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Trump’s effort to have red states use gerrymandering to preserve the GOP’s majority in the House ahead of the November midterm elections, in which the party in power historically loses seats. “The president
challenging deportation orders. The bonus plan has provoked a fresh clash with Italian lawyers and magistrates a month after Meloni’s government [was defeated in a referendum](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/italy-voters-reject-overhaul-judiciary-giorgia-meloni) on a judicial overhaul. Italy
challenges) at local meetings, national discussions and public platforms aimed at shaping a better future for the next thirty years. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AFP__20250815__69LZ22C__v1__HighRes__SafricaPoliticsEconomyDialogue-1776222298.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, centre left
Trump. The result sets up one of the most closely watched contests of the 2026 midterm elections. Platner will face the [senator Susan Collins](https://www.collins.senate.gov/), a Republican running for a sixth six-year
Democrat Amy Acton, who led the state’s Department of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Indiana, meanwhile, Trump’s continued influence over the Republican Party was apparent, even as polls have seen
Trump DOJ is giving guns back to felons, including one alleged fake elector](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/11/g-s1-113204/gun-rights-restore-felons-trump-justice-department) He ticked off examples such as the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in *the New York State Rifle & Pistol
challenger Julia Letlow. Massie, a libertarian-minded conservative, repeatedly broke with the president over military action against Iran, government spending and the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. He spent months insisting that [Kentucky
democratic rights of hundreds of thousands of Albertans,” she said in a video message. A group that calls itself Stay Free Alberta says it gathered more than 300,000 signatures to trigger a separation vote
challenge the 2020 election. It's been behind several ethics complaints against DOJ officials, including the complaint against Bondi [over allegations](https://ldad.org/letters-briefs/ethics-complaint-bondi) that she compelled DOJ lawyers to violate their ethical obligations
Democrats again try for war powers resolution – as it happened We’re closing this file now but our live coverage continues on a [new blog here](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/14/middle-east-crisis-live-hezbollah-urges-lebanon-to-pull-out-of-talks-with-israel-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-begins), including a summary of the latest
Trump-backed Congressman Barry Moore advanced to a June 16 Republican run-off after no candidate won a majority in the crowded field. Democrats will also hold a run-off after Dakarai Larriett and Everett
challenges. Critics have questioned the ballot wording and the process used by lawmakers. The Virginia Supreme Court has allowed the vote to go ahead while reviewing those concerns. If it later finds that rules were
Trump’s Truth Social announcement, made $48,500 on a $31,908 bet that a ceasefire would occur. Another cashed out for a profit of $200,000, the AP reported. [Polymarket also took heat after
challenge for the RCMP is that it has been unable and unwilling to actually investigate and sustain investigations related to financial crimes,” said Davis. “There is a lack of funding, a lack of skills, lack
democratic elements that targeted marginalized groups. But under the hood, there had long been indications of problems at the organization. In 2019, the SPLC [fired Dees](https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/703526235/southern-poverty-law-center-fires-morris-dees-its-co-founder) amid claims of sexual harassment
Challenged on whether he received the pardon for purely political reasons, aligning with Trump's policy in the region, Hernández robustly denies it. Unsurprisingly, Hernández also refutes any idea that he and Venezuela's Maduro
Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 21, 2026 [Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne/AP] ## How bad is the outbreak, and where has it spread? The outbreak began in eastern DRC’s Ituri province, where conflict is ongoing between
challenger. Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, sought to ease such concerns during testimony in the House on Tuesday, telling lawmakers the administration was dropping plans for the fund. But President Trump introduced new uncertainty
Trump at the White House, Washington, DC, in September 2025 [Handout/White House] “He is privy to so many things. Considering his appointments and his present leverage – his access to the Oval Office – Iranians understand that
challenge her party’s leader in the US Senate, fellow New Yorker Chuck Schumer. Democratic strategist David Axelrod directly asked Ocasio-Cortez whether she planned to run for either while he hosted a [conversation