ELECTION
Afghanistan presidential election: Polls open amid tight security | News
Polls have opened in Afghanistan’s presidential elections amid fears of violence following threats by the Taliban to disrupt the election process. Security has been tightened across the country, with tens of thousands of troops and police deployed to guard polling stations and prevent attacks. Early on Saturday, an explosion occurred near a polling station in the …
Trump scandal: Ukraine fears it could become Russia of 2020 election | World news
As Democratic lawmakers plan to impeach Donald Trump for abuse of power, the novice Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy must run a gauntlet of US partisan pressure that he has sought desperately to avoid. Zelenskiy is squeezed between a US president urging him to dig up dirt on his political rival Joe Biden and a Democratic …
Israeli talks ramp up as final election count tightens deadlock | World news
Israel’s two main parties have entered what could be several days of tense negotiations to form a unity government after final results from last week’s election confirmed an inconclusive, razor-thin margin between them. The central election committee released an official vote tally on Wednesday, showing Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party one seat behind the Blue and …
House intel chief says Facebook working on election threats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the House Intelligence Committee says he has been assured by the CEO of Facebook that company is working on ways to prevent foreign actors from disrupting next year’s elections. Rep. Adam Schiff of California met Friday with Mark Zuckerberg and said the Facebook CEO showed a deep awareness of …
Benjamin Netanyahu fights for future in do-over election: Live updates
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement in Ramat Gan, near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on September 10. As counting gets underway in Israel’s unprecedented repeat general election, exit poll projections show the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former military chief, Benny Gantz, locked in a tight race. Just after polling stations closed across Israel, the country’s …
Biden releases new Iowa digital health care ad emphasizing family
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign is rolling out a new digital advertisement in Iowa focused on health care, which he continues to make a signature issue of his candidacy. “When it comes to family, it’s being there that counts,” the narrator says. “Because every moment matters. And every family deserves to have good healthcare …
Brett Kavanaugh: New claims detonate in heat of 2020 election
“Brett Kavanaugh lied to the U.S. Senate and most importantly to the American people,” California Sen. Kamala Harris wrote Sunday morning on Twitter. “He was put on the Court through a sham process and his place on the Court is an insult to the pursuit of truth and justice.” The Democratic front-runner, Joe Biden, stopped …
Netanyahu says he sought to annex Jordan Valley before election but Israel’s AG halted move: report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said Wednesday he had planned to declare sovereignty over the Jordan Valley immediately but Israel’s attorney general told him he did not have the authority to do so until after he was reelected and able to form a new government. On Tuesday, Netanyahu had pledged to begin annexing the Jordan …
Live updates: North Carolina holds a special election
Polls have closed in a special election for North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. Democrat Dan McCready is facing off against Republican Dan Bishop. Why this matters: McCready, a Marine Corps veteran, appeared to suffer a narrow defeat — by fewer than 1,000 votes — to Republican Mark Harris last November, but evidence of ballot fraud …
Voting underway in closely watched North Carolina special election
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Voting is underway in a congressional special election in North Carolina that is being viewed as both the last bit of unresolved business from the 2018 midterm election and the first indication of how voters are feeling about President Donald Trump and the 2020 race. Polls close at 7:30 p.m. ET. Results …
