Who will be Japan’s next PM? Ruling LDP set to begin ‘especially chaotic’ party election | Japan

A week after Japan braced for a possible massive earthquake, the biggest major change came at the heart of politics, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announcing his intention to step down next month. His three-year term ends at the end of September, when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party [LDP] A new president will be elected […]
US, Brazil float new Venezuela election despite government, opposition rebuffs

U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also supports re-elections in Venezuela, a move rejected by both the country’s ruling and opposition parties who both claim victory in the July 28 election. Biden spoke to reporters after Lula suggested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro could call for new elections […]
Fox News Host Fed Up With ‘Fraudulent Election’ Nonsense

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‘Election interference’: Trump lawyers call for delayed sentencing in Bragg case

Lawyers for former President Trump are seeking to postpone the sentencing hearing in New York v. Trump until after the November presidential election, citing “blatant attempts to interfere in the election.” After a six-week trial that stemmed from an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Trump was convicted of all charges of first-degree falsifying […]
Trump seeks to delay criminal sentencing until after election

Former President Trump has asked the New York judge presiding over his recent criminal trial to postpone sentencing until after the November presidential election. Judge Juan Merchan had previously agreed to postpone the ruling until September to first determine whether the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision requires it to overturn Trump’s conviction. “[S]Short of a […]
Celebrities have ‘incredibly powerful’ ability to influence election

A Harvard University study has found that celebrities have “great” power to influence elections and increase voter turnout. “While some polls have led some to claim that celebrity voices are uninfluenced when it comes to politics, more rigorous evidence shows that these voices are extremely powerful,” says a study conducted by Harvard University’s Ash Center […]
Hackers find vulnerabilities in voting machines — but officials say there’s no time to fix them by Election Day

Participants in the 2024 Voting Village event DEF CON Hacking Conference The Las Vegas research team found vulnerabilities in a range of voting machines, electronic poll books and other equipment used in elections across the US, but officials say there is not enough time to address the issues before Election Day in November. As it […]
Election ‘misinformation’: NY AG Letitia James asks social media sites to protect voters from ‘misuse’

New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on social media companies to crack down on suspected misinformation, arguing that barriers to prevent “bad actors” have been weakened. James reportedly sent letters to at least 10 technology companies, including Google, Meta and OpenAI, whose major investor is Microsoft. The attorney general reportedly tried to warn […]
Biden-Harris Admin to Use Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Offset Medicare Plan D Premiums Less Than 3 Months Before Election

The Biden-Harris administration has been criticized for pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into bailing out health insurers in an effort to hide impending price hikes for Medicare Part D plans with less than 100 days until Election Day. The Democrat-backed Inflation Control Act of 2022 (IRA) would limit Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket drug costs, resulting in […]
Immigrants becoming citizens at breakneck speed as election approaches: report

The federal government is processing U.S. citizenship applications at the fastest pace in decades, with thousands of new immigrants becoming citizens every week, a move that could determine the outcome of the November election. According to a New York Times report, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USIS) is taking an average of 4.9 months to […]