Tag: elections

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Costs Rising, Approval Falling

Just days before the midterm elections, two sets of figures released within days of each other describe the same mood from opposite directions. A Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Donald Trump’s approval rating at 32%, the lowest of his presidency. A study by the non-profit Food & Water Watch finds that US […]

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Lula’s Gamble On Gambling

Nine days before Brazilians vote in the first round of a presidential election, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting nationwide – a move he framed in the starkest possible terms, comparing the industry to cancer that must be cut out before it kills the […]

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Where Democrats’ Senate Majority Could Still Slip Away

With Election Day two weeks away, nearly every signal from the Senate races favours the Democrats. Polls, election models and the general political climate point their way, and Republicans are scrambling to shore up even states they normally take for granted. Momentum has reached deep-red territory such as Kansas and […]

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Brazil At The Crossroads

razil-presidential-elections- Recently, Brazil voted in an election that matters far beyond its borders. The leftwing incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is reported to be neck and neck with Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. A first round on Sunday is to be followed by a […]

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The Rural Realignment: Why America’s Political Divide Runs Deeper Than Elections (IV)

Part I Part II Pat III For Democrats, the central problem extends beyond messaging. Policy proposals addressing healthcare expansion, infrastructure investment, child tax credits, or rural broadband may enjoy substantial support when evaluated individually. The difficulty arises when voters question whether national leaders genuinely understand local priorities or intend to […]

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Trump Blatantly Threatens And Rots In Public, Embarrassing America’s ‘Allies’

https://www.youtube.com/live/gOxYEK8pTsw?t=164s “INTEL Roundtable: Weekly Wrap 25-SEPT” Judge Napolitano, Larry Johnson, Karen Kwiatkowski 25 September 2026 02:44 Welcome here, a pleasure, guys. Thanks very much, uh, for joining us. Larry, I have to go to you first. You just spent three weeks in Russia. You participated in, uh, academic, uh, programs. […]

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Sunday’s Elections Could Decide Merz’s Fate

rl Friedrich Merz has been chancellor for just 16 months, and he’s already facing the kind of electoral test that could determine whether he serves out anything close to a full term. Voters in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania went to the polls Sunday in elections that, on paper, are regional […]