Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg unveiled his plan for gun control Thursday afternoon,, calling for a total ban on assault weapons and an age limit of 21 for most purchases.
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An elections advocacy group urged a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday to reinstate its case against the Tennessee Election Commission based on claims that one county’s electronic voting machines and software have created an inherently insecure system.
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is expected Wednesday to pick a wealthy businesswoman to fill a vacant U.S. Senate seat, upsetting some conservative allies of President Donald Trump.
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A three-judge panel in North Carolina ruled Monday that the state’s new congressional map can be used in the 2020 election, rejecting a challenge to the latest version drawn by Republican state lawmakers last month.
Read moreA federal judge paved the way on Monday for Rudy Giuliani’s associate Lev Parnas to comply with a House subpoena for information relevant to the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
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The election fight in the United Kingdom is getting a lot nastier after a chief rabbi entered the fray and accused the main opposition leader, left-wing and pro-Palestine Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, of anti-Semitism and allowing a “new poison” to take root in his party.
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The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump will play out on a new stage next week, as the House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday it will hold its first public hearing in the probe.
Read moreA federal court in Texas declined to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the state’s election code places unconstitutional burdens on minor political parties but also declined to block changes to the code passed by state lawmakers this year that require minor parties to meet the same requirements as major parties for getting candidates onto a ballot.
Read moreHong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition won a landslide victory in Sunday elections in a stunning rebuke to city leader Carrie Lam over her handling of violent protests that have divided the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
Read moreBillionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has announced her campaign co-chairs – and they’re all women.
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Hong Kong’s new police commissioner Tang Ping-Keung said Friday that officers will deal with any outbreak of violence immediately, without hesitation, during Sunday’s local elections.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment has sharpened the battle lines in Israel’s deadlocked political system and could test the loyalty of his right-wing allies, Israeli commentators said Friday.
Read moreA federal court in Ohio denied the nonprofit investigative journalists’ motion for a preliminary injunction in a dispute with the state’s election commission, finding that an anti-infiltration statute is constitutional even though it prohibits journalists from gaining information on political candidates by making undercover recordings.
Read moreBenjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival Benny Gantz said Wednesday that he has failed to form a new government, dashing his hopes of toppling the longtime Israeli prime minister and pushing the country closer toward an unprecedented third election in less than a year.
Read moreNorcal Outdoor Media sued the California attorney general in federal court, claiming the state’s Outdoor Advertising Act unconstitutionally limits political ads on billboards within 660 feet of highways to 90 days before elections.
Read moreThe Andrew Goodman Foundation sued the Wisconsin Elections Commission in federal court, claiming it unconstitutionally restricts use of student ID’s for voting, including accepting only IDs with issuance dates and the cardholder’s signature on them.
Read moreFormer Ambassador Kurt Volker, a former special envoy to Ukraine, backfired as a witness called by the Republican minority of the intelligence committee during remarks extolling former vice president Joe Biden and reversing his earlier testimony on the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
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Ten Democratic presidential candidates are set to clash in the fifth primary debate Wednesday night in Atlanta, putting the focus of the race on a state seen as a potentially crucial battleground in 2020.
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