(Bloomberg) — A surge by Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing political group in this month’s European election will compel the centrist parties, which won by a massive margin, to accelerate talks on appointing people to the bloc’s top institutional jobs, according to people familiar with the situation. Most Read from Bloomberg European Union leaders will try to […]
Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war cabinet, has announced his resignation. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in parliament. But the Israeli leader becomes more heavily reliant on his far-right allies. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will now be […]
As Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has transformed from a fierce progressive to a caustically anti-left “centrist” of sorts, some of his top political advisers have abandoned ship, The New York Times reported. Among those who have ditched the eccentric senator: Rebecca Katz, his longtime adviser and confidante since 2015; Adam Jentleson, his Senate chief of […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, after running a campaign in which he vowed to be tough on crime. One of District Attorney Mike Schmidt’s deputies, Vasquez was endorsed by several police groups. He won Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary […]
A prominent New Jersey Democrat who wants to be governor quietly helped enlist Neal Katyal, the former acting solicitor general in the Obama administration, to defend a controversial state balloting system that gives outsized control of elections to powerful party bosses. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a leading centrist in Congress, is maneuvering to defend what’s known […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “No Labels has always said we would only offer our […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The centrist group No Labels is expected to announce on Friday it will move forward with a presidential bid for November’s U.S. election, but will stop short of naming candidates, two sources familiar with the matter said. No Labels will not name its presidential and vice presidential picks on Friday, when […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales’ primary challengers want to prove that moderate congressmen aren’t welcome in the border district anymore. Gonzales is running for reelection in the 23rd congressional district for the first time since the Texas GOP censured him for breaking with the party over his positions on gun control and border security. […]
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch political party NSC said on Monday it would not join a new coalition government with the nationalist Freedom Party (PVV) led by anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders, citing irreconcilable differences. The move by NSC, a centrist upstart that took 20 seats in the Nov. 22 election won by […]