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2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC

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Philippine president calls for all Cabinet secretaries to resign after election setbacks

Read full article: Philippine president calls for all Cabinet secretaries to resign after election setbacks

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thrusday asked all of his Cabinet secretaries to submit resignations in a “bold reset” of his administration following last week’s mid-term elections, which saw more opposition candidates win crucial Senate seats.

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A former Florida Republican congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening primary opponent

Read full article: A former Florida Republican congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening primary opponent

A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.

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Cuomo's comeback faces a new challenger in Donald Trump's Justice Department

Read full article: Cuomo's comeback faces a new challenger in Donald Trump's Justice Department

With just weeks to go until New York City’s mayoral primary, one of the leading candidates, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, finds himself under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Elon Musk's pullback from politics comes after his last big investment was a flop

Read full article: Elon Musk's pullback from politics comes after his last big investment was a flop

Wisconsin could go down as billionaire Elon Musk’s last big spend on a political campaign.

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Elon Musk says he will cut back on political spending after heavily backing Trump in 2024

Read full article: Elon Musk says he will cut back on political spending after heavily backing Trump in 2024

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, says he’ll be spending less on political campaigns.

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2 days ago

'Dried out prune'? 'Corrupt' and 'incompetent'? It's getting nasty between Springsteen and Trump

Read full article: 'Dried out prune'? 'Corrupt' and 'incompetent'? It's getting nasty between Springsteen and Trump

Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump aren't new foes.

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3 days ago

Romania's new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain

Read full article: Romania's new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain

A pro-European Union centrist pulled off an upset in Romania’s presidential election, beating out a hard-right nationalist who had channeled people’s anger at the political establishment to surge in the polls.

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Portugal's election brings another minority government and a far-right rise

Read full article: Portugal's election brings another minority government and a far-right rise

Portugal’s president has convened political parties for consultations after a general election delivered another minority government.

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3 days ago

Right-wing populists hopeful after first round of Polish presidential election

Read full article: Right-wing populists hopeful after first round of Polish presidential election

There’s a long way to go yet in Poland’s presidential election, but Sunday’s first round was a good day for candidates on the right and far right.

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Portugal headed for another minority government after vote won by incumbent center-right party

Read full article: Portugal headed for another minority government after vote won by incumbent center-right party

Portugal is headed for yet another minority government after the incumbent center-right Democratic Alliance won a general election but failed to secure a majority in Parliament in a vote that saw surge by a hard-right populist party.

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Liberal mayor and conservative historian headed to presidential runoff in Poland, exit poll suggests

Read full article: Liberal mayor and conservative historian headed to presidential runoff in Poland, exit poll suggests

An exit poll shows that the liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, are the front-runners in a presidential election in Poland.

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Portugal is headed for another minority government after general election

Read full article: Portugal is headed for another minority government after general election

The incumbent center-right Democratic Alliance has won Portugal’s general election but it fell short of a majority in Parliament and was set to take office as a minority government.

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Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist

Read full article: Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist

Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist.

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New standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 election

Read full article: New standards for Oklahoma high school students promote misinformation about the 2020 election

Beginning next school year, the curriculum standards for Oklahoma high school students will including conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.

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Bernie Sanders and AOC are popular with Democrats. Here's a timeline of their alliance

Read full article: Bernie Sanders and AOC are popular with Democrats. Here's a timeline of their alliance

A decade ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a volunteer organizer for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.

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Supporters of Bolivia's ex-leader Morales clash with police in push to secure his candidacy

Read full article: Supporters of Bolivia's ex-leader Morales clash with police in push to secure his candidacy

Street clashes have erupted in Bolivia's capital of La Paz as hundreds of supporters of ex-President Evo Morales marched toward the country's top electoral court to push for their leader’s candidacy in presidential elections later this year.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania's state primaries

Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania's state primaries

Pennsylvania’s two largest cities will hold primaries Tuesday for high-profile municipal offices.

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Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or West

Read full article: Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or West

As Romania heads into a critical presidential runoff on Sunday between two starkly different candidates, many view the final vote as a geopolitical choice between East or West.

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Democratic Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez won in a Trump district. Now she faces an uprising from the left

Read full article: Democratic Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez won in a Trump district. Now she faces an uprising from the left

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez provided Democrats a rare bright spot last fall when she won reelection against a MAGA diehard in a Trump-leaning district in southwestern Washington state.

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Biden audio release pressures Democrats who would rather talk about Trump

Read full article: Biden audio release pressures Democrats who would rather talk about Trump

Joe Biden’s time in public office is now behind him, but his age and mental acuity have become a litmus test for the next leaders in his party.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to rebrand himself ahead of a potential presidential run

Read full article: California Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to rebrand himself ahead of a potential presidential run

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a term-limited Democrat with national ambitions.

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Theo Von riffs on drugs, disabilities and homosexuality before Trump speaks at US base in Qatar

Read full article: Theo Von riffs on drugs, disabilities and homosexuality before Trump speaks at US base in Qatar

When President Donald Trump addressed U_S_ and Qatari troops at a military base in Qatar, he assured the rank and file “we don’t care if you’re politically correct.”.

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European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules with lack of transparency on ads

Read full article: European Union accuses TikTok of breaching digital rules with lack of transparency on ads

European Union regulators are accusing TikTok of breaching digital safety rules because of because it’s not being transparent enough about ads shown to users of the video sharing app.

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Poland votes for a new president Sunday as worries grow about the future

Read full article: Poland votes for a new president Sunday as worries grow about the future

Voters in Poland will cast ballots Sunday in a presidential election to choose a successor to conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda.

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Ethics complaint resurfaces as Kentucky Republican Daniel Cameron runs for a U.S. Senate seat

Read full article: Ethics complaint resurfaces as Kentucky Republican Daniel Cameron runs for a U.S. Senate seat

An ethics complaint stemming from Republican Daniel Cameron’s failed run for Kentucky governor has resurfaced as the former state attorney general campaigns for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky.

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Smart politics or a publicity stunt? The man behind the latest effort to impeach Donald Trump

Read full article: Smart politics or a publicity stunt? The man behind the latest effort to impeach Donald Trump

A Michigan congressman is on a doomed mission to impeach President Donald Trump as he faces challenges at home in his Detroit-area district.

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Russian court jails prominent election monitoring activist for 5 years

Read full article: Russian court jails prominent election monitoring activist for 5 years

A court in Moscow has convicted one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group on charges of organizing the work of an “undesirable” organization and sentenced him to five years in prison.

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Georgia Republicans look to rally behind a challenger to Sen. Jon Ossoff

Read full article: Georgia Republicans look to rally behind a challenger to Sen. Jon Ossoff

Georgia’s governor and a lightning-rod congresswoman decided last week to not run for the U.S. Senate.

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2nd mayoral candidate killed in Mexico's Veracruz state ahead of June 1 elections

Read full article: 2nd mayoral candidate killed in Mexico's Veracruz state ahead of June 1 elections

Gunmen have killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who accompanied her.

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Conservatives are cautiously hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will restore rigor to the papacy

Read full article: Conservatives are cautiously hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will restore rigor to the papacy

Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV.

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In Pittsburgh, candidates face their future voters, part of a national effort to engage the young

Read full article: In Pittsburgh, candidates face their future voters, part of a national effort to engage the young

Young people have consistently turned out to vote at lower rates than older Americans.

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Voting ends in Philippines midterm elections, with detained ex-President Duterte among candidates

Read full article: Voting ends in Philippines midterm elections, with detained ex-President Duterte among candidates

Even though he is detained in The Hague, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was among candidates who vied for some 18,000 national and local seats in Monday’s midterm elections.

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Before they name a 2028 nominee, Democrats will have to decide which state will weigh in first

Read full article: Before they name a 2028 nominee, Democrats will have to decide which state will weigh in first

Democrats will pick their next presidential nominee in 2028, but before that happens, the party will have to decide which state gets to go first on the nominating calendar.

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Albanians vote in election after a campaign dominated by uphill efforts to join the EU

Read full article: Albanians vote in election after a campaign dominated by uphill efforts to join the EU

Voting has ended in Albania’s parliamentary election after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term.

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Louisiana governor pushes Trump to weigh primary challenger to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, AP sources say

Read full article: Louisiana governor pushes Trump to weigh primary challenger to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, AP sources say

President Donald Trump and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry have discussed the possibility that Julia Letlow, a congresswoman elected in 2021 after her husband died of COVID, might challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy in next year's Republican primary.

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South Korean conservative party fails in a bid to switch presidential candidates

Read full article: South Korean conservative party fails in a bid to switch presidential candidates

South Korea’s embattled conservative party has canceled then reinstated the presidential candidacy of Kim Moon Soo within hours, after a failed attempt to replace him with former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene declines to challenge Jon Ossoff in Georgia Senate race

Read full article: Marjorie Taylor Greene declines to challenge Jon Ossoff in Georgia Senate race

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene won't challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia in next year’s midterms.

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Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor's criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation

Read full article: Trove of documents unsealed in NYC mayor's criminal case offers a glimpse of thwarted investigation

Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case.

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Ousted top election official in key swing state urges civility toward 'caretakers of our democracy'

Read full article: Ousted top election official in key swing state urges civility toward 'caretakers of our democracy'

The former North Carolina elections director who was ousted this week after a politically motivated move by Republicans said Friday she hopes the new leadership will approach elections in a nonpartisan way and called for an end to verbal attacks against those who oversee the voting process.

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Australian prime minister says reducing student debt is his re-elected government's first priority

Read full article: Australian prime minister says reducing student debt is his re-elected government's first priority

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told his government colleagues that reducing student debt will be the first legislative priority for his administration that was returned to power in the nation’s first election in which the Baby Boomer generation was outnumbered by younger voters.

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What to know about John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Senator who talks about mental health

Read full article: What to know about John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Senator who talks about mental health

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, the lawmaker known for his unconventional and irreverent brand of politics, is in the news again after a blowup at a closed-door meeting with union allies and former staff aides who aired concerns about his mental health.

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Republican Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter launches Senate bid

Read full article: Republican Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter launches Senate bid

Congressman Buddy Carter has become the first Republican to jump into the race to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026.

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Trump campaign architects are now training their sights on Albania's upcoming election

Read full article: Trump campaign architects are now training their sights on Albania's upcoming election

Albania’s main opposition leader has hired Trump-linked campaign consultants and a lobbying firm to help him in the country's May 11 parliamentary election.

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6 people are charged in a Texas elections investigation involving 'vote harvesting'

Read full article: 6 people are charged in a Texas elections investigation involving 'vote harvesting'

Six people in a rural Texas county have been indicted in a widening elections investigation led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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The election director in North Carolina, a key swing state, is ousted after a Republican power play

Read full article: The election director in North Carolina, a key swing state, is ousted after a Republican power play

North Carolina's elections board has ousted the agency’s executive director after Republicans gained control.

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Republican concedes long-unsettled North Carolina court election to Democratic incumbent

Read full article: Republican concedes long-unsettled North Carolina court election to Democratic incumbent

The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has conceded last November’s election to the Democratic incumbent.

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Key Republican says he won't back Trump's pick for top DC prosecutor because of Jan. 6 ties

Read full article: Key Republican says he won't back Trump's pick for top DC prosecutor because of Jan. 6 ties

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he’s informed the White House that he won’t support Donald Trump’s pick for top federal prosecutor in Washington, stalling the nomination in the Senate weeks before the temporary appointment expires.

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Romania appoints an interim prime minister after the coalition's defeat in the presidential race

Read full article: Romania appoints an interim prime minister after the coalition's defeat in the presidential race

Romania’s interim president has appointed a new prime minister.

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Bangladesh's ex-premier Khaleda Zia returns, adding pressure for elections

Read full article: Bangladesh's ex-premier Khaleda Zia returns, adding pressure for elections

Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections.

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Michigan governor candidate says miscarriage prompted her to prioritize reproductive health access

Read full article: Michigan governor candidate says miscarriage prompted her to prioritize reproductive health access

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with miscarriage.

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Romanian premier resigns after his coalition's candidate fails to advance in presidential runoff

Read full article: Romanian premier resigns after his coalition's candidate fails to advance in presidential runoff

Romania's prime minister has announced his resignation, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the rerun of the presidential election.

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Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage to run for Congress in Trump-friendly district held by Democrat Golden

Read full article: Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage to run for Congress in Trump-friendly district held by Democrat Golden

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, an early supporter of President Donald Trump’s first successful White House bid and a polarizing figure in state politics, says he is running for Congress in a competitive district.

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Balancing Trump criticism and bipartisanship, Democrat Jon Ossoff walks a fine line in Georgia

Read full article: Balancing Trump criticism and bipartisanship, Democrat Jon Ossoff walks a fine line in Georgia

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is among many Democrats looking to find the right path to challenge President Donald Trump and Republicans after the GOP won the White House and congressional majorities in 2024.

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Who is George Simion, a nationalist who topped polls in Romania’s presidential redo?

Read full article: Who is George Simion, a nationalist who topped polls in Romania’s presidential redo?

George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has won Romania’s first-round presidential election after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment.

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Romania's hard-right candidate will face a pro-EU reformist in presidential runoff

Read full article: Romania's hard-right candidate will face a pro-EU reformist in presidential runoff

Romania's hard-right nationalist George Simion will face a pro-Western reformist in a pivotal runoff in two weeks after decisively winning the most votes in the first round of the presidential election redo.

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Battered by war and economic crisis, Lebanon holds first local elections in almost 10 years

Read full article: Battered by war and economic crisis, Lebanon holds first local elections in almost 10 years

Lebanese have voted in the country’s first local elections in almost a decade, months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Hard-right candidate Simion secures decisive win in first round of Romania’s presidential redo

Read full article: Hard-right candidate Simion secures decisive win in first round of Romania’s presidential redo

Nearly complete electoral data shows that hard-right nationalist George Simion has secured a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo.

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Australia's re-elected prime minister says voters chose unity over division

Read full article: Australia's re-elected prime minister says voters chose unity over division

Australia’s re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday was greeted by well-wishers at a Sydney café and said the country had voted for unity over division.

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Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump's elections order, memo says

Read full article: Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump's elections order, memo says

A new mission statement for the Justice Department unit that upholds voting rights shows it's being redirected toward prioritizing President Donald Trump's executive order on elections.

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South Korea’s main conservative party nominates Kim Moon Soo as its presidential candidate

Read full article: South Korea’s main conservative party nominates Kim Moon Soo as its presidential candidate

South Korea’s main conservative party has nominated former Labor Minister Kim Moon Soo as its presidential candidate.

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Romania set to vote in critical presidential rerun with a MAGA-style nationalist in the forefront

Read full article: Romania set to vote in critical presidential rerun with a MAGA-style nationalist in the forefront

Romanians vote Sunday in one of the EU country’s most important elections in decades after the previous ballot was annulled following allegations of violations and Russian interference.

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Singapore's long-ruling party wins another landslide in election boost for new prime minister

Read full article: Singapore's long-ruling party wins another landslide in election boost for new prime minister

Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party has secured another general election landslide, extending its 66-year unbroken rule.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wins a second 3-year term

Read full article: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wins a second 3-year term

Anthony Albanese has claimed victory as the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive term in 21 years.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio's primary and special election

Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio's primary and special election

Cincinnati’s mayor faces a primary challenge Tuesday from two first-time candidates, including the half brother of Vice President JD Vance.

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Nigel Farage takes aim at the UK's dominant parties with hefty gains in local elections

Read full article: Nigel Farage takes aim at the UK's dominant parties with hefty gains in local elections

The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage has won a seat in Parliament and hundreds of councils in local elections across England.

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Netanyahu's campaign against Iran's nuclear program is muted with Trump in power

Read full article: Netanyahu's campaign against Iran's nuclear program is muted with Trump in power

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long been on a campaign against Iran's nuclear program and his opposition helped convince President Trump to withdraw from an Obama era deal meant to rein it in.

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South Korea's ex-Prime Minister Han says he will seek the presidency in June election

Read full article: South Korea's ex-Prime Minister Han says he will seek the presidency in June election

South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says he will run in next month’s presidential election and would seek to lessen the powers of the office and ease strife-ridden domestic politics if he wins.

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Singapore's long-ruling party seeks stronger election victory in test for new prime minister

Read full article: Singapore's long-ruling party seeks stronger election victory in test for new prime minister

Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state’s long ruling party.

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Parts of England vote in local elections, with Farage's Reform UK seeking big gains

Read full article: Parts of England vote in local elections, with Farage's Reform UK seeking big gains

Voters in many areas of England have gone to the polls in local elections.

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What are the major issues in Australia's election Saturday?

Read full article: What are the major issues in Australia's election Saturday?

Australians are voting Saturday in a general election that will be dominated by the soaring cost of living, the economy, energy and China.

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Nigel Farage wants to transform British politics. He faces a key test this week

Read full article: Nigel Farage wants to transform British politics. He faces a key test this week

Local elections in England this week are a key test for Nigel Farage.

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'We had jobs': Rural Romania turns to faith and nationalism ahead of presidential election rerun

Read full article: 'We had jobs': Rural Romania turns to faith and nationalism ahead of presidential election rerun

Romanians are preparing to cast their ballots in a critical presidential vote redo after last year’s election was annulled.

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Takeaways from Canada's election: America's northern ally rejects Trump after he dominates race

Read full article: Takeaways from Canada's election: America's northern ally rejects Trump after he dominates race

The first major test of Donald Trump’s influence on the affairs of a longtime U.S. ally went badly.

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US Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota joins the race for retiring Sen. Tina Smith's seat

Read full article: US Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota joins the race for retiring Sen. Tina Smith's seat

U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is the latest Minnesota Democrat to enter an increasingly competitive race for the U.S. Senate seat held by the retiring Sen. Tina Smith.

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Liberals won the election in Canada. Here's what to know and what comes next

Read full article: Liberals won the election in Canada. Here's what to know and what comes next

The Liberal Party has won Canada's federal election, capping a stunning turn in fortunes fed by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of trade war and to make the country the 51st American state.

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Rep. Gerry Connolly steps down as top Oversight Democrat and won't seek reelection as cancer returns

Read full article: Rep. Gerry Connolly steps down as top Oversight Democrat and won't seek reelection as cancer returns

Congressman Gerry Connolly of Virginia is stepping down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee and won’t be seeking reelection next year.

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Detroit Democrats are once again looking to unseat one of their own in Congress

Read full article: Detroit Democrats are once again looking to unseat one of their own in Congress

State Rep. Donavan McKinney is the second Detroit Democrat to enter a primary to unseat second-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar.

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Mark Carney warns Canadians in Liberal Party victory speech: 'Trump is trying to break us'

Read full article: Mark Carney warns Canadians in Liberal Party victory speech: 'Trump is trying to break us'

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s economy and sovereignty.

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Lee Jae-myung nominated by South Korea's liberal opposition to run for president

Read full article: Lee Jae-myung nominated by South Korea's liberal opposition to run for president

South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has tapped its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the June 3 vote.

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It might be Carney vs. Poilievre to lead Canada, but Trump is unofficially on the ballot

Read full article: It might be Carney vs. Poilievre to lead Canada, but Trump is unofficially on the ballot

Donald Trump might as well be on the ballot when Canadians vote for a new government.

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Romanians confront a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun

Read full article: Romanians confront a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun

Romanians are confronting a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a fraught presidential election redo next week, including ominous claims that the EU and NATO member country is surging toward “imminent war” with Russia.

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Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff says Trump's 'chaos and uncertainty' hurts the economy

Read full article: Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff says Trump's 'chaos and uncertainty' hurts the economy

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia says President Donald Trump’s unsettled economic policy is the biggest problem facing his state.

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Wesley Hunt has met with White House aides about entering the Texas Senate primary, AP sources say

Read full article: Wesley Hunt has met with White House aides about entering the Texas Senate primary, AP sources say

U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas may enter his state’s Republican primary for a Senate seat, adding more intrigue to what is already a marquee midterm contest.

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Rulings coming fast and furious in lawsuits over Trump's policies on immigration, elections and DEI

Read full article: Rulings coming fast and furious in lawsuits over Trump's policies on immigration, elections and DEI

The Trump administration was handed a rapid-fire series of court losses Wednesday night and Thursday in lawsuits filed over its policies on immigration, elections and its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools.

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Judge halts parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement

Read full article: Judge halts parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement

A federal judge has agreed with voting rights groups and Democrats that the Constitution gives the power to regulate federal elections to states and Congress — not the president.

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US election officials question agency about Trump's order overhauling election operations

Read full article: US election officials question agency about Trump's order overhauling election operations

State and local election officials from around the country in North Carolina have questioned the leaders of a federal agency tasked by President Donald Trump with implementing parts of his sweeping election overhaul executive order, with some expressing concerns about the consequences for voters and the people in charge of voting.

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Trump's trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada's election

Read full article: Trump's trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada's election

U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada’s election and dramatically improved the fortunes of the Liberal Party, which could win a fourth consecutive term in power next week.

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Days before Canada's election, Trump makes more comments about Canada's reliance on US

Read full article: Days before Canada's election, Trump makes more comments about Canada's reliance on US

President Donald Trump says Canada would “cease to exist” if it weren’t for the United States.

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A little-known federal agency is at the center of Trump's executive order to overhaul US elections

Read full article: A little-known federal agency is at the center of Trump's executive order to overhaul US elections

Florida’s “hanging chads” ballot controversy riveted the nation during the 2000 presidential contest and later prompted Congress to create an independent commission to help states update their voting equipment.

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Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won't seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026

Read full article: Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, won't seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026

Barack Obama says he wouldn't have been a U.S. senator or president without the support of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who has announced he's not seeking reelection.

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Republican JD Vance’s half brother wants to be Cincinnati's next mayor

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Vice President JD Vance's half brother Cory Bowman is running for Cincinnati mayor.

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A court in Ivory Coast removes a former Credit Suisse CEO from the presidential ballot

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A lawyer says an Ivory Coast court has ruled that former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam is not eligible to run for president because of his dual Ivorian-French nationality.

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Brazilian judges accept charges against more Bolsonaro allies in alleged coup plot

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A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices has unanimously accepted charges against six more key allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro over allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat.

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Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens joins Mallory McMorrow in Senate primary

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U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her U.S. Senate campaign in Michigan in what will undoubtedly be an expensive and competitive race.

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Australians start voting in general elections as pope's death overshadows campaigning

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Australians have begun voting at general elections as the death of Pope Francis overshadows campaigning.

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Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare

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Countries around the world are tightening their cyberdefenses as global tensions rise.

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An incessant crackdown in Belarus hurls dozens of independent journalists into harsh prisons

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Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

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Takeaways from AP’s report on pardoned Jan. 6 rioters being embraced in Republican politics

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President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 Capitol rioters on his first day in office, and now some of those involved in the Jan. 6 attack are getting a platform to tell their version of events.

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Romania's presidential election redo is a high-stakes test of its democracy following annulled vote

Read full article: Romania's presidential election redo is a high-stakes test of its democracy following annulled vote

Romania is gearing up to hold a presidential election redo next month, a high-stakes test for the European Union member’s democracy after last year’s annulled vote triggered the country’s deepest political crisis since 1989.

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What to know about the tensions between Iran and the US before their third round of talks

Read full article: What to know about the tensions between Iran and the US before their third round of talks

Iran and the United States will hold talks Saturday in Oman, their third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

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