Donald Trump said he would end Russia's war in Ukraine if he returned to the White House - but any rushed deal will likely leave Kyiv much weaker and European security in even greater peril.
Brazilian federal police announce end of two-year inquiry into killing of journalist and Indigenous expert in AmazonFederal police in Brazil have formally charged the alleged mastermind of the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in the Amazon, accusing him of arming and funding the criminal group responsible for the crime as well as plotting to hide the victims’ bodies.In a statement released on Monday morning, police in the Amazon city of Manaus announced they had concluded the two-year investigation into the shootings of the British journalist and the Brazilian Indigenous expert in June 2022. Continue reading...
Challenges in key state aren’t valid, says ACLU, and appear to be mass effort through mail-merge processUS politics live – latest updatesMariam Larson lives in the Canadian province of British Columbia but has been voting by mail for decades in Pennsylvania.This year, like she usually does for federal elections, she requested an absentee ballot and returned it in late October. Continue reading...
Sheehy, who is running in Montana, says he was shot during combat in Afghanistan, but ex-ranger says he shot himself at US national parkUS politics live – latest updatesWith doubts swirling over his claims of being shot at war, Republican US senate candidate Tim Sheehy has conceded that there are no records which would prove his account about the bullet wound.“There’s not an extensive medical record for any of this stuff,” the Montana candidate and former navy seal told conservative radio host Megyn Kelly during a recent interview. Continue reading...
Numbers reflect a chilling reality for left-leaning Americans: Republicans have a decent shot at winning full control of CongressUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updatesAs many anxious US election watchers constantly refresh the forecast from 538 in the final days before polls close, their attention tends to focus on the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, but the polling website’s forecasts of the battle for House and the Senate paint an even more worrying picture for Democrats.As of Saturday evening, 538 gives Trump a 50% chance of winning the presidential race, while Republicans have a comfortable 90% chance of regaining control of the Senate and a narrower 52% chance of maintaining their House majority. Continue reading...
Republican candidate Mayra Flores, backed in primary by Trump, is running to unseat Democrat Vicente GonzalezA congressional candidate in Texas has been actively campaigning at events in churches that feature her campaign banners, potentially in violation of federal regulations that prohibit what the law calls “political campaign intervention”, as a condition of tax exemptions for non-profit religious organizations.Republican candidate Mayra Flores, who was endorsed in the primary by Donald Trump, is running in this election to unseat the Democratic representative Vicente Gonzalez in south Texas’s competitive 34th district. Continue reading...
The 33,000 workers who’ve been on strike since September could return to work this weekBoeing workers will vote on a third contract agreement on Monday that could end a seven-week strike that has halted production at the troubled planemaker.Results are expected late Monday and workers could return to work as early as Wednesday following the approval of the new contract. Continue reading...
Nearly 70 people committed to Project Veritas founder’s election scheme, whistleblower saysUS elections 2024 – live updatesThe far-right political influencer James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, has reportedly assembled a group of election personnel and monitors in the US to secretly film voting and ballot counting procedures on election day.According to documents given by a whistleblower to the New York Times, the people involved would use hidden cameras “to record and then publicise video to support their claims of fraud and irregularities” at polling locations. Continue reading...
