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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed its stance as a viable force in the forthcoming Lagos State council election, despite the defection of its 2023 governorship candidate and his group. At the party's flag-off campaign ceremony, former deputy national chairman Chief Bode George charged the PDP candidates
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Derbyshire Council's decision to disband its climate change committee has sparked outrage among environmentalists and residents. The move has been met with criticism, with campaigners accusing the council of prioritizing economic interests over environmental concerns. The committee, formed to monitor the council's climate goals and targets,
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The joint people's movement launched in Nepal on May 29, aimed at restoring a Hindu kingdom and ensuring good governance, has seemingly fizzled out without achieving its goals. Meanwhile, the country's economic woes persist, with a staggering budget deficit of over five trillion rupees. The Finance
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U.S. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Armed Services Committee, is cosponsoring the Countering Chinese Espionage Reporting Act to combat threats to U.S. national security posed by the Chinese Communist Party. The legislation aims to direct the Attorney General to
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Virginia set the stage for historic elections this year, with primary races determining the top posts in Richmond. The November ballot features two candidates for governor, neither of whom faced primary opposition from within their party. The contest has added resonance due to the impact of federal workforce cuts carried
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The European Parliament has voiced its strong condemnation of the military junta's dissolution of political parties and the crackdown on the opposition in Mali. The parliamentarians expressed alarm at the further deterioration of the domestic situation and the shrinking of public and civic space in the country. They
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Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in condemning President Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard and United States Marine Corps to Los Angeles without consulting the Governor and local leaders. The
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The Senate judiciary hearing, scheduled to investigate Joe Biden's mental acuity during his time in the White House, was met with a bipartisan backlash. Two Democratic senators, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Peter Welch of Vermont, reluctantly attended the hearing, while the rest of the Democratic committee members
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Josh Weil, a 40-year-old Orlando Democrat, has announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2026, despite coming 14 points short in a special congressional election in Northeast Florida earlier this year. Weil's campaign raised over $15 million in a district that had elected a Republican by
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Senate Republicans are growing increasingly resistant to the Medicaid spending cuts included in the tax and spending bill championed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune. The bill, which largely ignores GOP senators' concerns about Medicaid and clean energy tax credits, is facing strong pushback from members of the conference.
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Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has announced his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Al-Mustapha expressed concern over the current state of the nation, emphasizing the need for
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The European Parliament has passed a motion condemning the military coup in Mali, which led to the dissolution of all political parties and a crackdown on the opposition. The resolution highlights the country's chronic conflict and violence, economic decline, and weak democratic institutions. It calls on the military
