How India PM Modi BJP’s complacency propped opposition in fierce caste, constitution politics
After a decade of electoral near-invincibility that combined economic success with a narrative of Hindu supremacy, Modi’s party was reduced to 240 seats nationwide. He was able to form a third government only with the help of allies, some of whom have a reputation for political fickleness.
South Africa’s ANC strikes deal for national unity government with opposition, to elect president
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula told reporters the main opposition Democratic Alliance and others had agreed on the “fundamental” principle of forming a “government of national unity” with the ANC, but he noted that finer details of the agreement had not been finalised yet.
Man jailed for January 6 riots on Capitol Hill leads pro-Trump armed national militia from prison
Lang is working with a network of election deniers and conspiracists to promote the North American Patriot and Liberty Militia or Napalm for short. The group officially launched last week with 50 state-specific militia groups on Telegram.
Composition of South Africa’s unity government to be known at new parliament first sitting
Parties are under pressure to conclude negotiations by Thursday to fulfil the constitutional requirement to swear in lawmakers and elect the president within 14 days of election results being declared.
Relief for South Africa ruling ANC party as IFP, DA show willingness to join unity government
Hlabisa told reporters that the IFP was willing to join a unity government that includes the ANC and the Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main opposition party that received the second largest share of the vote.
As Hunter Biden awaits sentencing after conviction of gun offences, there’s a chance he won’t be jailed
In the federal system, first-time offenders don’t get anywhere near the maximum sentence. Federal sentencing guidelines, which judges use as they weigh punishments for defendants, are expected to recommend a far lighter punishment. And judges aren’t bound by the guidelines, so she could decide not to send him to prison at all. Other options include probation or home detention.
Rising Christian nationalism in Republican party forces Democrats step up bid to stop Trump’s White House quest
The Democratic-led taskforce comes as groups on and off Capitol Hill are increasingly alarmed over Project 2025, a sweeping blueprint from the conservative Heritage Foundation that is preparing to quickly help staff a new GOP administration with plans for dismantling aspects of the federal government and installing loyalists for a second Trump term.
Revealed: While the US trains African coup leaders, it’s quick to blame Russia for bloody coups on the continent
The total number of US-trained mutineers across Africa since 9/11 may be far higher than is known, but the State Department, which tracks data on US trainees, is either unwilling or unable to supply it.
Uncertainty looms in South Africa as ex-president petitions court to halt first sitting of parliament
The legal challenge now asks the Constitutional Court to set aside the commission’s decision to declare the election free and fair, and to order the president to call another election.
US court finds Hunter Biden guilty of lying about drug use to buy gun as president says he won’t pardon son
Some 61 per cent of registered voters responding to a Reuters/Ipsos poll in February said Hunter Biden’s legal troubles would have no impact on whether they voted for his father in November. The poll showed voters divided over whether Hunter Biden’s legal troubles were related to his father’s service as president.
