How Americans Are Juggling Voting And Work This Election Day
Tuesday is Election Day in the U.S., and voters across the country are waking up early or staying out late…
Georgia Voters Face Hours-Long Waits As State Scrambles To Accommodate Turnout
Poll workers in Georgia appear to have been unprepared for the waves of voters who turned out on Tuesday. Officials…
Trump says government will halt if Dems investigate him
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Rihanna Endorses Andrew Gillum In Florida Governor Race: ‘Make History This Election’
Rihanna on Sunday threw her support behind Andrew Gillum, Florida’s Democratic nominee for governor, ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. The…
Trump Official Says Florida Governor Race Is ‘Cotton-Pickin’ Important’
A Trump administration official on Saturday called the Florida gubernatorial race, in which the Democratic candidate is seeking to become…
Stacey Abrams Slams Brian Kemp’s ‘Desperate’ Hacking Claim Against Georgia Democrats
Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s Democratic nominee for governor, lashed out against Republican challenger Brian Kemp on Sunday over his office’s 11th-hour…
Past midterms, some zero in on amending Constitution
Whatever success Republicans have amassed in taking control of all three branches of U.S. government, and whatever fate awaits them…
Liberia’s vice-president Joseph Boakai seeks to replace Sirleaf [The Morning Call]
Liberia’s outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will step down as Africa’s first female head of state following more than a…
Here’s A Running List Of Racist Attacks On Candidates Of Color
People of color are running for state and national office, and the country has responded with the most American of…
Georgia Mayor Compares ‘Black Voters Matter’ To Suicide Cult Amid Bus Controversy
A mayor in Jefferson County, Georgia, where officials ordered dozens of black elderly voters off a bus headed for the…
Tennessee Black Voter Registration Group Fights For Access To Flagged Applications
A group focused on registering black voters in Tennessee reached a tentative agreement in a simmering dispute with local election…
Georgia County Under Fire For Rejecting Large Number Of Absentee Ballots
Amid escalating tensions over voting rights in Georgia, a county in the state is facing scrutiny for rejecting an unusually…
Catalonia independent? Pros & cons of secession from Spain
In Barcelona, thousands have been celebrating a pro-independence victory . They won a majority of seats in the Catalan parliament…
Can Gun Control Advocate Lucy McBath Win In Gun-Loving Georgia?
Lucy McBath’s name is intimately tied to the issue of guns. The Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District was…
DR Congo electoral register stirs debate
A few months before a much anticipated election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the electoral register has been…
Inside The Fight To Flip Texas From Red To Blue
As Texas prepares for the midterm elections in November, a growing effort is underway to encourage a surge of Democratic…
VICE News Daily: Turkish Police Break Up Istanbul’s Gay Pride Parade
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Greeks line up at banks to…
Denny Tamaki, critic of US bases on Okinawa, wins election
Denny Tamaki, who campaigned criticizing the American military presence on the southwestern Japanese islands of Okinawa, won the election for…
German elections: are refugees still welcome?
As part of our special coverage ahead of the German elections, we travel to Germany’s deep south, in the state…
Bernie Sanders Still Wants To Transform The Democratic Party (HBO)
As Bernie Sanders experiences renewed relevancy in the Trump era –and releases a new book, ‘The Bernie Sanders Guide to…
Kicking Off #CrashTheParty | HuffPost
Who run the world? Women! And record numbers of women are running for political office in the 2018 midterm elections,…
Counting underway after Zimbabwe polls, turnout put at 75%
Counting began in Zimbabwe on Monday in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed…
DRC’s president stays mum on political future [The Morning Call]
President Joseph Kabila has said his country’s overdue elections scheduled for december would go ahead as planned. Mr Kabila was…
Zimbabwe votes in first post-Mugabe ballot [The Morning Call]
Its d-day in Zimbabwe as the country votes in an election that is the first after the ouster of Robert…
House Republicans seek permanent tax cuts as elections loom
House Republican leaders have unveiled their proposal to expand the massive tax law they hustled through Congress last year. They’re…
Bredesen seeks votes from women in Tennessee Senate race
Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn could make history by becoming the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee.…
Erdogan Tightens His Grip on Turkey
The most pivotal elections in modern Turkish history are taking place June 24th. If Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins, the once…
Vote count underway in Zimbabwe [The Morning Call]
Polls have closed and counting is now under way in Zimbabwe following Monday’s general elections. Millions of Zimbabweans waited in…
Malians eagerly await Sunday’s run-off poll
Malians await results of Sunday’s presidential election run-off which was characterized by violence, amidst accusations of fraud by the opposition…
Democrats Are Pushing More Diverse Candidates. Behind The Scenes, Not So Much.
For the past year, Carol McDonald has been trying out a new way of introducing herself when she speaks in…
Vote count underway in Mali [The Morning Call]
Counting of votes is underway in Mali after the country went to polls on sunday. The election had 24 candidates…
Andrew Gillum Becomes First African-American Nominee For Florida Governor
Andrew Gillum has become the first African-American nominee for Florida governor, pulling off an upset win over favorite Gwen Graham…
Mali presidential runoff: Vote counting underway [The Morning Call]
Malians went the polls on Sunday August 12, 2018 in the presidential runoff that observers say was mostly peaceful though…
AP: National Enquirer had safe with damaging Trump stories
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DRC: Bemba holds first presser in 10 years
After ten years behind the bars of an International Criminal Court (ICC) prison, Congolese opponent Jean-Pierre Bemba made his first…
The Russians are coming… to hit Florida midterms, senator claims. Proof? What proof?
A democratic senator from Florida, hoping for re-election in the upcoming midterm elections, has claimed Russia has hacked the state’s…
Zimbabwe Unrest: Troops kill three in Harare amid election protests
Three people have died in Harare after soldiers were deployed to quell protests following Monday’s historic election. source
Hezbollah and its allies make electoral gains in Lebanon
Unofficial results are showing that Hezbollah and its political allies made significant gains. … READ MORE … source
INDONESIA: Golkar uses nostalgia to woo voters
Indonesia’s Golkar is a former ruling party which is now a member of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s coalition government. The…
DRC: Kabila names potential successor [The Morning Call]
If there had been concerns, fears or in fact uncertainty as to whether Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic…
Mexico goes Left: Outsider-candidate Obrador claims victory in presidential election
Mexico has witnessed a tectonic shift in its political landscape, with a leftist outsider claiming victory in the presidential election.…
Emmerson Mnangagwa declared winner of Zimbabwe’s ‘disputed’ election
With all 10 provinces declared, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe’s presidential election. According to Zimbabwe’s electoral commission, … source
VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – June, 2 2014
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: three Indian men confess to rape…
Mali’s opposition raises alarm on suspicious electoral register [The Morning Call]
More than 8 million voters are expected to go to the polls on July 29th in Mali as President Ibrahim…
Zimbabwe’s youth hope election outcome will end biting unemployment
As Zimbabweans head to the polls on Monday, the youth will be hoping a definite change from the Robert Mugabe…
Indiana Attorney General Says Agreement To Expand Early Voting Isn’t In The Public Interest
Indiana’s GOP attorney general is fighting to get rid of a bipartisan agreement to expand early voting locations in the…
VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – May,20 2014
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: dozens in northern Colombia die in…
Michelle Obama Will Hit The Road For Voter Registration Drive This Fall
Former first lady Michelle Obama will tour the country in September for a week of events encouraging people to vote…
Ohio special election Tuesday watched for clues to November
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Idaho GOP candidate says Muslim slur was used to stir debate
A Republican candidate for the Idaho Statehouse defended the use of a Muslim slur on his public Facebook page by…
Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro seeks another six years in power
As Sunday’s election approaches Venezuelans continue to suffer a deep and prolonged economic and social crisis.… READ MORE … source
VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – June, 10 2014
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Brazilian riot police fire tear gas…
Malians to vote in presidential election this sunday [The Morning Call]
Mali goes to polls on Sunday with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita seeking re-election in a country reeling from jihadist attacks.…
Jean Pierre Bemba named as presidential candidate in DRC [The Morning Call]
Five weeks after his conviction for war crimes was overturned at the International Criminal Court. ICC, Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Former…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa tells investors ZANU-PF will remain in power
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa told foreign investors on Friday that his ruling ZANU-PF party would still be in power after…