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Explainer: What’s at stake in France’s presidential election?
Official campaign posters of French presidential election candidates are seen on bulletin boards near the townhall in Appilly, France, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) – The French vote on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that will determine who …
Second presidential debate casts welcome spotlight on the environment
Presidential candidates pose before the start of the second debate sponsored by the Commission on Elections held at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tent in Pasay City on Sunday, April 3, 2022. From left are Ernesto Abella, Leodegario de Guzman, Francisco Domagoso, Norberto Gonzales, Panfilo Lacson, Faisal Mangondato, Jose Montemayor, Emmanuel Pacquiao and Maria Leonor Robredo. …
Somalia leaders fail to break deadlock over presidential vote
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali leaders have failed to end a stalemate over the selection of a new president scheduled for next week, government officials said on Saturday, raising the risk of more political turmoil. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, President of Somalia. REUTERS/Jack Hill/Pool President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed flew back to the capital Mogadishu without a deal …
No more delays: Time to break ground on the Obama Presidential Center | Editorial
Construction likely will start next year on the long-delayed $500 million Obama Presidential Center, a development we’ll be glad to see, at last. The Obama Foundation made a big splash in 2016 when it announced plans to build the center in Jackson Park, a 500-acre green spot, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, that once hosted …
Trump roils Georgia GOP as party waits to see if presidential visit helps or hurts Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in Senate run-offs
That war showed no signs of abating this week, with competing GOP factions growing increasingly angry and distrustful of one another. Leading the charge on one side were two attorneys who say they support Trump, offering a fiery news conference Wednesday urging Republicans to withhold their votes from the Jan. 5 runoffs if leaders don’t …
Presidential Transition Live Updates – The New York Times
Here’s what you need to know: Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that a $908 billion framework being circulated should be used as a foundation for negotiations.Credit…Oliver Contreras for The New York Times The top Democrats in Congress on Wednesday endorsed a $908 billion compromise stimulus plan proposed by a bipartisan group …
Justice Department investigating potential presidential pardon bribery scheme, court records reveal
The case is the latest legal twist in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s administration after several of his top advisers have been convicted of federal criminal charges and as the possibility rises of Trump giving pardons to those who’ve been loyal to him. The disclosure is in 20 pages of partially redacted documents …
Barr announces DOJ investigation into presidential election
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC) – Attorney General William Barr has sent a memo to U.S. attorneys this evening authorizing them to “pursue substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities,” despite little evidence surfacing thus far of any widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. In the memo Barr says that such inquiries “may be conducted …
New coronavirus task force to be announced as part of Biden’s presidential transition
Biden will announce a 12-person coronavirus-task force on Monday, two sources with knowledge tell CNN. The announcement is meant to signify how seriously the president-elect plans to focus on a pandemic that has reached a record number of daily infections in the last week. The task force will be headed by three cochairs: former surgeon …
Post-debate CNN poll: Biden wins final presidential debate
Viewers once again said that Biden’s criticisms of Trump were largely fair (73% said they were fair, 26% unfair), and they split over whether Trump’s attacks on Biden were fair (50% said yes, 49% no). That’s a more positive outcome for Trump. In a CNN Instant Poll after the first presidential debate, just 28% said …
