Exit polls from India’s month-long parliamentary elections indicate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form the government again. Exit polls released Sunday were predicting a clear majority for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, according to local Indian media. But political consultancy, Eurasia Group, said that election watchers should exercise […] Read more
Alabama’s Republican Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday that she had signed into law a bill that bans doctors from performing abortions during any stage of pregnancy, punishable by up to 99 years in prison. The legislation, which passed the state Senate on Tuesday, is the most restrictive abortion legislation in the country and is likely […] Read more
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who has cast himself as a bipartisan leader, announces he is entering the crowded field of Democrats for the 2020 presidential race. Bullock, 53, has pressed issues including expanded health care, early childhood education, wage equality and campaign finance reform in his red state. He is in his second term as […] Read more
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval ratings have been inching up to hit his personal best of 79%, according to latest findings by pollster Social Weather Stations. Duterte is not running in Monday’s mid-term elections in the Philippines, but his popularity is expected to affect the vote, analysts said. The president’s allies are expected to take […] Read more
President Trump accuses China of pulling back from agreed-upon trade deal language because the nation would rather negotiate with Joe Biden “or one of the very weak Democrats” vying to challenge him in 2020. The tweets show that Trump’s attention is on Biden, the Democratic front-runner, even as he prepares for the most crucial trade […] Read more
Former vice president Joe Biden holds his first major public campaign event at a Teamsters banquet hall in Pittsburgh. In its opening days, Biden has focused his presidential campaign closely on shoring up support in Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state that Democrats lost in the last election, and courting support from labor unions. President Trump […] Read more
Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, betting that his working-class appeal and ties to Barack Obama’s presidency will help him overcome questions about his place in today’s increasingly liberal Democratic Party. He made his announcement in a video posted on Twitter. “Everything that has made America America […] Read more
The Justice Department considered President Donald Trump’s frustrations about media and political speculation about the Russia investigation when deciding whether to charge him with obstructing the probe, Attorney General William Barr said Thursday. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his Russia investigation recounts 10 episodes involving Trump and questions of obstruction of justice, Barr said. […] Read more
Pete Buttigieg’s increasingly popular presidential run has drawn the support of more than two dozen top Democratic fundraisers, according to a list CNBC obtained from campaign aides. The list includes people who bundled big-dollar donations for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Steve Elmendorf, who bundled more than $100,000 for Clinton in 2016, decided to back […] Read more
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, continuing his war-of-words with fellow Hoosier Mike Pence, said the vice president could “clear this up” by taking a broad stance against discrimination. “I’m not interested in feuding with the vice president,” Buttigieg said Thursday during a taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” “But if he wanted to clear this […] Read more
