PARIS (AP) — Voters across mainland France have begun casting ballots Sunday in the first round of exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right forces for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round election, which will wrap up July 7, could impact European […]
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France’s exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads polls
PARIS (AP) — French voters around the world are casting ballots Sunday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right forces for the first time since the Nazi era. The outcome of the two-round election, which will wrap up July 7, could impact […]
High-stakes French legislative election hits torrid final stretch before first-round voting begins
PARIS (AP) — With their own and France’s fates in the balance, candidates were making their last campaign pushes Friday for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election in which the centrist government of President Emmanuel Macron risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far right. […]
High-stakes French election hits final stretch before first-round voting begins
Candidates standing in the snap French legislative election called by President Emmanuel Macron were making their last campaign pushes ahead of the first round of voting on Sunday. It is a pivotal and polarising poll in which Mr Macron’s centrist government risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far right. With […]
High-stakes French legislative election hits torrid final stretch before first-round voting begins
PARIS (AP) — With their own and France’s fates in the balance, candidates were making their last campaign pushes Friday for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing legislative election in which the centrist government of French President Emmanuel Macron risks a potentially fatal beating at the hands of the surging far […]
In France’s high-stakes legislative election, a Jewish candidate faces and fights hate and division
IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France (AP) — Amid market stalls heaped with fresh foods, the shopper walked past the young candidate campaigning for votes in France’s high-stakes and torrid legislative election but then paused and doubled back to give Shannon Seban a piece of her mind. What happened next is becoming depressingly familiar for the 28-year-old candidate, who […]
Biden needs his high-stakes debate gamble to pay off, even if it won’t upend the race
Joe Biden got his wish to hold the earliest major presidential debate ever. Even the president’s allies admit the debate is unlikely to dramatically alter the race. But Biden needs his debate against Trump to shake things up and quiet his skeptics. President Joe Biden needs his debate gamble to pay off. Biden, who’s viewed […]
Can Biden perform and can Trump be boring? Key questions ahead of high-stakes presidential debate
NEW YORK (AP) — For Mon PMs; WX507-508 ___ Rarely, if ever, has one candidate in a presidential debate had so much material to use against the other. Republican Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts with serious charges in three other indictments still pending. As president, Trump nominated three of the justices […]
Absentee voters in France scramble to make their voices heard in high-stakes legislative election
PARIS (AP) — Voters who don’t expect to be able to cast ballots themselves are scrambling to make their voices heard in France’s high-stakes legislative election by signing up in their hundreds of thousands to hand their voting rights to loved ones and friends. The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that it counted 410,000 such requests […]
French absentee voters scramble to have their say in high-stakes election
Voters who do not expect to be able to cast ballots themselves are scrambling to make their voices heard in France’s high-stakes legislative election by signing up in their hundreds of thousands to hand their voting rights to loved ones and friends. The Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that it counted 410,000 such requests in […]
The Stage Is Set For Montana’s High-Stakes Senate Race
Tim Sheehy, a pro-Donald Trump conservative and ex-Navy SEAL, cruised to victory in Montana’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, securing the nomination to take on three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in November. A newcomer to politics, Sheehy went into Tuesday’s primary as the heavy favorite, with endorsements from Trump, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and […]
SpaceX and Boeing each prepare for high-stakes flights to space
Rival companies Boeing and SpaceX are gearing up for a busy week, with each set to launch their rockets and spacecraft on crucial test flights. Boeing on Wednesday will try for the third time to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Starliner capsule. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:52 a.m. ET […]