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German far-right party could win its first state in eastern regional elections
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German far-right party could win its first state in eastern regional elections

People cast their votes for Germany’s Parliamentary (Bundestag) election at a poll station in Berlin, Germany on September 26, 2021. Abdulhamid Hosbas | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Germans were voting in two eastern states on Sunday, with the far-right AfD on track to win a state election for the first time and Chancellor Olaf […]

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Trump debate prep: Tulsi Gabbard advises Republican to attack Harris on ‘hypocrisy’
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Trump debate prep: Tulsi Gabbard advises Republican to attack Harris on ‘hypocrisy’

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) dances as he leaves the stage after speaking alongside former US Representative Tulsi Gabbard during a town hall meeting in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on August 29, 2024.  Kamil Krzaczynski | Afp | Getty Images Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who has endorsed Republican former President […]

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Cord cutters prepare for political ad blitz as campaigns flood Roku, Hulu ahead of election
Technology

Cord cutters prepare for political ad blitz as campaigns flood Roku, Hulu ahead of election

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and former President Donald Trump Reuters Consumers who cut their cable cord in recent years are finding that there’s one thing about linear TV they can’t escape: political ads. With the U.S. presidential election less than 70 days away, campaigns are swarming streaming services like Roku and Hulu to such […]

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Wisconsin denies RFK Jr. request to be removed from ballot after endorsing Trump
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Wisconsin denies RFK Jr. request to be removed from ballot after endorsing Trump

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes an announcement on the future of his campaign in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. August 23, 2024.  Thomas Machowicz | Reuters The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Tuesday voted to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the state’s November presidential ballot, thwarting the former third-party candidate’s plan to remove his […]

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Trump taps RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard for presidential transition team
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Trump taps RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard for presidential transition team

Former President Donald Trump has added his onetime campaign rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to his presidential transition team, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Both Kennedy and Gabbard endorsed Trump in the past week in his race against Vice President Kamala  Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. “As President Trump’s broad coalition of supporters […]

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Wisconsin denies RFK Jr. request to be removed from ballot after endorsing Trump
World

RFK Jr. endorses Trump after weeks of back-channel courtship

PHOENIX — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed former President Donald Trump Friday afternoon during a lengthy speech putting to rest his tumultuous independent presidential campaign. Kennedy’s campaign first confirmed the endorsement in a court filing in Pennsylvania before he took the stage for the speech in battleground Arizona. Trump has his own event in nearby Glendale […]

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Trump’s Arizona trip keeps immigration front-and-center, as Democrats sharpen border messaging
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Trump’s Arizona trip keeps immigration front-and-center, as Democrats sharpen border messaging

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass during a campaign rally, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. August 21, 2024. Jonathan Drake | Reuters Former President Donald Trump painted a dark picture on Thursday of what the U.S.-Mexico border […]

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Indonesia delays ratification of election law changes as protesters try to storm parliament
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Indonesia delays ratification of election law changes as protesters try to storm parliament

Demonstrators burn objects amid clashes outside the Parliament building in Jakarta on August 22, 2024 during a protest against a move to reverse the Constitutional Court’s decision altering eligibility rules for candidates in a key election later this year. Bay Ismoyo | AFP | Getty Images The ratification of changes to Indonesia’s election laws was […]

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Republican ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Trump ‘suffocated the soul of’ the GOP
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Republican ex-Rep. Adam Kinzinger: Trump ‘suffocated the soul of’ the GOP

Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger in his Democratic National Convention speech that “Donald Trump has suffocated the soul of the Republican Party,” endorsing Democrat Kamala Harris for president. “His fundamental weakness has coursed through my party like an illness, sapping our strength, softening our spine, whipping us into a fever that has untethered us from […]

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Nancy Pelosi lauds Harris’ political skill in securing nomination with ‘dignity and grace’
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Nancy Pelosi lauds Harris’ political skill in securing nomination with ‘dignity and grace’

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi addressed the Democratic National Convention on the third night along with Bill Clinton, Josh Shapiro and Tim Walz. Source

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