GOP Senate candidate runs on school choice in New Mexico — where reading scores are dead last in the nation
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GOP Senate candidate runs on school choice in New Mexico — where reading scores are dead last in the nation

PHOENIX — Donald Trump’s unexpected rally in Albuquerque, NM, Thursday will bring added attention to the state’s under-the-radar Senate race — and hence to the under-the-radar issue of school choice. Republican hopeful Nella Domenici, daughter of the late Sen. Pete Domenici, is a businesswoman who with her husband runs the state’s…

‘Ready to die’: Protesters face bullets for political change in Mozambique | Protests News

‘Ready to die’: Protesters face bullets for political change in Mozambique | Protests News

Rights activist Cidia Chissungo has spent the last few days poring over images she never thought she’d see in Mozambique: Young men with bloodied bodies pockmarked with bullet wounds; teenagers with eyes swollen shut from being hit with tear gas canisters by the Mozambican police. Chissungo, 28, who is documenting…

Angered over BRICS veto, Venezuela recalls ambassador to Brazil | Nicolas Maduro News

Angered over BRICS veto, Venezuela recalls ambassador to Brazil | Nicolas Maduro News

Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry has accused Brazilian officials of making ‘interventionist, rude statements’. Venezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a spat over Caracas’s failed recent bid to join the BRICS alliance of major developing nations. Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry announced the diplomatic punch on Wednesday, slamming Brazil’s officials for “blocking”…

Georgia prosecutors investigating allegations of election fraud | Elections News

Georgia prosecutors investigating allegations of election fraud | Elections News

State prosecutors say probe comes at request of electoral commission as they summon President Salome Zurabishvili who alleges Russian interference. State prosecutors in Georgia say they have launched an investigation into opposition allegations of “falsification” in recent parliamentary elections won by the governing Georgian Dream party. The prosecutor’s office said…

JD Vance slams Biden for calling Trump supporters ‘garbage’
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JD Vance slams Biden for calling Trump supporters ‘garbage’

JD Vance slammed President Biden for calling Donald Trump supporters “garbage” — saying the commander and chief and his vice president, Kamala Harris, “ought to be ashamed of themselves.” Trump’s running mate snapped back soon after Biden made his shocking, widely condemned comment during a campaign call at the White House Tuesday….

Botswana election: Who is in the running and what’s at stake? | Elections News

Botswana election: Who is in the running and what’s at stake? | Elections News

In the midst of a punishing drought and a massive drop in diamond revenue, up to 1 million eligible voters in Botswana are heading to the polls in a tense general election on Wednesday. Africa’s longest-serving democracy is considered one of the continent’s most stable countries, having peacefully transitioned power…

Lawler, Ryan ahead of rivals in Hudson Valley as Election Day nears: new poll
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Lawler, Ryan ahead of rivals in Hudson Valley as Election Day nears: new poll

Two Hudson Valley House incumbents — Republican Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan — lead their rivals in polls heading into the election campaign’s home stretch, thanks to big gender gaps in their favor. Freshman Lawler leads ex-Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones 49% to 44% among likely voters in…

Prop 1 critics demand Gov. Hochul repent for calling them ‘evil’, forces of ‘darkness’
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Prop 1 critics demand Gov. Hochul repent for calling them ‘evil’, forces of ‘darkness’

Catholic leaders and others with the coalition opposing the state’s controversial Proposition 1 abortion measure are demanding that Gov. Kathy Hochul repent for calling them “evil’ and forces of “darkness.” Prop 1 — which is on the November ballot and is being referred to as the “Equal Rights Amendment” by…

More outrage after Trump calls controversial New York rally ‘a lovefest’ | US Election 2024 News

More outrage after Trump calls controversial New York rally ‘a lovefest’ | US Election 2024 News

The United States presidential candidate Donald Trump is facing more blowback from a controversial Madison Square Garden rally marred by sexist and racist insults, by calling it a “beautiful” event and “an absolute lovefest”. Trump made the comments during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday,…

Trump will be ‘seizing the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels’ if re-elected, he says
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Trump will be ‘seizing the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels’ if re-elected, he says

Donald Trump announced Tuesday his administration would seize “the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels” if he returns to office. Trump announced plans to seize the assets of drug cartels. Getty Images The funds, he said, would be used to make a compensation fund “to provide restitution for the…