Joe Biden took to the podium Thursday in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, to unveil his economic platform as a candidate running for president of a country facing simultaneous economic, health and racial crises. The presumptive Democratic nominee’s message was different than the one he laid out previously in the swing state in 2019, when the unemployment rate was around […] Read more
Incumbent Andrzej Duda won the first round of Sunday’s presidential election – but his main rival, Rafal Trzaskowski, polled well enough to ensure a close second round in two weeks. Incumbent Polish President Andrzej Duda visits Torun. Photo: EPA-EFE/Tytus Zmijewski. Poland’s electoral commission on Monday said the incumbent President, Andrzej Duda, won 43.6 per cent of […] Read more
Serbia’s governing conservative party led by President Aleksandar Vucic is set for a landslide win in Sunday’s parliamentary election, results projected by Ipsos and CeSID pollsters showed. The projection shows the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) on track to win 62.4 percent of the votes, while the Socialist party – a junior coalition partner in the […] Read more
The lines on Election Day in Georgia were so long that state officials announced investigations before the polls even closed, raising fears of what’s to come when the nation votes in November. The primaries of the Peach State, including for competitive House and Senate races, garnered outsized attention among the five states that voted on Tuesday, as poll workers […] Read more
The three incumbents running to keep their seats on Newport News City Council won re-election Tuesday. Of the three races, the one in the Central District was closest, with Councilwoman Pat Woodbury defeating Cleon Long by 75 votes, according to complete, unofficial election results posted by the Virginia Department of Elections. The department reported: […] Read more
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign raked in a whopping $25 million in January alone and will use the haul to bankroll ads and staff across the critical Super Tuesday slate. The Vermont senator raised more in January than in any other month in the 2020 Democratic presidential race, his campaign said in announcing the haul Thursday. […] Read more
Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg unveiled a trillion dollar infrastructure plan on Friday, pledging to direct federal funds to state and local governments to revitalize the nation’s transport networks, clean water supply and broadband internet. “Under my administration, local governments will finally have a partner in Washington,” Buttigieg wrote in the plan. “As a former […] Read more
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Republicans have not ruled out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. In a Fox News interview, he also said the Senate trial should mirror that of President Bill Clinton, the last president to be impeached. “Fair is fair,” McConnell said. Trump was impeached in the […] Read more
Sterling took a dip on Wednesday as a respected voter poll raised the prospect of a hung parliament – in which no one party has a governing majority – arising from Thursday’s general election in the U.K. The pound weakened against the dollar, weakening to $1.3107 earlier on Wednesday before rebounding to $1.3151, after a […] Read more
President Donald Trump criticized House Democrats on Monday for scheduling a key impeachment hearing during his trip to London for a NATO meeting — 21 years after House Republicans conducted impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton while he was on several overseas trips. Trump accused Democrats in a tweet of “purposely” scheduling the first House Judiciary […] Read more
