Politics
SOUTH AFRICA TO EMBARK ON NEW POLITICAL PATH AFTER ANC LOSES MAJORITY
The African National Congress’s (ANC) three decades of political dominance in South Africa has come to an end after it was announced that it had won just 40.2% of the vote in last week’s general election. The ANC’s dramatic decline – the first time it has failed to win a majority of the votes since Nelson Mandela…
ARIZONA DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFICE OPENING DISRUPTED BY PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS
An Arizona Democratic field office opening celebration Friday afternoon featuring high-profile politicians was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters — four separate times. The third and fourth disruptions occurred while Rep. Ruben Gallego, a Democratic Senate hopeful, was speaking on stage. The fourth protester got inches away from the congressman, pointing her finger at him and yelling, “You take money…
GUILTY VERDICT WILL LIKELY NOT AFFECT PLANS FOR INTEL BRIEFINGS FOR TRUMP
The guilty verdict Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial likely will not affect plans by U.S. intelligence agencies to provide him with briefings after he is formally named the Republican presidential nominee, a U.S. official told NBC News. The intelligence briefings for presidential nominees are not mandated by law but are a…
UNITED KINGDOM’S FIRST BLACK WOMAN LAWMAKER ‘DISMAYED’ BY PROSPECT OF BEING BARRED FROM RUNNING FOR LABOUR
Britain’s first Black woman lawmaker, Diane Abbott, said on Wednesday she was dismayed the opposition Labour Party looked set to bar her as a candidate in the July 4 election over comments she made more than a year ago about Jews and racism. Abbott, 70, was first elected to parliament for Labour in 1987 and, as the country’s longest…
TRUMP ENDORSES PRIMARY CHALLENGER AGAINST GOP REP. BOB GOOD IN VIRGINIA
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ONDO APC PRIMARY: JIMOH IBRAHIM WITHDRAWS CASE AGAINST AIYEDATIWA
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INEC BEGINS VOTER REGISTRATION IN EDO DESPITE POSTPONEMENT CALLS
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TRIBUNAL UPHOLDS ODODO KOGI GOVERNORSHIP POLLS WINNER
The Kogi State Governorship Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Monday upheld the election that produced Usman Ododo, of the All Progressives Congress, governor of the state. The three-member panel of justices, headed by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, dismissed the petition of Murtala Ajaka, of the Social Democratic Party, for failure to substantially prove material…
LIBERTARIANS NOMINATE CHASE OLIVER FOR PRESIDENT, SPURNING BOTH TRUMP AND KENNEDY
The Libertarian Party on Sunday nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president, rejecting former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after they each spoke at the party’s convention. Third parties have rarely been competitive in U.S. presidential elections and the Libertarian candidate four years ago won 1% of the vote. But the party’s decision is getting more…
NO RWANDA FLIGHTS BEFORE ELECTION – RISHI SUNAK
Rishi Sunak has said that no asylum seekers will be sent to Rwanda before the election under the government’s deportation scheme. It had been thought ministers would try to get the first flight off before polling day, to showcase their flagship policy on countering illegal migration. But the PM has now said they will go…