Spain’s election ends with no clear majority, throwing the country into political limbo

[ad_1] The leader and candidate of conservative Partido Popular (People’s Party) Alberto Nunez Feijoo. Oscar Del Pozo | Afp | Getty Images Spain’s election Sunday ended with no clear majority for either of the two main parties, throwing Europe’s fourth-largest economy into political limbo. With all votes counted, Spain’s conservative Partido Popular party secured 136 … Read more

Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court

[ad_1] A voter wearing a protective mask enters a polling location in Opelika, Alabama, U.S., on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alabama Republicans on Friday defied a U.S. Supreme Court order by passing a new congressional map that includes only one majority-Black district. The GOP-controlled Legislature had called a special session to … Read more

Chris Christie doubles down on Trump attacks and Social Security cuts

[ad_1] Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie arrives to speak at the Faith and Freedom Road to Majority conference at the Washington Hilton on June 23, 2023 in Washington, DC.  Drew Angerer | Getty Images Former New Jersey Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie launched his latest blitz against … Read more

Spanish prime minister calls for early general election

[ad_1] “I took this decision in light of the results of the elections held yesterday,” Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a televised press briefing, according to a CNBC translation. Europa Press News | Europa Press | Getty Images Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called for the Spanish Parliament to be dissolved and … Read more

Turkey’s President Erdogan seals election victory to enter third decade in power

[ad_1] Turkey’s President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during his partys group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) in Ankara, on May 18, 2022. Adem Altan | AFP | Getty Images Turkish media reported on Sunday that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey’s … Read more

Turkey will hold a runoff election on May 28, with Erdogan in the lead

[ad_1] Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan wave flags outside the AK Party headquarters after polls closed in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections in Ankara, Turkey on May 15, 2023. Adem Altan | Afp | Getty Images Turkey’s presidential election is going to a runoff for the first time in history, Turkey’s high election board … Read more

Turkey votes in crunch election as President Erdogan faces greatest threat to his 20-year rule

[ad_1] Millions of Turks headed to the polls Sunday in what is set to be Turkey’s most consequential election in two decades, and one whose results will have implications far beyond its own borders. The country of 85 million holds both its presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. For the presidency — which is … Read more

Macron bypassed parliament and angered French citizens. Setting the far-right up for a bounce

[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images President Emmanuel Macron‘s controversial pension overhaul, pushed through by overriding the country’s parliament, could eventually erase what the French leader has been working for over the last six years, political analysts told CNBC. Macron has placed himself as a centrist politician. When aiming … Read more