LONDON (AP) — Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland’s left-leaning parties including Sinn Féin, has won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory against her center-right rival. Official results showed strong voter support for Connolly as president, a largely ceremonial role in Ireland. She won 63% first-preference votes once spoiled votes were […]
PARIS (AP) — It was shortly after the stunning heist of the crown jewels at the Louvre when Paris-based Associated Press photographer Thibault Camus caught in his frame a dapperly dressed young man walking by uniformed French police officers, their car blocking one of the museum gates. Instinctively, he took the shot. It wasn’t a particularly great […]
LONDON (AP) — For a week every October, people organizing international catch-ups and meetings on both sides of the Atlantic may be briefly confused: Did I just miss that conference call? Why is my grandmother calling me so early? Most people quickly remember: It’s that strange time each fall when Europe and the United States […]
(The Center Square) – Almost half of young adult voters are not confident the 2026 elections will be conducted fairly, according to a new poll. The Center Square’s Voters’ Voice Poll found that 49% of adults ages 18-29 either have “not very much confidence” or “no confidence at all” that the 2026 midterm elections will […]
President Donald Trump warned voters against “fake and corrupt” Rep. Mikie Sherill‘s (D-NJ) energy policy as early voting begins in her race against Republican Jack Ciattarelli to be the next governor of New Jersey. As energy bills continue to rise, they have become a major factor in the 2025 elections as Nov. 4 approaches. Early […]
(The Center Square) – Candidates hoping for a spot on the 2026 primary election ballots are expected to line up Monday outside the Illinois State Board of Elections in Springfield. Monday is the first day of the filing period for Democrats and Republicans seeking state and federal offices in Illinois. Candidates often arrive early, hoping […]
President Donald Trump has chosen a replacement to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission after the White House pulled his previous nominee, who faced opposition from Republican-aligned cryptocurrency investors. Mike Selig, chief counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force, was tapped as the new CFTC nominee, White House AI and crypto czar […]
(The Center Square) – One year out, Nevada’s pocketbook-focused 2026 gubernatorial election is neck and neck between two established and popular candidates. Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford slightly trailed Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo in a recent poll that highlighted the divided state of Nevada politics – and gave insight into where the election could be […]
Vice President JD Vance mocked New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Saturday for claiming his Muslim aunt felt unsafe on the subway after the 9/11 terrorist attacks because she wore a hijab. “According to Zohran,” Vance posted on X, “the real victim of 9/11 was his auntie who got some (allegedly) bad […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris floated the possibility of running again for the White House in 2028, making her strongest statement to date about a future presidential bid after losing to President Donald Trump last fall. “I am not done,” she told the BBC in an interview set to air on Sunday. “I have lived […]
