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Two socialist mayors were elected in the United States on Tuesday in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. which now means that four of the top 20 largest cities in the country have socialist leaders at the helm. Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithya Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) defeated incumbent mayor Karen Bass and will take office in December as mayor for the roughly 4 million residents of Los Angeles proper. Also victorious on Tuesday was DSA member Janeese Lewis George who coasted to victory to become mayor-elect of Washington, D.C., a city of roughly 700,000 residents....

A longtime strategist for former President Barack Obama is already looking forward to 2028, saying that he’s spoken to 29 Democrats who are at least toying with the idea of running for president in the next election cycle. Jim Messina, who managed Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, laid out his thoughts during an Election Day appearance on Bloomberg TV, where he said that the Democrats’ Tuesday blowout — particularly with regard to the gubernatorial elections in key swing states — changed the presidential map going in to the 2028 cycle. “If we win the House and the Senate, we will have...

President Trump said he offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump said that he requested White bring “assistants” with him and named several UFC fighters. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote. “I have requested that he bring with him assistants, even though some are not from our Country, of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel...

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he has opened an investigation into Seminole County’s late upload of several hundred Election Day votes. Election officials discovered the issue during post-election checks. The Secretary of State said the office identified 388 more votes recorded than votes cast in Seminole County. County election officials were notified of the issue and it was found that a memory card containing election results was not uploaded to the county’s management system. The Secretary of State said the missing memory card changed the outcome of the State House District 154 race. Before the discovery, incumbent State...

'Fox & Friends' reports on 'The View' co-hosts' praise of Michigan Democratic Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed and Vogue's commentary on what it calls a new generation of 'handsome' politicians

Israel's president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest rival, to try to form a ​new government following a deadlocked election that left neither man with a clear path to power. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving leader, is ‌fighting to stay in office after his religious-nationalist coalition lost its majority in an October 27 election but still emerged as the largest bloc in parliament. Eisenkot, a former military chief, has declined to join forces with Arab parties, with whose support he would have a majority of seats in parliament. But Arab leaders, incensed by what ​they view as the...

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) want to overhaul America’s system of government. Its current political program calls for abolishing the Senate and Electoral College and replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with institutions controlled by Congress. These changes would dismantle much of the system of checks and balances established by America’s founders — a system that has worked well for over 250 years. Here’s what DSA platform wants to change. 1. Abolish the U.S. SenateCongress has two chambers. The House represents people based on state population, while the Senate gives every state two senators, regardless of its size. Both...

If election night results are any barometer, it might be time for everyone to get more woke. The country saw a blue tsunami Tuesday night, with traditional Republican strongholds chipped away at — or even flipped — by Democrats. Jon Ossoff won reelection in Georgia handily; South Carolina's Senate seat flipped to blue; and Democrat James Talarico is Texas' next senator. The Associated Press called the race, saying the House and the Senate had flipped to Democratic control. The internet has come to its own (somewhat joking) conclusion: DEI is so back. Delighted X users spent the evening joking that...

Authorities intercepted what they believe is the first small-boat smuggling attempt to launch from the Netherlands. A rubber dinghy packed with 38 migrants was discovered drifting without an engine off the southern Dutch coast last Saturday. Emergency crews towed it to the nearby port of Cadzand, in the Zeeland province, and two Sudanese men were arrested on suspicion of being involved in human smuggling, Dutch prosecutors said. A magistrate ordered their detention for 14 days on Tuesday, and both suspects are being held in restricted conditions, meaning they can only communicate with their lawyers, they added. Mike Tapp, the Labour...

After replacing his former boss Susie Wiles as the White House Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller has urged the president to end the war in Iran. That war was undertaken with the idea of eliminating Iran’s nuclear research program but was incredibly unpopular with the American people. “Miller's pitch for the job, according to people who heard it, was that the president needed to wind down the Iran war, a conflict that the president's core supporters viewed as a betrayal,” said The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman in live updates. The war in Iran, launched by Trump along with close...

Democrats have won control of the House, according to projections. NBC News said that by the end, Democrats would win 248 seats to 187 seats for Republicans. By 10 pm, at least three GOP seats had been flipped from GOP to Democrat. Those flipped seats included one in North Carolina with Jamie Ager, and one in Pennsylvania with Paige Cognetti. Other Democrats that have seen House wins include Stefany Shaheen in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District, Brad Langer in New York’s 10th Congressional District, and Claire Valdez in New York’s 7th Congressional District. MS NOW host Rachel Maddow said as...

Last week, authorities received a warning from the Military Intelligence Service, as well as allied services, that diversionary actions could take place on the border with Russia - including border violations by armed groups. The police secure the royal region for possible events that could lead to acts of diversion - says RMF FM Marek Boroń. Therefore, reinforcements from police commands from several voivodships [jurisdictions: comparable to a county] came to the borderland. This is due to the information we also have from external services. We are to take care of the safety of the citizens who live there, but...

President Trump said that he was in 'no rush' to decide whether to resume fighting Iran on the eve of the midterm elections. Speaking to Axios on Monday afternoon, he said: 'One way or the other, we will do something, but there is no rush. We crippled them financially. They have no money, no gasoline and their people are getting very tired of it.'... The president held the final rally of his nationwide, 28-stop midterm campaign yesterday in Salina, Kansas as he sought to shore up Republican support and preserve the party's congressional majorities. Democrats' odds of taking control of...

The verdict was met with a groan from Tommy Robinson’s supporters, who had sat behind the dock throughout his harassment trial. It took more than 11 hours of jury deliberations to find the far-right activist guilty of harassment causing fear of violence to two journalists, enough time for a band of lieutenants and hangers-on to get their hopes up that he might be acquitted. Yet as Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, potentially faces up to 10 years in prison, another narrative has now taken hold. A miscarriage of justice has taken place, according to messages pumped out across...

Democrat Troy Jackson leads Republican Sen. Susan Collins by 5 percentage points in the final YouGov poll before Tuesday's midterm elections as Democrats seek to flip one of the nation's most closely watched Senate seats. The survey, conducted Oct. 26-29 among 1,503 likely voters, showed Jackson leading Collins 52% to 47%. That marks a shift from YouGov's previous Oct. 1 survey, which showed the candidates tied at 50%. The latest survey shows Jackson improving his position compared with YouGov's earlier October poll. Recent polling underscores just how close the contest has been. A CNN/SSRS survey showed Jackson leading Collins 49%...

The Democratic Party has high expectations as it heads into these pivotal US midterm elections. A historically unpopular Republican president, an American public unhappy with the rising costs of food and bills, and months of favourable polls point to a good night for them on Tuesday. Democratic candidates lead in well over the 218 seats needed to flip control of the lower chamber of Congress, the House of Representatives, the polls suggest. And they are tied or narrowly ahead in the key Senate races. A recent New York Times poll had the Senate race in South Carolina, a state Donald...

"Today, the biggest news comes from Europe. Putin warned Europe that a direct war with Russia would have no winners. Commenting on European preparations for a possible conflict with Russia by two thousand and thirty, he said Moscow is ready but does not want war. If they want to prepare, let them prepare. If the situation goes too far, there will be no winners at all, Putin said. With these remarks, Putin essentially threatened Europe with a nuclear war and mutually assured destruction. What Putin is effectively saying is that Europe is preparing for a possible Russian attack, while Moscow...

He may be the leader of the Catholic church, but Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is still a registered voter in Illinois and requested a mail ballot for the midterm elections. That’s according to the Will County clerk’s office. “Robert Francis Prevost is on the list of individuals who requested a vote by mail ballot for the upcoming election,” Kim Fladhammer, Will County clerk’s office chief of staff, told the Sun-Times. The pope, who is registered to a New Lenox address, made the request on Oct. 3. That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the...

Election Day is fast approaching, and many candidates for office are busy doing everything they can to convince any remaining undecided voters. And then there are Democrats running in New York City Districts 7 and 13, areas so blue that candidates for Congress don't need to campaign at all. Darializa Avila Chevalier is running in the 13th District. Claire Valdez is running in the 7th District. They're both members of Democratic Socialists of America, or DSA. "We're still encouraging folks to go out. Early voting has already started. Election Day is Nov. 3," Avila Chevalier said. The district she's running...

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has increased his polling lead to 7 percentage points over Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman, among likely voters in a nationally watched U.S. Senate race in Michigan. Mitchell Research & Communications conducted the statewide poll Oct. 26-27 for CBS Detroit and other Michigan television stations. It surveyed likely voters in the Nov. 3 general election. "El-Sayed is in the driver's seat for a big victory on November 3rd," the researchers said. El-Sayed was the choice of 51% of likely voters, with Rogers at 44%, in the latest Mitchell poll. Three percent were undecided, and third-party candidates...