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PoliticsOct 8Obama hosts fundraiser with Senate Democrats weeks before midtermsFormer President Barack Obama headlined a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Wednesday night to discuss the stakes of the upcoming midterm election.CBS News
PoliticsOct 8Trump asks Texans to vote as if he were on the ballot and promises $5,000El líder estadounidense insta a los votantes texanos a considerar las elecciones como un referéndum sobre su gestión. Ofrece incentivo monetario si su partido retiene el control.Durante un mitin en San Antonio, destacó la importancia de cada voto para mantener la mayoría en el Congreso y avanzar en su agenda política.Clarín
PoliticsOct 8Far-right Vox sees election as its big chance to reshape SpainThe party is a strong position to push for ministerial jobs in a right-wing coalition.Politico Europe
PoliticsOct 8Polanski’s final pitch in Holborn by-election: I’ll keep Burnham honestAnalysis of the online air war shows the Green leader pitching himself as a safe protest vote for Labour switchers in the London seat.Politico Europe
PoliticsOct 8Why is Guantanamo prison still open?Guantanamo Bay opened after the US invasion of Afghanistan. 25 years later, the war is over, but the prison remains openAl Jazeera [en]
PoliticsOct 8Trump says he won't let Iran strike L.A. or San Diego: 'Not going to let that happen'Trump told a Texas rally that the U.S. would not allow Iran to strike Los Angeles or San Diego, two days after his remarks on the subject stirred outrage among California leaders.LA Times
PoliticsOct 8Protesters ejected from raucous Trump rally in TexasSeveral hecklers were removed from President Trump's rally in Texas late Wednesday, drawing jeers from the crowd as the president made fun of the protesters.CBS News
PoliticsOct 8Bar Misconduct: Supreme Court judgment puts LPDC in the dockBy Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Supreme Court, on June 26, delivered a landmark judgment that appears to have placed in the dock decisions of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) on allegations of misconduct by lawyers.In a five-to-two decision, a seven-member panel of the court declared section 12(7) of the Legal Practitioners Act (as amended) (LPA) […] The post Bar Misconduct: Supreme Court judgment puts LPDC in the dock appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
PoliticsOct 8Organisations engaged in religious conversion shall be denied FCRA registration: Madras HCOnly organisations whose activities do not affect nation’s secular fabric can receive foreign funds, says the Madurai Bench, rejecting an appeal by a charitable trust for registration under the ActThe Hindu
PoliticsOct 8Lokayukta court sentences ACF to 3 years for possessing disproportionate assetsThe investigation established that he had allegedly accumulated ₹1,35,29,714.37 worth of disproportionate assets.The Hindu
PoliticsOct 8Democrats sue US President Trump over taxpayer-funded ad campaignTrump has faced a bipartisan backlash over ads that critics say violate prohibitions on taxpayer-funded propaganda.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsOct 8US puts inmate to death for first time since botched executionA Texas death row inmate has been put to death by lethal injection - despite objections following Christa Pike's botched execution last week.Sky News World
PoliticsOct 8Death of 87-year old sparks furious Spain housing protestsHundreds of protesters gather outside Spain’s Parliament, demanding action over soaring rents.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsOct 8Newsom Considers Ending Death Sentences for 563 California PrisonersGov. Gavin Newsom ramped up talks after a botched execution in Tennessee.NYT US
PoliticsOct 8National Democrats invest more heavily in Gina Hinojosa after Pritzker supportLast week, more than 70 Latino Democratic leaders sent a letter to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the chair of the DGA, urging the group to invest $10 million to help Hinojosa's campaign.CBS News
PoliticsOct 8Beyond the summit: how US-China relations could still unravelThis year’s Chinese National Day reception in Washington felt noticeably jollier than those I have attended in recent years. The mood was more relaxed and Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng’s opening speech was upbeat. He even joked about the panda ambassadors at his own expense. The cheerful tone followed President Xi Jinping’s short but successful state visit to the US, during which his counterpart, President Donald Trump, gave him an unprecedented high-level reception that would have flattered even...South China Morning Post
PoliticsOct 8Trump doubles down on California comments: ‘Let them hit San Diego, let them hit Los Angeles’President Trump doubled down on his comments suggesting Iran could hit Los Angeles and San Diego during a rally in Texas on Wednesday, adding that the U.S. would not let such a scenario play out. “You want to see trauma? You want to see problems? And I said it the other day, let them hit…The Hill
PoliticsOct 8Brazil: Thousands of students march against BolsonaroAfter Flavio Bolsonaro came out on top in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, thousands of people joined student-led protests against the far-right in Rio de Janeiro.DW News [en]
PoliticsOct 8Trump to award National Medal of Science to Elon MuskPresident Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives Thursday, a White House official confirmed to The Hill’s broadcast partner, NewsNation. Musk, the head of SpaceX and Tesla, will receive this high honor at the White House’s “Science: A New Golden Age” summit. Three other tech leaders…The Hill
PoliticsOct 8How the Kremlin is orchestrating the takeover of Russian assets from Leroy Merlin, Auchan, Nestlé, and FM LogisticLe Monde [en]
PoliticsOct 8EU tasks Sokoto Assembly on budget oversight, digital parliamentBy Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto The European Union, EU, has urged the Sokoto State House of Assembly to strengthen its oversight of public spending, improve legislative capacity and ensure that approved budgets translate into measurable improvements in the lives of citizens, particularly vulnerable groups. The call was made during a policy dialogue involving the EU, development […] The post EU tasks Sokoto Assembly on budget oversight, digital parliament appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
PoliticsOct 8Trump stumps for Paxton in Texas ahead of midtermsThe midterms are heating up, with President Trump in Texas for the third time in less than a month to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.CBS News
PoliticsOct 8Judge Throws Out Last Defendant’s Confession in Sept. 11 Case at GuantánamoThe government is now 0-5 in its efforts to admit the so-called clean team confessions to the capital cases at Guantánamo Bay.NYT US
PoliticsOct 8Mamdani criticized for statement mourning Oct. 7 and condemning IsraelA statement by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani that recognized three years since Hamas' "horrific" attack on Israel — and criticized Israel's "ongoing genocide" in Gaza — has drawn fury from some Democrats.CBS News