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Elections·3d ago

Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts incumbent John Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate runoff, setting up high-stakes November race

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, buoyed by a last-minute endorsement from President Donald Trump, defeated four-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary runoff on Tuesday, shaking up the midterm landscape and giving Democrats renewed hope of flipping a statewide seat for the first time in over 30 years.

Plano · Austin · Katy

Ken Paxton John Cornyn Donald Trump James Talarico Brandon Rottinghaus Angela Paxton Barack Obama Opal Lee Bill Cassidy Thom Tillis Jasmine Crockett

Elections·3d ago

Kraków recalls mayor in referendum: Miszalski concedes defeat, Tusk appoints commissioner as snap election looms

Aleksander Miszalski has officially ceased to be mayor of Kraków after a decisive referendum vote, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk naming Stanisław Kracik as commissioner to lead the city until a snap election expected by late August.

Kraków

Aleksander Miszalski Stanisław Kracik Donald Tusk Przemysław Czarnek Mateusz Morawiecki Łukasz Gibała Bogdan Klich Gabriele Lesser Mariusz Witczak Szymon Ossowski

Elections·2d ago

Real Madrid Presidential Election Heats Up as Riquelme Challenges Pérez with 'Members' City' Vision

Enrique Riquelme and Florentino Pérez officially launched their campaigns for the Real Madrid presidency on Wednesday, offering starkly contrasting visions for the club's future ahead of the June 7 election.

Madrid

Enrique Riquelme Florentino Pérez Ronaldo Nazário Roberto Carlos Ramón Calderón Pedro Sánchez Santiago Solari

Elections·3d ago

Alexis Tsipras Returns to Greek Politics, Launches New Left-Wing Party ELAS to Challenge Mitsotakis

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ended a three-year political hiatus on Tuesday, launching a new left-wing party, the Greek Left Alliance (ELAS), at an event beneath the Acropolis in Athens, with the aim of unseating conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the 2027 elections.

Athens

Alexis Tsipras Kyriakos Mitsotakis Pavlos Marinakis Nikos Androulakis Benjamin Netanyahu

Elections·yesterday

‘Oh God, He’s Having a Stroke’: Jill Biden Recalls Fear During Husband’s Disastrous 2024 Debate Against Trump

Former First Lady Jill Biden has revealed she feared her husband, then-President Joe Biden, was suffering a stroke during his calamitous June 2024 debate against Donald Trump — a moment she says she had never seen from him before or since.

Atlanta

Joe Biden Jill Biden Kamala Harris Donald Trump

Elections·2d ago

Paxton Wins Texas Senate Primary Runoff, Setting Up High-Stakes Fall Battle with Talarico

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated Senator John Cornyn in the Republican runoff, buoyed by a late Trump endorsement but alarming party leaders worried about holding the seat in November.

Austin · Washington

Ken Paxton John Cornyn Donald Trump James Talarico John Thune Angela Paxton

Elections·3d ago

Tsipras Returns to Greek Politics with New Party, Drawing Fire from Rivals

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras launched his new political party, the Greek Left Coalition (ELAS), at an event near the Acropolis, immediately drawing sharp criticism from the ruling New Democracy and the main opposition PASOK.

Athens

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Elections·4d ago

Tsipras to Unveil New Party Name and Declaration at Acropolis-Adjacent Rally, Targeting 'New Patriotism' and Political Reset

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will present the founding declaration and name of his new political party this evening at a rally in Thiseio, aiming to build a 'great popular current' and challenge both the ruling New Democracy and PASOK.

Athens

Alexis Tsipras Stamatis Kraounakis

Elections·yesterday

Alexis Tsipras formalizes new political party 'ELAS' by filing founding declaration with Greece's Supreme Court

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived at the Supreme Court in Athens on Thursday to officially register his new political party, the Hellenic Left Coalition (ELAS), marking a formal step in his return to frontline politics.

Athens

Alexis Tsipras Maria Lepenioti Theoni Koufonikolakou Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Elections·4d ago

Center-right's Venturini wins Venice mayoral race in first round, dealing blow to left

Simone Venturini, the center-right candidate, won Venice's mayoral election outright with 53% of the vote, avoiding a runoff and extending the right's 11-year rule. His victory prompted a taunting tweet from Premier Giorgia Meloni to opposition leader Elly Schlein.

Venice

Simone Venturini Giorgia Meloni Elly Schlein Andrea Martella Luigi Brugnaro Massimo Cacciari

Elections·3d ago

AfD in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Unveils Draft Election Program: 'Blue Turn' with Nuclear Power, Nord Stream 2 Revival, and Cultural Restoration

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has presented a draft state election program calling for a return to nuclear energy, the repair of Nord Stream pipelines, and a fundamental restructuring of state institutions around a contested concept of 'neutrality'.

Grimmen · Greifswald

Jochen Müller

Elections·3d ago

Greece's former PM Alexis Tsipras launches new left-wing party ELAS, aiming for a political comeback against the ruling conservatives

Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced his return to active politics, unveiling a new left-wing coalition called ELAS in a speech at the Acropolis, setting the stage for a battle to reshape Greece's fragmented left ahead of elections due by mid-2027.

Athens

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