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Veteran pro-EU politician Donald Tusk on Monday became Poland’s new prime minister, after the country’s parliament ousted now-former PM Mateusz Morawiecki in a decisive no-confidence vote. Tusk secured a comfortable victory, with 248 MPs voting for him and 201 against. The politician needed to secure at least 225 votes to …

Texas Republicans adopted a plank to their platform declaring the 2020 election of Democrat Joe Biden as US president to be illegitimate on Saturday during the party’s first in-person convention since 2018. It was one of several planks signaling the party’s further shift rightward. “We reject the certified results of …

Le Pen was re-elected at a party congress on Sunday, winning 98% support and facing no competition.  “Your confidence honors and obliges me,” Le Pen tweeted after the vote. “Unite for victory!” Her re-election comes ahead of a presidential showdown against incumbent Emmanuel Macron next April, and polls show Le …

“When elected governor of California, I will cancel cancel culture and wake up the woke,” Jenner tweeted on Thursday. Jenner, a transgender activist and former Olympic decathlon champion, announced plans in April to challenge Governor Gavin Newsom in California’s upcoming recall election. When talk show host Joy Behar apologized last …

Khan was pronounced winner of 55.2% of the mayoral vote on Saturday, besting Conservative Shaun Bailey’s 44.8%. While the margin of victory was comfortable, it wasn’t the landslide that he appeared to be headed for as recently as a couple of months ago, when polls showed him leading by a …

Deby, 68, sustained multiple injuries during a fight against the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) rebel group, the Chadian Army said on Tuesday. FACT launched a massive offensive from a base in neighboring Libya on April 11, the day the presidential election was held. The Chadian Army …

Announcing a series of anti-Russian measures – incorrectly called “sanctions” – last week, President Joe Biden claimed Moscow is engaging in “efforts to undermine the conduct of free and fair democratic elections and democratic institutions in the United States and its allies and partners.”   A White House “fact sheet” …

As the popular crypto shot up in value on Thursday following an announcement from BNY Mellon that it would transfer and issue bitcoin (BTC) for its institutional clients, Yang pledged to make New York a global center for digital currencies should he emerge victorious. “As mayor of NYC – the …

As the popular crypto shot up in value on Thursday following an announcement from BNY Mellon that it would transfer and issue bitcoin (BTC) for its institutional clients, Yang pledged to make New York a global center for digital currencies should he emerge victorious. “As mayor of NYC – the …

“The way our policies work, when you’re removed from the platform, you’re removed from the platform,” Segal told CNBC on Wednesday, adding that bans are permanent “whether you’re a commentator, you’re a CFO, or you are a former or current public official.” “Our policies don’t allow people to come back,” …