday, Trump did not mention DeSantis.
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Lake has a chance of winning a swing state governorship.
Republican secretary of state nominees in Arizona and Indiana have raised more than $1.2 million (over 8.7 crore) in this election cycle, according to an analysis by Issue One, a non-profit organisation. In Arizona, over $1.1 million was raised by Republican nominee Mark Finchem, while nearly $700,000 was raised by his Democratic opponent, Armando Fontes.…
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Beijing is refusing to change course even as Anger at the policy is rising.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been named the General Secretary of China’s Communist Party for the next five years at a meeting of the party’s top decision-making body scheduled to be held on Wednesday. Xi has been in this role for the past five years. He has been the Chairman of the Central Committee of…
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Kevin McCarthy outlines the Republicans’ agenda.
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has said that the first thing he would ask President Donald Trump to do is not to call “half the nation idiots” and say “things about them because they have a difference of opinion”. “I’ll ask the president to not to call half the nation idiots or say things…
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The Justice Department says that ballot security efforts in Arizona are likely illegal.
Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano said that it could take days to complete the vote count after the acting elections chief told NBC News that it could take days. Mastriano said this after the acting elections chief said it could take days to complete the vote count. He added that mail-in ballots…
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The New Jersey Congressional Race looks like a bellwether.
US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that the current election could cause political wreckage that is beyond mending. He added, “I think that [Trump’s] supporters, who have embraced his anti-democracy, populist, nationalist appeal to mainly White voters, because of a backlash to the first Black presidency of Barack Obama, feel a lack of understanding…
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This election is likely to go on for a while.
US President Donald Trump has said that he is hopeful that the early election results for the 2020 state Senate elections, in which he is seeking a third term, “will be announced in a few hours”. The results are expected to show mail ballots that were cast early and come from Democrats who are more…
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Georgia has had a record-breaking early voting period.
Republican US Senator from North Carolina Paul Budd introduced the Combat Voter Fraud Act, a bill that would make it illegal to vote in certain elections by absentee ballot. The bill has been introduced after an alleged voter fraud scandal in Budd’s state. The bill would also allow voter registration agencies to verify the identities…
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CNN is one thing.
Voters who voted for US President Donald Trump in 2020 presidential elections are planning to support Mehmet Oz, a doctor and Republican candidate for US Senate. A Pew Research survey found that most voters in these four states, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, do not think ex-President Joe Biden had won the election, despite false…
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Russia is in revenge.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the country is ready to accept Russian refugees who want to leave Ukraine. “We are ready to take them to any place in the country of their choice,” Zelenskyy said, adding that Russia would provide housing vouchers to those who wish to move further from the conflict. The Ukrainian…
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With most votes now counted, Netanyahu seems likely to become Israel’s leader.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was re-elected to a second five-year term on Tuesday, with his Likud Party winning the most votes in the General Elections. However, Netanyahu’s coalition didn’t secure a majority in the 120-member parliament. Meanwhile, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has called the elections an “opportunity to restore Israel’s democracy”, saying, “It’s time…
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Biden is a strong election closing argument for a different election.
US President Joe Biden said that “nothing will create more chaos” or do more damage to the American economy in the mid-term election, which is scheduled to be held on November 3. “In Florida you need to hit a Republican in the middle of the campaign to get the president to stick with you,” a…
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He is not welcome in all of the places he is campaigning.
US President Joe Biden has said that he believes the upcoming US midterm elections “might cause political damage that is beyond repair” due to “anti-democratic nature of the Republican candidates”. He added, “I want to be clear that we don’t have to accept these kinds of results.” Biden further said that it would be a…
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Biden said that the midterms had a choice between different visions of America.
Former US Vice President Joe Biden said that “the way to chaos” in America is if Republicans win the US elections. “It’ll lead to the destruction of this democracy,” he added. Biden’s comments come amid reports that Donald Trump’s campaign has been trying to recruit poll watchers and intimidating voters in the run-up to the…
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Trump and Ron DeSantis are campaigning in Florida on Sunday.
Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday campaigned for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis in Florida, where the polls are underway for the US Presidential election. DeSantis is running against Democrat Charlie Crist for Florida’s Governor’s seat. DeSantis recently endorsed Republican businessman and Colorado Senate candidate Joe O’Dea, as O’Dea vowed in October to “actively…
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Election workers face difficulties in reaching the mid-terms.
Costs for local election offices if they were to move back towards hand counting ballots would increase, according to former local voting administrator. Considering many of the Republicans who are call for hand counting are the same people who cast doubt on 2020 election because results weren’t finalised on election night, he said. Morrell said…
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The Battle Between Pocketbooks and Principles is Opinion.
Republican Mark Ronchetti, who is challenging Democratic New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, has said that “life should be protected – at all stages” on his campaign website last election cycle. Now, he’s putting out ads saying, “I’m personally pro-life, but I believe we can all come together on a policy that reflects our shared…
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The war may be heading towards a brutal new phase.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that the country’s military fired a total of 84 cruise missiles and attack drones against Ukrainian forces on Monday. Ukrainian officials said that they destroyed 56 of the Russian weapons. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had said that the country would enter Crimea at the end of the year to…
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The committee voted unanimously to subpoena Trump.
The US House Select Committee has granted ex-President Donald Trump more time to turn over documents sought by the panel probing the January 6 terror attack on the US Capitol. The House panel on Thursday closed its hearing and voted to subpoena Trump to testify before them. The committee had sent a subpoena to Trump…
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There is a single minded goal of the Republicans.
The FBI should not be criticised for the actions of 2020 elections and Mar-a-Lago congressional committee on investigation of ex-President Donald Trump’s case, FBI Director Robert Mueller said. “I don’t know if I want to say it but I don’t think we should be criticised,” he added. The FBI had asked the White House to…
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The Justice Department thinks that ballot security efforts in Arizona are likely to be illegal.
The Texas Secretary of State’s office has said teams are needed to investigate alleged voting fraud in the US state’s Harris County. This comes after a clerk in the county said she had given a tabulator and a laptop computer, which served as a poll book, to a person claiming to be an investigator conducting…