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What made Haley Stevens turn on El-Sayed?
Endorsing his opponent while the US risks plummeting into fascism, she reveals the one issue that triggers her to take destructive action
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Israel political deadlock leaves Netanyahu’s future hanging in the balance
With neither bloc near a majority, Arab and ultra-Orthodox parties hold the key to Israel’s next government..
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All aboard with Kaptain Kemi, lost at sea on the good ship amnesia
Launching a defence plan on a rusty sloop, and dogged by a UK Iron Dome that never was, the Tory leader has forgotten her party’s 14 years in power HMS Wellington. A decommissioned Grimsby-class sloop from the second world war. A warship that has been moored on the Thames, going nowhere for the best part of 80 years. Today’s venue for the leader of the opposition to explain why the Conservative party hollowed out defence spending throughout their time in office. Sorry. Scrub that. To welcome in a brave new world order. Come aboard the good ship Badenoch. There are times when you wonder if the
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How Trump could interfere in US midterm elections
State officials who run US elections are braced for possible intervention by President Donald Trump's administration in Tuesday's midterms -- fearing federal authorities could disrupt voting, challenge…
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Opposition party organiser killed before South Africa elections
Police are investigating the motive in murder of MKP coordinator as political killings rise during municipal elections.
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Politics
I’d all but forgotten my ‘altercation’ with Nigel Farage. But since he mentions it, here’s what happened | Caroline Voaden
His boorish behaviour towards me typifies the politics of Reform UK: this is a party full of disdain for parliament, its people and its traditions Caroline Voaden is the Liberal Democrat MP for South Devon I got an unexpected message last week from a former colleague whom I haven’t heard from in 20 years. I was all over her TikTok, she said, so she reached out to say hi. Such was the furore caused by Nigel Farage bizarrely raising an incident that took place in the House of Commons nearly six months ago that I suddenly found myself trending on social media. That had not been on my bingo card f
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America has been witnessing the worst speeches in presidential history
The US has seen plenty of terrible speeches over the centuries. But Trump’s midterm rallies are a new low
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Christian voters in Washington state divided by common religion: ‘I don’t think the US is God’s kingdom on Earth’
Christians in the south of the state seek to vote their values – but a common faith does not mean a common politics
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In Pictures: US midterm elections in 20 photos
Voters, parents, and campaigners share the spotlight in a crucial election set to reshape US political direction.
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Justice department funds research into gender dysphoria and violent crime in latest anti-trans effort
Experts say ‘very dangerous’ move diverts attention from violence driven by far-right extremist ideologies
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The US midterm races that will decide control of Congress – mapped
These graphics explain what the Democrats would need to do to flip the Senate and House of Representatives
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Has the tide finally turned on One Nation’s ‘crude and cruel’ political cartoons? – Full Story podcast
Matilda Boseley talks to marketing expert Toby Ralph about whether there’s a place for One Nation’s Please Explain cartoon in a political climate where politicians are begging to ‘turn the temperature down’.
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