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White House 2020 hopefuls turn to foreign policy, slam Trump on Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Democrats with U.S. military experience who are vying for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination shifted the focus of the race to foreign policy on Sunday, criticizing Republican President Donald Trump for escalating tensions with ... More »

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Duterte expected to strengthen clout after Philippine mid-term…

MANILA (Reuters) – Voting was underway in the Philippines on Monday in mid-term elections seen as a referendum on the rule of maverick President Rodrigo Duterte, who looks set to strengthen his grip on power and further marginalize a dwindling opposition. Near... More »

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U.S. charges Ex-Fugees rapper, Malaysian businessman Low over…

(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday it had charged former Fugees rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel and wealthy Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, popularly known as “Jho Low,” for conspiring to steer illegal foreign campaign funds into th... More »

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U.S. judges order Ohio to revamp Republican-drawn gerrymandered…

(Reuters) – A panel of three federal judges on Friday ruled that Ohio’s Republican-drawn congressional map is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and ordered the state to revamp it before the 2020 presidential election. The ruling comes a week after anoth... More »

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Biden to announce U.S. presidential run on Wednesday: report

(Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden plans to make a widely expected announcement of his candidacy for the presidency in a video on Wednesday, the Atlantic reported on Friday, citing sources close to Biden’s top aides. The announcement will follow ... More »

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Slovak ruling party candidate Sefcovic concedes defeat in…

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s ruling party-backed candidate Maros Sefcovic conceded defeat in the euro zone country’s presidential election on Saturday. Sefcovic, a vice-president the European Union’s executive Commission, told reporters he had called his ... More »

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Bears in Russian zoo predict Ukrainian election

KRASNOYARSK, Russia (Reuters) – “Anyone but Poroshenko!” cried the crowd in a Russian zoo on Thursday as a brown bear made its way toward a butternut squash bearing a picture of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Buyan, resident of a zoo on the outskirts of... More »

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Exclusive: Coal deal showcases lack of transparency in Ukraine

NOVOVOLYNSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian police are investigating two companies and a factory over a coal deal which some anti-corruption campaigners say epitomizes the difficulties of doing business in the east European country. The sums involved in the dea... More »

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O’Rourke candidacy asks: Can a moderate white male win the 2020…

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (Reuters) – As he had done at several stops in his first campaign trip as a presidential candidate, Beto O’Rourke on Friday climbed atop a counter at a local Iowa business and addressed a small but adoring crowd. People clapped and cheered. ... More »

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Senator Gillibrand formally launches presidential campaign

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand formally launched her presidential bid on Sunday morning, announcing she will deliver her first major speech next week in front of Trump International Hotel in New York City. Gillibrand, who launched an ex... More »

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Workers on Sanders’ 2020 White House campaign join union

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Workers on Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign have joined a labor union, becoming the first presidential campaign in history to unionize. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 will represent the campai... More »

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A little love on the campaign trail – Rosario Dawson dating Cory…

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Rosario Dawson, whose film credits include “Rent” and “Men in Black II,” has confirmed reports she is dating U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker, calling him “a wonderful human being” who she loves and admires. D... More »

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India to go to polls from April 11, Pakistan tension may boost Modi

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will hold a general election in seven stages starting on April 11, the election commission said on Sunday, in what will be the world’s biggest democratic exercise with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to benefit from tensions wit... More »

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Biden tops 2020 Iowa presidential poll, Sanders gains momentum

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden topped a poll of Iowa voters on Saturday that also showed Senator Bernie Sanders gaining momentum against him in the No. 2 spot. Biden, who has not announced whether he is running in the 2020 election... More »

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Olympics: Sheikh Ahmad re-elected Asia chief amid Swiss probe

(Reuters) – Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has been re-elected president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for an eighth term despite being embroiled in a forgery case brought by Swiss investigators. The long-serving Kuwaiti, a powerful ally of Internationa... More »

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Estonian center-right opposition wins elections

TALLINN (Reuters) – Estonia’s opposition center-right Reform party pulled off a surprise win over Prime Minister Juri Ratas’ governing center-left Centre party in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The results put Reform leader Kaja Kallas in the pole position ... More »

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Presidential hopeful Booker, in Selma, says U.S. failing its people

(Reuters) – Presidential hopeful Cory Booker told a service commemorating the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march, a turning point in the civil rights movement, that the United States is still failing many Americans, citing poverty and gun violence as constant threats.... More »

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Bernie Sanders gets personal as he hits the 2020 campaign trail

(Reuters) – Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders showed a more personal side as he hit the 2020 campaign trail for the first time on Saturday, describing the struggles of his working class youth and how it helped shape his progressive politics. At ... More »

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Thailand’s rising political star under fire as election nears

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Young people line up to take selfies with him. His hashtags are trending. And when billionaire Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit promises an end to Thailand’s military “dictatorship”, supporters of his Future Forward Party roar their approval. ... More »

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India’s Modi seen appeasing voters, putting reforms aside in…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Desperate for five more years in power, India’s Hindu nationalist government will woo rural and urban middle-class voters with farm relief measures and tax cuts, said officials privy to plans for the final budget before a general election... More »

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Former Starbucks CEO considering independent White House bid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said Sunday he was considering a bid for U.S. president as an independent, upsetting some Democrats who believe he would hurt their party’s chances of defeating Republican President Donald Trump in 202... More »

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Congo opposition leader Fayulu takes clear lead for Sunday election

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Opposition candidate Martin Fayulu is the clear favorite to win Democratic Republic of Congo’s long-delayed election on Sunday, a poll showed on Friday, though the outcome remains uncertain after voting was canceled in several opposition s... More »

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Bangladesh’s violent vote campaigning ends ahead of weekend poll

DHAKA (Reuters) – Campaigning for Bangladesh’s general election ended on Friday after weeks of violence, mainly against workers and officials from an opposition alliance, that has drawn criticism from the United States and others. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’... More »

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Ahead of Bangladesh vote, opposition says it has been silenced

DHAKA/NOAKHALI, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Bangladesh has a general election this weekend, but opposition candidate Abdul Moyeen Khan says he has yet to hold a single public meeting in his constituency about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Dhaka, the capital. Thousa... More »

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Greece’s Varoufakis to run in European election – in Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who was outspoken in his criticism of the austerity policies championed by Berlin at the height of the euro zone’s debt crisis, is to stand in European elections next year – in Germany. The Dem... More »

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Democrats with intel, military backgrounds tout service after…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer running in a competitive congressional race in Virginia, is using the outcry over President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to press what she and other Democrats belie... More »

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Trump’s Supreme Court pick tests vulnerable Senate Democrats

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It may soon become difficult to determine who sits in the hotter seat: U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh or Senate Democrats from conservative states who must decide whether they are jeopardizing their p... More »

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Immigration top issue for U.S. voters, economy a close second:…

(Reuters) – Immigration tops the economy and healthcare as the most important issue determining Americans’ vote ahead of the midterm elections in November, a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows. Reuters/Ipsos data shows that immigration became a top concern f... More »

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Amid surging violence, some Mexicans choose asylum over voting

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – As millions of Mexicans lined up on Sunday to vote in the country’s largest election in history, others were huddled at the door to the United States, fleeing violence and bereft of hope that a new government could staunch it. In pa... More »

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Analyst View: Mexican leftist wins landslide, peso wobbles

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Leftist outsider Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico’s presidential election with a landslide on Sunday, setting the stage for a government that will inherit tense relations with Washington and the scrutiny of nervous investors. Mexi... More »

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Mexican leftist vows fiscal discipline, seeks friendly U.S. ties

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he will maintain fiscal discipline and seek friendly relations with the United States, while vowing not to confiscate property, after a landslide presidential election victory on Sunday. The 64-... More »

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Mexico leftist vows no tolerance on corruption after historic win

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s new president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would pursue friend and foe alike in a crackdown on corruption after voters handed him a powerful mandate for government with a landslide election victory on Sunday. Lopez Obrad... More »

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Mexican Lopez Obrador wins historic election landslide for left

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide victory on Sunday, setting the stage for the most left-wing government in the country’s democratic history at a time of tense relations with the Trump administration. Th... More »

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Mexican party rapped for wraps in tortilla election row

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Struggling to catch up with the longtime front-runner, the two chasing parties in Mexico’s presidential election have become embroiled in a spat over wrapping used to sell tortillas, the popular flatbread made for tacos. In an “extraord... More »

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Mexican leftist widens double-digit lead for presidency: poll

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador extended his double-digit opinion poll lead over his closest rival ahead of Mexico’s July 1 presidential election, a voter survey showed on Monday. Lopez Obrador claimed 50 percent of voter ... More »

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Bumpy road for California Democrats targeting Republican House seats

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – As Californians prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday to choose candidates in primary elections, the state’s quirky electoral rules and a softening of support for Democrats among suburban voters could disrupt the party’s ambitiou... More »

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Mali president confirms he will run for re-election

BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced on state TV on Monday that he would run for re-election in a poll scheduled for the end of July. Keita, 73, had been widely expected to run for a second term, but had not confirmed his intent... More »

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Venezuela’s Maduro re-elected amid outcry over vote

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship. Victory f... More »

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Hezbollah allies gain in Lebanon parliament: unofficial results

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Iran-backed Shi’ite group Hezbollah and its political allies won more than half the seats in Lebanon’s first parliamentary election in nine years, according to unofficial preliminary results cited by politicians and Lebanese media. The r... More »

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Israeli minister says ‘Lebanon equals Hezbollah’ after election

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hezbollah’s gains in the Lebanese election on Sunday show that the state is indistinguishable from the Iranian-backed Shi’ite group and that Israel should not distinguish between them in any future war, an Israeli security cabinet ministe... More »

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Clash of political titans brings a gripping election to Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s general election on Wednesday will be an extraordinary contest, pitting a 92-year-old former authoritarian leader and a jailed reformist he fell out with 20 years ago against a prime minister who has been mired in a multi-bi... More »

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Tunisia’s Ennahda claims victory in landmark local elections

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party claimed victory late on Sunday in the country’s first free municipal elections, a key step in a democratic transition marred by economic disappointment. After polling stations closed at 6 p.m., top Ennahda off... More »

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‘Mini-Trump’ candidates battle it out in Republican primaries

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) – Mike Braun, an Indiana businessman turned politician, rails against Washington, says he speaks for disaffected voters, and uses his personal wealth to help finance his bid for public office. Any similarity to President Donald ... More »

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UK PM May avoids London wipeout in local elections

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, partial results on Friday showed, denting the opposition Labour Party’s hopes of a big win... More »

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Corker tepid in support of fellow Republican in Senate race in…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bob Corker was notably lukewarm on Sunday in his endorsement of the fellow Republican running for his seat in Tennessee in November, saying he was supporting her but would not campaign against her Democratic opponent. Asked ... More »

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After walkouts, U.S. teachers eye elections for school funding gains

OKLAHOMA CITY/TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – High school physics teacher Craig Hoxie filed to run for Oklahoma’s House of Representatives on Friday, a day after the end of a two-week teacher walkout that had pressed lawmakers for school funding. “A week ago, I would... More »

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Malaysia to hold general election on May 9- close contest expected

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will hold a general election on May 9, the Election Commission (EC) said on Tuesday, in what could be the toughest test of the ruling-coalition’s 61-year grip on power. Embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak is under pressure to... More »

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Florida Republican Governor Scott enters marquee Senate race

(Reuters) – Republican Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday kicked off his campaign for the U.S. Senate, challenging Democrat Bill Nelson in a race expected to be among the most competitive contests to decide which party controls Congress. Scott announced his... More »

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As Hungary roars ahead, Orbanomics leaves some of the poorest behind

HOSSZUHETENY, Hungary (Reuters) – The pre-election fanfare over Hungary’s stellar growth and surging wages hardly registers with Laszlo Reisch, an employee in a government works program who is stuck on the wrong side of a growing social divide. Prime Minister ... More »

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Italy’s League, 5-Star vie for power after inconclusive vote

A man casts his vote at a polling station in Milan, Italy March 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini ROME (Reuters) – Two anti-establishment leaders made early plays to govern Italy on Monday, triggering concern in the euro zone following an inconclusive electi... More »

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Italy’s 5-Star rebels heading for a date with the establishment?

5-Star Movement founder Beppe Grillo (L) speaks next leader Luigi Di Maio during the finally rally ahead of the March 4 elections in downtown Rome, Italy, March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile ROME (Reuters) – The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement has emerged a... More »

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Italy faces political gridlock after 5-Star surges

A man casts his vote at a polling station in Milan, Italy March 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini ROME (Reuters) – Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament on Sunday, spurning traditional parties and fl... More »

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Reaction to Italy’s election outcome

A man waits to enter to cast his vote at a polling station in Rome, Italy, March 4, 2018. REUTERS/Max Rossi (Reuters) – Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament in Sunday’s election, spurning traditional ... More »

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Mediaset shares fall after Berlusconi party disappoints in vote

Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi gestures during a meeting in Rome, Italy, March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi MILAN (Reuters) – Shares in Mediaset fell more than 5 percent on Monday after the party of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi... More »

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Republicans face first test of tax cuts’ power to sway voters

A window announcing support for Congressional candidate Rick Saccone is seen on High Street in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 14, 2018. Picture taken February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Maranie Staab WASHINGTON, Penn (Reuters) – Mark Marran, an operations man... More »

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Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers

FILE PHOTO: Balloons are seen in front of a logo at Facebook’s headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo – RC1AE21EBF40 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year t... More »

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U.S. spy agencies to brief state officials on election threats

FILE PHOTO: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is seen in McLean, Virginia, April 24, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence and security agencies will meet with senior election officials from all 50 states this wee... More »

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Italy’s Northern League chief attacks euro, says preparing exit

FILE PHOTO: Northern League leader Matteo Salvini gestures during the television talk show “Porta a Porta” in Rome, Italy, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Remo Casilli FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – The leader of Italy’s right-wing Northern League said on Wednesday his... More »

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Florida’s ban on felons voting ruled unconstitutional by judge

FILE PHOTO – A voter walks to a poll with no line as it opened for the U.S. presidential election in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (Reuters) – Florida’s policy of banning felons from voting until they petition the government ... More »

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Italy’s 5-Star presents election program with no euro referendum

FILE PHOTO: 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio holds the symbol of his party, that will run in Italy’s March 4 election, in Rome, January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File Photo ROME (Reuters) – The anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, leading opinion polls... More »

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Chelsea Manning eyes U.S. Senate seat for Maryland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate seat from Maryland, according to Federal election ... More »

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Republicans control Virginia House after concession, court ruling

Democrat Shelly Simonds speaks after losing a random drawing by the Virginia Department of Elections to determine the winner of the 94th House of Delegates District Seat after a recount of the Nov. 7 election left the race tied in Richmond, Virginia, U.S., Jan... More »

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U.S. Supreme Court considers legality of Ohio voter purging

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, U.S. on November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court returns to the issue of voting rights on Wednesday as the justices hear arguments over whet... More »

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Italy’s 5-Star says it is no longer time to leave the euro

FILE PHOTO: 5-Star movement leader Luigi Di Maio speaks during the final rally for the regional election in Palermo, Italy, November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane ROME (Reuters) – The leader of Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement which leads opi... More »

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Italy to vote on March 4, with hung parliament feared

Italian President Sergio Mattarella signs a decree to dissolve parliament at the Quirinale Presidential palace in Rome, Italy, December 28, 2017. Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters ROME (Reuters) – Italy will vote on March 4 in an election expected ... More »

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Poland gives government key election role, opposition sounds alarm

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki talks to media before the Visegrad Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s parliament has passed a bill that gives the government, rather than a panel of t... More »

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Alabama Senate race winner urges Republican rival to ‘move on’

Democrat Doug Jones, who won the special U.S. Senate election against Republican candidate Roy Moore, speaks during a news conference in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alabama Democrat Doug Jones, who... More »

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In results vacuum, Honduras president and rival claim election win

A supporter holds an image of Honduras President and National Party presidential candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez in Tegucigalpa, Honduras November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The U.S.-friendly Honduran president and his strongest ... More »

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Opposition takes surprise lead over U.S. ally in Honduras election

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A left-right coalition led by a flamboyant TV host took a surprise lead in the Honduran presidential election, initial results showed on Monday, upsetting forecasts that the crime-fighting, U.S. allied incumbent would comfortably win. S... More »