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A group of Indiana Republican legislators is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss redistricting, in a move that is part of a broader White House pressure campaign for states to redraw their congressional maps. The meeting comes as Republicans in Texas
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The House of Representatives' committee on justice is set to conduct a motu proprio inquiry into the United States' bid to have Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy extradited over sex trafficking and bulk cash smuggling charges. The committee's decision comes in response to
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As President Trump pushes for a redistricting effort to bolster the Republican Party's control of the US House, a rare nationwide mid-decade redistricting battle has emerged, with multiple states joining the fray. Indiana and Missouri are the latest to join the battle, with Texas and California already deeply
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Ghana's Akwatia constituency, a diamond-rich hub in the Eastern Region, is set to hold a crucial by-election on September 2, 2025, following the death of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament, Ernest Yaw Kumi. The contest between the NPP's Solomon Kwame Asumadu and the National
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Ghanaian politician Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, a former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, is set to officially submit his nomination forms for the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) presidential primaries on August 27, 2025. This move marks Agyapong's bid to secure the party's flagbearership position
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Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, led a bipartisan delegation to Syria, marking the first time a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has met with President Ahmed Al-Sharaa since the fall of the Assad regime. Accompanied by Congressman Joe Wilson and Ambassador Tom
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NPP flagbearer hopeful Bryan Acheampong has questioned the party's leadership for its decision not to participate in the upcoming Tamale Central by-election, set to take place on September 30, 2025. Acheampong, the MP for Abetifi, believes the party's leadership acted hastily and emotionally, unlike the ruling
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The recent news from Benue state in Nigeria has revealed a worrying trend of the state's House of Assembly abusing its powers, undermining the principle of democracy, and disregarding the rule of law. The Assembly, led by Speaker Hyacinth Alia, has been engaging in a power struggle with
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Kenyan legislator Peter Kaluma has thrown his weight behind Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister and ODM leader, as the only opposition figure with a national following strong enough to challenge President William Ruto in the 2027 presidential race. According to Kaluma, even if other opposition leaders unite, they will
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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer hopeful, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has pointed to the tribe of the party's presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and the ongoing Bawku chieftaincy conflict as major factors in the party's defeat in the 2024 presidential election. Acheampong, the Member of Parliament
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Sixteen years ago, in August 2009, Opposition legislators staged a walkout from a meeting of Parliament's Committee on Appointments to vet members of the Electoral Commission (EC). The EC team, led by chairperson Mr Badru Kiggundu, was being reappointed to serve a second seven-year term despite a Supreme
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Buikwe South Member of Parliament, Michael Philip Lulume Bayigga, has joined forces with other opposition politicians to form a new party, the People's Front for Freedom (PFF). Bayigga's decision comes after years of conflict within the Democratic Party (DP), where he felt the party had been
