1 hour ago Romania regulator calls for TikTok suspension amid vote interference fears

Far-right, pro-Moscow candidate Călin Georgescu came from 5% in polls to win presidential election’s first roundRomania’s telecoms regulator is asking for TikTok to be suspended as the country’s defence council prepares to discuss cyber risks to its elections, after a little-known ultranationalist came from nowhere to win the first round of the presidential vote.The country’s constitutional court will also examine two allegations of electoral fraud after Călin Georgescu, a Moscow-friendly, EU-sceptic and anti-Nato independent, topped the ballot in a result that upended Romanian politics. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Former Manchester City player becomes presidential candidate in Georgia

Ruling party picks Mikheil Kavelashvili for mostly ceremonial post in electoral college vote he is likely to winThe governing party in Georgia has picked a former Manchester City footballer as its candidate for president after a disputed victory in last month’s parliamentary election that has sparked protests. The Georgian Dream party nominated Mikheil Kavelashvili, a 53-year-old former national team and Premier League player, for the mostly ceremonial presidential post on Wednesday. He is all but certain to win the 14 December vote by the electoral college controlled by the ruling party.Georgian Dream retained control of the parliament in the election on 26 October which was widely seen as a referendum on the country’s effort to join the EU. The opposition said the vote was rigged unde...

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6 hours ago Kamala Harris reemerges after election loss with new message to supporters: ‘Don’t let anyone take your power’

Harris has been lying low since she lost the presidential election to Donald Trump

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22 hours ago Harris still fared better against Trump than any other potential Democratic nominee, poll finds

New poll indicates any Democratic candidate would have had a near impossible time defeating Trump

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24 hours ago Top Kamala Harris aides finally break their silence on the catastrophic election failure

Top Kamala Harris campaign leaders broke their silence about what went wrong during the 2024 presidential campaign as voters rejected the vice president.

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24 hours ago Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief

If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation

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28 hours ago Voter behind general election petition makes surprise Labour admission

A voter who started a petition calling for another general election has conceded that Labour should be given more time to win the electorate over.

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33 hours ago The Democrats’ next campaign should appeal to their base, not swing voters | Steve Phillips

Democratic strategists want to ‘persuade’ over voters. But the real problem is Democratic voters not showing up to pollsMany people are drawing the wrong conclusions about what happened in the 2024 election. The conventional wisdom is that large swaths of population groups shifted their political allegiances to Donald Trump, propelling him to victory over Kamala Harris.A more careful reading of the data, however, shows that those conclusions are inaccurate, and the biggest problem for Democrats was a failure to turn out Democratic voters. Coming to terms with the unfounded faith in voter persuasion – at the extent of tried and true voter turnout programs – will have profound implications for the future of the Democratic party and the country.Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in...

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