US ELECTION STOLEN
Metal thieves are stripping America's cities
Los Angeles' 6th Street Bridge, known as the "Ribbon of Light," is now dark at night, and stretches of the busy 405 freeway and dozens of street blocks across the city are also affected. Thieves have been stripping copper wire from thousands of streetlights and selling it to scrap metal recyclers for cash. The blacked-out lights pose safety hazards to drivers and pedestrians and cost cities millions to repair.
Rudolph Giuliani disbarred in NY as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss
Rudolph Giuliani, a former mob prosecutor, was disbarred for making false statements about Trump's election loss. His claims led to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, challenging Biden's victory.
The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange's 12-year saga
About a year and a half ago, a lawyer for Julian Assange presented federal prosecutors in Virginia with a request to dismiss the case against him. This move was notable given Assange's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret documents and his status as perhaps the highest-profile detainee facing a U.S. extradition request. The Justice Department was involved in a battle in British courts to extradite him to the United States for trial.
Spiller of beans, and State vs open society
Wikileaks demonstrated the immense power governments, even in liberal democracies, have over their citizens and the extent to which a state will go to protect that power. Assange made us confront the ease with which governments use 'national security' as a default rabbit to be pulled out of the hat.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty in espionage act case in US court, will be freed from prison
Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, will plead guilty to conspiring to obtain and disseminate classified US defense information under a deal with the US Justice Department. This agreement concludes a decade-long legal battle involving multiple countries. Assange will appear in a federal court in the Mariana Islands to enter his plea, after which he will return to Australia. The case has sparked significant debates over press freedom and national security.
Shiv Sena-UBT to move court against Mumbai North West election results
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) plans to challenge the election result of Mumbai North West constituency in court, alleging that their candidate Amol Kirtikar won by more than 650 votes but was unfairly declared the loser in favor of Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar by Election Commission of India officials. Sena-UBT claims irregularities in the counting process, including the withholding of critical forms and CCTV footage.
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We are and will be part of INDIA bloc at national level: West Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reaffirmed her commitment to the anti-BJP INDIA alliance at a rally. She clarified that TMC is not allied with CPI(M) or Congress in the state. She criticized the West Bengal units of CPI(M) and Congress for allegedly aiding the BJP. Banerjee also expressed skepticism about BJP's electoral prospects.
A cyberattack on a big US health system diverts ambulances and takes records offline
A cyberattack on the Ascension health system in the U.S. disrupted medical services, diverted ambulances, and blocked online access to patient records. The attack affected hospitals across 19 states and the District of Columbia. Patients reported missed medical appointments, including CT scans and mammograms, and difficulties refilling prescriptions. Ascension confirmed the incident as a cybersecurity issue but did not specify if it was a ransomware attack. The health system advised patients to bring medical information to appointments and disclosed that downtime procedures would be in place for some time.
LS Polls: Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP) pin faith on new symbols in key Maha seats
The Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) are preparing to face off in key Maharashtra seats, with their new symbols adding to the electoral drama. Experts suggest that the split and symbols will have varying impacts on the vote bank, with a polarised election in Baramati and a potential disadvantage for the party with the new poll symbol
How is Election Commission preparing for the new challenge of the misinformation monster?
Misinformation is not just an electoral issue in Indian elections but across the many democracies going to polls this year. Last month’s Indonesian elections already pointed to this malaise, while the run-up to the US elections this November is already throwing up worrying indications. This is a much more potent problem than what the Cambridge Analytica data scandal in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was.
Joe Biden says at DC roast that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. 'The other's me'
The digs against Republican Donald Trump kept coming from the president at the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner, as Biden deflected ongoing criticism that his memory is hazy and he appears confused, instead highlighting moments when the 77-year-old Trump has slipped up, too.
Nawaz Sharif's party says he is set to deliver 'victory speech'
Pakistan's authorities were moving at a snail's pace to announce the election results and the first official results were announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan after facing a barrage of criticism by the parties, especially by Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) which accused that its mandate was being stolen.
NCP leader Ajit Pawar takes on cousin Supriya sule on marathi parties being targetted
Supriya Sule had earlier claimed that the decision of the ECI was ‘anti Marathi’. “This is a conspiracy against the Marathi people as first the Shiv Sena was targeted and the party was split and now another Marathi party like us is being targetted."said Sule. She was hinting that the ECI’s decision was at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was targeting parties with Marathi speaking leaders in the state.
Joe Biden wins South Carolina's Democratic primary as he gears up for his reelection bid
Biden on Saturday defeated the other long-shot Democrats on South Carolina’s ballot, including Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson. His reelection campaign invested heavily in driving up turnout in what it saw as a test drive of its efforts to mobilize Black voters, a key Democratic bloc central to Biden's chances in a likely November rematch against former President Donald Trump.
Elon Musk is spreading election misinformation, but X's fact checkers are long gone
This month, Elon Musk, who has since bought Twitter and rebranded it X, echoed several of Trump's claims about the U.S. voting system, putting forth distorted and false notions that American elections were wide-open for fraud and illegal voting by noncitizens. This time, there were no fact checks. And the X algorithm -- under Musk's direct control -- helped the posts reach large audiences, in some cases drawing many millions of views.
Trump's language increasingly aggressive when describing possible second term
On the economy, Trump has said he is considering imposing a 10 percent tariff on almost all imports into the United States and stripping China of special trade rights. Trump said he would manage to end the war in Ukraine "in 24 hours" but gave no details on how he would accomplish this.
How an election-packed 2024 could swing India, US & other world markets
Markets face a "ballot box bombshell", financial services group Morningstar says, adding: "prior experience of this kind of event risk shows big changes can cause sell-offs".
Donald Trump is raising expectations heading into the Iowa caucuses. Now he has to meet them
When Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign after a disappointing midterm election for Republicans, his trajectory was something of a mystery. But seven days before Iowa's kick-off caucuses, his standing among the GOP faithful is hardly in doubt.
Why global leaders need to learn how to manage and limit immigration
International migrants amount to about 3% of the world population, which means 97% stay at home: “There is no evidence that global migration is accelerating,” de Haas writes. In the US, immigrants constitute about the same proportion of the total population, 14%, as they did a century ago.
What you need to know about the 2024 US presidential election
77-year-old Trump, facing legal woes, dominates the Republican race. Biden, 81, seeks a second term despite age worries. Democrats like Kamala Harris and Marianne Williamson challenge him. Independent hopefuls like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West add to the mix.
Trump calls Biden the 'destroyer' of democracy despite his own efforts to overturn 2020 election
Trump's allegations about Biden, a Democrat, echo the ones that Biden has been making for years against his predecessor. As Trump has dominated the Republican presidential primary and talked about targeting his rivals and the news media if he wins the White House again, Biden has stepped up his own warnings, contending Trump is " determined to destroy American democracy."
How the newly enacted voting laws in specific US States might shape the 2024 election
Explore the potential impact of recently implemented voting laws in specific US states on the upcoming 2024 election, as diverse regulations unfold.
White House 2024: AI threatens to 'supercharge' disinformation
At the same time, campaigns are likely to use the technology to boost operational efficiency in everything from voter database analysis to drafting fundraising emails.
Fear & loathing for 2024 US presidential election
Donald Trump is selling his mugshot taken in a Georgia jail - again, the first president with a prison photo - emblazoned on mugs, T-shirts and bumper stickers. The menacing expression is not by accident but by design. The criminal indictments are a political and fundraising bonanza.
Sam Bankman-Fried used $100 million in stolen FTX funds for political donations, US says
Sam Bankman-Fried used money he stole from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange to make more than $100 million in political campaign contributions before the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, federal prosecutors said on Monday.
2024 US presidential election: Who's in, who's out and who's still thinking about it
The 2024 race for the White House has only a handful of official candidates so far, with Democratic President Joe Biden yet to announce his plans and most Republican hopefuls still trying to decide whether to challenge former President Donald Trump. Here is a list of major declared candidates and other potential 2024 hopefuls.
Donald Trump's response to criminal charges revives election lies
Former President Donald Trump is repeating claims of election interference to seek political gain. Trump's false claims align with a consistent tactic he has deployed throughout his career, to declare without evidence that an election is being rigged against him. Trump has repeatedly alleged this on social media posts since March 3, the bulk of which have been published in the last two weeks.
US midterms and the 'election deniers' threatening democracy
No one has ever offered proof of significant fraud in 2020, and yet the torrent of disinformation from Trump and his allies has convinced much of the country that Joe Biden is not the legitimate president.
Ivanka Trump's testimony sinks Donald Trump, says 2020 Presidential election was fair and not stolen
A US House Committee investigating the deadly 2021 US Capitol riots presented a video on June 6, wherein Ivanka Trump had accepted that the 2020 Presidential election was fair and not stolen.
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