(Bloomberg) — A Thai court sentenced a lawmaker from a reformist party to three years in jail under the country’s royal defamation law, adding to the legal challenges of the main opposition party that’s facing dissolution despite winning a general election a year ago. Most Read from Bloomberg Chonthicha Jangrew, 31, from Move Forward Party […]
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Courts in Thailand handed jail terms on Monday to an activist musician who set fire to a portrait of the king and to an opposition lawmaker for insulting the monarchy, their lawyers said. Another monarchy-reform activist – who had gone on a partial hunger strike after being […]
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -A senior U.S. lawmaker visiting Taipei said on Monday that weapons Taiwan had ordered are finally on their way, and that China’s “intimidating” war games last week underscored the need to boost the island’s deterrence abilities. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the […]
Republican state Rep. Nate Schatzline of Fort Worth spoke about the need for churches to influence politics Friday during a panel discussion at the state GOP convention in San Antonio. Schatzline, a former pastor, is the director of operations for The Justice Reform, an anti-human trafficking organization affiliated with Mercy Culture Church in Fort Worth. […]
Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email realitycheck@sacbee.com. A California Republican lawmaker made a series of false statements Wednesday, in response to a Democratic bill that would stop school districts from forcing school staff to inform parents that their child […]
An Arizona state representative behind a new law that regulates deepfakes in elections used an artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, to write part of the law – specifically, the part that defines what a deepfake is. Republican Alexander Kolodin’s bill, which passed unanimously in both chambers and was signed by the Democratic governor this week, will […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vince Fong, a California State Assembly member backed by former President Donald Trump, won a special election Tuesday to complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. A McCarthy protege who also had the former speaker’s endorsement, Fong defeated fellow Republican […]
In the race to replace former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) in Congress, San Joaquin Valley voters on Tuesday chose Republican Assemblymember Vince Fong, a state lawmaker who was endorsed by Donald Trump. The Associated Press called California’s 20th Congressional District race for Fong at 8:17 p.m. Fong bested fellow Republican Mike Boudreaux, the Tulare County […]
South Africa’s highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him. Mr Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in […]
Monday, May 20 will mark 10 years since same-sex marriage became legal in Pennsylvania. A state lawmaker is now taking extra steps to protect those rights and remove outdated legal language that could make some marriages invalid. State Rep. Jessica Benham (D-South Side) co-chairs the state legislature’s LGBTQ+ caucus. She’s a sponsor of a recently introduced […]
German prosecutors launched an investigation into a lawmaker of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on suspicion of bribery and money laundering as well as searching several properties on Thursday. Petr Bystron, the second candidate on the party’s ticket for the European elections on June 9, has had his immunity waived by Germany’s Bundestag […]
German prosecutors launched an investigation into a lawmaker of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on suspicion of bribery and money laundering as well as searching several properties on Thursday. According to dpa information, the person in question is Petr Bystron, the second candidate on the party’s ticket for the European elections in June. […]