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Croatia conservative leader Plenkovic appointed as prime minister-designate for third term
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian conservative leader Andrej Plenkovic was formally appointed prime minister-designate on Friday for a third consecutive term after he forged an alliance with an extreme right party following an inconclusive election. Plenkovic's ruling Croatian...
Iranians vote in parliamentary runoff election after hard-liners dominate initial balloting
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians voted Friday in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country's parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting. People in 22 constituencies across the country will elect 45 representatives from a pool of 90 candidates, 15 of...
Chad's military ruler declared winner of presidential election, while opposition disputes the result
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week's presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra. The national agency that...
Lithuania holds a presidential vote as anxieties rise in the Baltics over Russia and war in Ukraine
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania is holding a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on the battlefield in Ukraine are fueling greater fears across all of Europe about Moscow's intentions, but particularly in the strategically important Baltic region. The...
Alabama lawmakers adjourn session without final gambling vote
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers ended the legislative session Thursday without approving a lottery, slot machines and video poker machines, continuing a 25-year stalemate on the issue of gambling. Supporters were unable to break an impasse in the Alabama Senate after the...
1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would have consolidated six South Carolina heath care agencies and was overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of the General Assembly died on the session's final day Thursday in a procedural move by a member angry he was mocked by his colleagues. ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate. Here's why his job is far from safe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson's job isn't safe yet. In a stunning show of unity in the often divided House, Democrats joined a majority of Republicans on Wednesday to save the GOP speaker from an attempt by fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove him from his...
Georgia Supreme Court declines to rule on whether counties can draw their own electoral maps
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court agrees that someone needs to issue a legally final ruling on whether county commissioners can override state legislators and draw their own electoral districts. But the nine justices on Thursday also agreed it would be improper to rule on...
Failure to oust Speaker 'MAGA Mike' Johnson shows strength and weakness of his alliance with Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was Donald Trump who bestowed the “MAGA Mike Johnson” nickname on the House speaker the day he won the gavel. It is the Republican speaker himself who is proving whether it sticks. Johnson survived an ouster vote this week by one of...
Fight over foreign money in politics stymies deal to assure President Joe Biden is on Ohio's ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The question of whether Democratic President Joe Biden will appear on Ohio's fall ballot has become entangled in a partisan legislative fight to keep foreign money out of state ballot campaigns, a year after cash tied to a Swiss billionaire boosted a successful effort to...
