Elections

Ohio Rep. Max Miller denies abuse allegations, refuses to quit race as ex-father-in-law Sen. Moreno demands resignation

Representative Max Miller used a livestream to reject claims he abused his ex-wife and daughter, while Senator Bernie Moreno, his former father-in-law, broke his silence to call Miller a danger and demand his resignation.

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Elections·7h ago

Michigan Senate primary tests AIPAC's influence as El-Sayed leads despite $50m opposition

Abdul El-Sayed holds a 10-point lead over Rep. Haley Stevens ahead of Tuesday's Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, despite being outspent 12-to-1 by pro-Israel groups including AIPAC, which has poured over $50 million into the race.

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Elections·14h ago

Nawrocki edges past Kaczyński as right-wing leader in first poll after PiS split, but 32% say no one leads

A United Surveys poll for Wirtualna Polska shows President Karol Nawrocki at 20.4% and PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński at 19.8%, within the margin of error. The largest group, 32.1%, says the Polish right has no leader.

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Elections·16h ago

Dieter Hallervorden's CDU campaign tour sparks row over anti-Merz song and Gaza genocide sign

The 90-year-old actor's cabaret performances for Saxony-Anhalt's CDU candidate Sven Schulze drew sharp criticism from the party's federal leadership after he called the defence minister a 'war minister' and displayed a 'Stop the genocide in Gaza' sign.

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Elections·from Jul 26·upd. yesterday

Morawiecki’s Rozwój Plus debuts with Warsaw ‘grill’ as Polish right fractures after PiS split

The new parliamentary club of 40 deputies and one senator, led by former prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, held a day-long conference in Warsaw on Friday, while the presidential palace called for conservative unity and a poll showed nearly 4 in 10 Poles think a Morawiecki party could enter the Sejm.

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Elections·from Jul 31·upd. yesterday

Bev Craig wins Greater Manchester mayoral by-election with 66% of vote, succeeding PM Andy Burnham

Bev Craig secured 66.3% of the vote after second preferences, defeating Reform UK's Sian Astley in the by-election triggered by Andy Burnham's move to Downing Street.

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Elections·from Jul 15·upd. Jul 25

Morawiecki i 40 posłów odchodzi z PiS. Były premier: "Nie ma hegemona na polskiej prawicy"

Około 40 posłów Prawa i Sprawiedliwości opuszcza partię po tym, jak Jarosław Kaczyński postawił ultimatum członkom stowarzyszenia Rozwój Plus. Były premier Mateusz Morawiecki przekonuje, że prawica musi nauczyć się współpracować, by pokonać rząd Donalda Tuska.

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Elections·Jul 25

Flávio Bolsonaro launches presidential bid with Milei's backing, trailing Lula 48-43 in Datafolha poll

Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro officially accepted the Liberal Party nomination Saturday in São Paulo, pledging to pardon his jailed father and vowing to "rescue Brazil" from Lula's government with the backing of Argentine President Javier Milei.

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Elections·6d ago

First post-split poll: Morawiecki's Rozwój Plus at 7.5%, PiS drops to 15.9% when new party is on the ballot

A United Surveys by IBRiS poll conducted 24-25 July, just after Mateusz Morawiecki's expulsion from PiS, shows his hypothetical Rozwój Plus party would enter the Sejm with 7.5% support, drawing almost all its voters from Law and Justice.

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Elections·Jul 25

Democrats pick South Carolina to lead 2028 primary calendar, edging Nevada in close committee vote

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee voted 26-19 to put South Carolina at the front of the 2028 presidential nominating calendar, with Nevada, New Hampshire and others to follow. The full DNC must ratify the plan next month.

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Elections·from Jul 21·upd. Jul 21

Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he won't back Schumer for Senate leader

Troy Jackson, the expected Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, said he would not support Chuck Schumer to continue as the party's leader and expressed reluctance to accept his help in the general election against Republican Susan Collins.

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Elections·Jul 22

Kretschmer: 'Whoever still talks about firewalls has not recognized the signs of the times'

Saxony's Minister-President Michael Kretschmer says the CDU must talk to every party, including the Left, as state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern approach in September.

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Ohio Rep. Max Miller denies abuse allegations, refuses to quit race as ex-father-in-law Sen. Moreno demands resignation

Michigan Senate primary tests AIPAC's influence as El-Sayed leads despite $50m opposition

Nawrocki edges past Kaczyński as right-wing leader in first poll after PiS split, but 32% say no one leads

Dieter Hallervorden's CDU campaign tour sparks row over anti-Merz song and Gaza genocide sign

Morawiecki’s Rozwój Plus debuts with Warsaw ‘grill’ as Polish right fractures after PiS split

Bev Craig wins Greater Manchester mayoral by-election with 66% of vote, succeeding PM Andy Burnham

Morawiecki i 40 posłów odchodzi z PiS. Były premier: "Nie ma hegemona na polskiej prawicy"

Flávio Bolsonaro launches presidential bid with Milei's backing, trailing Lula 48-43 in Datafolha poll

First post-split poll: Morawiecki's Rozwój Plus at 7.5%, PiS drops to 15.9% when new party is on the ballot

Democrats pick South Carolina to lead 2028 primary calendar, edging Nevada in close committee vote

Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he won't back Schumer for Senate leader

Kretschmer: 'Whoever still talks about firewalls has not recognized the signs of the times'

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