Tag: government appointments and nominations
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Why AP called Democratic Super Tuesday contests for Biden: Race calls explained
The Associated Press was able to declare President Joe Biden the winner of a near clean sweep of Democratic Super Tuesday contents based largely on initial vote results that showed him winning about nine out of every 10 votes in almost every contest
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Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey set to compete for California Senate seat
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Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff will compete in November for the U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Dianne Feinstein
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The Latest | Former Trump presidential campaign adviser advances in Texas
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Katrina Pierson, a former Trump presidential campaign adviser, has advanced to a Republican primary runoff in Texas for a legislative seat in the Dallas suburbs
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Donald Trump wins North Dakota Republican caucuses, adding to victories going into Super Tuesday
Donald Trump has won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses, after party members gathered at a dozen sites throughout the state
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6 in 10 US adults doubt mental capability of Biden and Trump, AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll finds that a significant share of U.S. adults doubt the mental capabilities of 81-year-old President Joe Biden and 77-year-old Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner in what could be a rematch of the 2020 election
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Sinead O’Connor’s estate asks Donald Trump to stop playing her music at rallies
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The estate of Sinead O’Connor has asked Donald Trump not to play her music at campaign rallies
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Shehbaz Sharif returns as Pakistan’s new premier as Imran Khan allies in parliament allege rigging
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Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly have elected Shehbaz Sharif for a comeback term as prime minister
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Trump keeps making incendiary statements. His campaign says that won’t change.
Candidates on the verge of winning their parties’ nominations generally change their messaging as part of a so-called pivot
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Pakistan selects Shehbaz Sharif as new prime minister
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Shehbaz Sharif was selected as Pakistan’s prime minister after two old-guard parties formed a coalition to keep jailed politician Imran Khan’s party out of power. Lawmakers voted for the next premier in the National Assembly, or lower house on Sunday with Sharif securing 201 votes. Imran Khan-backed candidate Omar Ayub Khan, a grandson of Pakistan’s…
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Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears Mexico may face its bloodiest elections ever
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As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels dominate, raising concerns among experts that these could be Mexico’s bloodiest elections ever