Conservative comedian Alex Strenger was escorted away after he asked Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi which stock to buy as she signed copies of her new book, “The Art of Power,” at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on September 8. Strenger posed as a Democrat, wearing a face mask and a Bernie Sanders baseball cap, … Read more
Polls opened on Tuesday in Jordan’s first parliamentary elections under a new law aimed at diluting the strong impact of tribalism and bolstering political parties, with Islamists expected to gain support due to anger over the Israel-Hamas War. The 2022 electoral law is meant to be pave the way for political parties to play … Read more
Former president — and presidential hopeful — Donald Trump is scheduled to return to the Bay Area for a fundraiser on Friday, Sept. 13. The San Francisco Republican Party promoted the event on its website but provided few details, noting only that it will take place beginning at 11:30 a.m. in Woodside, a bucolic wealthy … Read more
Jordan’s main opposition, buoyed by anger over the Israel-Hamas War, says it expects its Islamists to win enough seats in Tuesday’s election to loudly challenge the country’s pro-Western stance, a result that could stir up the kingdom’s staid political scene. The opposition Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, says … Read more
Der CSU-Chef tut es immer wieder: Er kokettiert und stichelt, wenn es um die Frage der Kanzlerkandidatur in der Union geht. Gordon Repinski analysiert, wie genervt die CDU inzwischen von Söder ist und was Parteichef Friedrich Merz tun kann, um sich die uneingeschränkte Unterstützung des bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten als Kanzlerkandidat zu sichern. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview spricht die … Read more
“We are ignored by everyone. Since 2019, we’ve been trying to make the government listen to our concerns, but to no avail. Not a single person has come to our aid. The opposition, too, has its own agenda,” Giorgi Neparidze, a protester from Shukruti, told POLITICO. Georgian Manganese, their mining employer, has caused huge environmental … Read more
However, the country’s opposition has been able to collect a majority of voter tallies in the aftermath of the polls, with results showing González beating Maduro by a handy margin. “The government of Spain reiterates its commitment to the political rights and physical integrity of all Venezuelans, especially political leaders,” Spain’s foreign ministry said in … Read more
His stance on immigration could prove critical in securing at least tacit support from the far right in parliament. Barnier is in the right-wing Republicans party and has in the past proposed “putting a stop to non-European immigration for three to five years,” a stance close to Le Pen’s own. “It’s undeniable that Michel Barnier seems … Read more
The three suspects are a former director of the Belarusian Air Navigation Agency; the head of the air traffic control shift at the time; and the head of Lukashenko’s secret service. Once European-wide warrants are issued, Polish prosecutors will also ask Interpol to put out a so-called red notice. By inventing a non-existent bomb threat … Read more
The leftist alliance secured a surprise victory in France’s snap elections, which Macron called after the far right’s triumph in the European elections in June. Despite finishing first, however, the New Popular Front fell far short of an absolute majority. The French Greens, the Communists and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Unbowed movement all called on their … Read more
