Comparison between Trump era and Biden’s shows Democrats have done better in past four years
Combining the unemployment rate and the rate of inflation into a thumbnail description of economic trouble has been used by politicians as a way to pummel their opponents, particularly during times of high inflation. With the decline in inflation, it is back to roughly where it was during much of Trump’s pre-Covid time in office.
US bloody number: Philadelphia’s ballot-counting warehouse fence is topped with barbed wire, Detroit and Atlanta offices protected by bullet-proof glass
Election officials say one of their biggest fears is a razor-close result where the outcome will hinge on court fights over small numbers of disputed ballots. The Republican National Committee has targeted election officials with dozens of lawsuits challenging various aspects of the voting process, a move seen by Democrats as a prelude to contesting a potential loss.
Poll fraud: Former Republican congressional candidate arrested for stealing ballots
Before turning himself in on Tuesday morning, Larry Savage said he was innocent and described the charges as “bumped up.”
Botswana election expected to back ruling BDP that has been in power since independence
Botswana has been held up as one of Africa’s success stories as a peaceful and stable democracy with one of the best standards of living in the region, but it is facing new economic challenges that have pushed the BDP to concede that policy change is needed.
CNN bans conservative writer after ‘beeper’ comment to Muslim commentator
CNN was having a heated discussion about the Trump rally, where the racist and other demeaning language was a sign of how tensions are coming to a boil with only a week to go until a highly contested and contentious Election Day that reflects the nation’s political and cultural fissures.
Harris: Trump is unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance and out for unchecked power to be US president
Kamala Harris was flanked by American flags on stage and surrounded by blue and white banners that said “FREEDOM” with a well-lit White House behind her. The crowd included older people and college students, people from overseas, from New York and from nearby Virginia. Many women came in groups with other female friends.
Supreme Court overturns ruling of lower court that voided 2023 finance law, gives Kenya government tax nod
The finance bills form the main vehicle for the government to set out revenue-raising measures, and Ruto’s administration has been relying on the 2023 finance law to continue collecting taxes after the rollback of this year’s legislation.
HRW: Burkina Faso exposed civilians to risk during al-Qaeda-linked militia attack in which 133 villagers were killed
“The massacre in Barsalogho is the latest example of atrocities by Islamist armed groups against civilians whom the government has put at unnecessary risk,” Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in the report.
Sixty years after unwinding of Jim Crow, Trump’s MAGA reminds Black voters of horrors of bloody past
It’s almost at the edge of living memory: President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, urging Americans to “close the springs of racial poison.” The legislation prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin at places serving the public – such...
Guinea’s ruling junta dissolves 53 political parties, places 54 others under ‘observation’
Col Mamadi Doumbouya has rebuffed attempts by the West and other developed countries to intervene in Africa’s political challenges, saying Africans are “exhausted by the categorizations with which everyone wants to box us in.”
