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Election

Election|Political|US

Republican Miller-Meeks wins reelection after recount in close Iowa congressional race

Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is headed back to Congress after winning her reelection bid

Republican Miller-Meeks wins reelection after recount in close Iowa congressional race
Americas|World

Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, an unsealed police report alleges

Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report that has been unsealed

Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, an unsealed police report alleges
Americas|Crime|Election|Political|World

Brazil police report: Bolsonaro directly involved in 2022 coup plot

Brazil's federal police presented evidence to the Supreme Court that former President Jair Bolsonaro was directly involved in plotting a coup to overturn the

Brazil police report: Bolsonaro directly involved in 2022 coup plot
Europe

Romanian Liberals back centrist presidential candidate after hard-right surge

A member of Romania's coalition government threw its weight behind the centrist candidate in a presidential election run-off late on Monday, as the NATO member braces for a ballot

Romanian Liberals back centrist presidential candidate after hard-right surge
Election|US

Democrats plan to elect new party leader just days after Trump's inauguration

The chair of the Democratic National Committee has informed party leaders that the organization will elect his successor just days after Donald Trump is inaugurated

Democrats plan to elect new party leader just days after Trump's inauguration
Europe

Georgian ruling party defies protests, boycott to re-open parliament after disputed election

Lawmakers from Georgia's ruling party opened the first session of parliament on Monday after last month's disputed election, defying protesters outside and a boycott

Georgian ruling party defies protests, boycott to re-open parliament after disputed election
Election|World

Georgia's newly elected parliament opens its first session with opposition boycotting

The newly elected Georgian parliament has opened its inaugural session as opposition lawmakers and the country’s president stayed away and thousands of protesters rallied outside under a heavy police presence

Georgia's newly elected parliament opens its first session with opposition boycotting
Europe

Poland's PiS party picks historian Nawrocki for presidential run

Poland's main opposition party, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS), picked historian Karol Nawrocki on Sunday as its candidate for next year's presidential election, hoping to

Poland's PiS party picks historian Nawrocki for presidential run
Europe

Irish PM's party sees poll lead narrow ahead of election

Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris' Fine Gael party has seen its lead over both its main coalition partner and the main opposition party narrow significantly ahead of a general

Irish PM's party sees poll lead narrow ahead of election
Election|Political|US

Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contest

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania is conceding his reelection bid to Republican David McCormick

Democrat Bob Casey concedes to Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate contest
Americas

Mexico's controversial judicial elections face possible delay

Mexico's first round of elections of judges by popular vote, the product of a contentious constitutional overhaul passed in September, could be pushed back by around three

Mexico's controversial judicial elections face possible delay
Americas|Crime|World

Brazil police accuse Bolsonaro and ex-ministers of 2022 coup plot

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plotted a coup to overturn the 2022 election along with dozens of ex-ministers and senior aides, federal police said in a

Brazil police accuse Bolsonaro and ex-ministers of 2022 coup plot
Election|Europe

Sinn Fein struggles deal blow to nationalists' united Ireland dream

Sinn Fein's polling collapse from government-in-waiting to likely also-rans at an Irish election next week looks set to rob Irish

Sinn Fein struggles deal blow to nationalists' united Ireland dream
Crime|Election|US

Georgia election workers seek more penalties against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame them

Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani have asked a judge to penalize him even more

Georgia election workers seek more penalties against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame them
Business|Economy|Europe

Irish pre-election spending promises abound despite Trump tax threat

Parties vying to lead the next Irish government are luring voters with ambitious spending plans, banking on a continued boom in foreign multinational corporate tax

Irish pre-election spending promises abound despite Trump tax threat
US

Blinken calls Venezuela's opposition leader Gonzalez 'president-elect'

U.S.

Blinken calls Venezuela's opposition leader Gonzalez 'president-elect'
Crime|Election

Reputed head of crime family campaigns for seat in Irish parliament

Gerard Hutch, named in a court case last year as head of a well-known crime family in Ireland, is seeking election to parliament, shaking up a race in inner-city

Reputed head of crime family campaigns for seat in Irish parliament
Election|Europe

Pressure grows on Germany's Scholz over bid for second term

Pressure is piling on Germany's unpopular Chancellor Olaf Scholz to let someone else lead his Social Democrats into the upcoming snap election to

Pressure grows on Germany's Scholz over bid for second term
Election|Europe|Political

Italian Premier Meloni's coalition suffers setbacks in 2 regional elections

Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni suffered election setbacks in two regions as the opposition Democratic party won a tight race in the central Umbria region and deepened its control of the traditional left-leaning stronghold of Emilia-Romagna

Italian Premier Meloni's coalition suffers setbacks in 2 regional elections
Election|Political

Moldovan interior minister quits in post-election changes

Moldova's interior minister resigned on Monday as promised changes started to take hold in the ex-Soviet state after pro-European President Maia Sandu was elected to a second term

Moldovan interior minister quits in post-election changes
Election|US

Pennsylvania's high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race

Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court is weighing in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick

Pennsylvania's high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race
Election|US

Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde concedes defeat to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in US Senate race

Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has conceded defeat in the race narrowly won by Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, saying he will not pursue a recount

Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde concedes defeat to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in US Senate race
Europe

Poland's opposition to lose funds after electoral commission ruling

Poland's largest opposition party, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS), is set to lose millions in state funding after the country's electoral commission rejected its 2023

Poland's opposition to lose funds after electoral commission ruling
Africa|Economy|Election|Finance

Mauritius' new prime minister announces audit of public finances

The new prime minister of Mauritius has announced an audit of the public finances days after his coalition won a resounding election victory, casting a shadow over the accuracy

Mauritius' new prime minister announces audit of public finances