SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s electoral authority Alexandre de Moraes said that candidates in upcoming municipal elections who use artificial intelligence (AI) to attack their opponents could lose their right to run or have their mandate revoked. Moraes’ comments on the risk to democracy posed by artificial intelligence carry weight. The Brazilian […]
An old clip of Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s defence minister who ran in the February 2024 presidential election, has resurfaced with a false claim that it shows him congratulating his opponent Anies Baswedan for winning the race. The video actually shows Prabowo cheering for Anies’ victory in the Jakarta gubernatorial election in 2017, when Prabowo’s party […]
LANSING, Michigan (AP) — The “uncommitted” campaign got enough votes to win two delegates in Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, as an effort organized to protest President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza made its voice heard in the key swing state. While Biden won the state with more than 618,000 […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are revisiting a nearly decade-old fight over whether the state needs to protect religious rights from being trampled by state and local governments in a measure opponents say would provide a legal shield for people and groups to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people in the name of religion. That religious protection […]
WASHINGTON − Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attempted an “I told you so” on Tuesday when he criticized a judge’s dismissal of potential jurors in a workplace discrimination case because they believed homosexuality is a sin. Alito said that’s exactly the type of outcome he warned against when, against his objections, the Supreme Court ruled […]
Start your week in North Carolina politics with our latest Under the Dome podcast, for the week of Feb. 19, 2024. Dawn Vaughan here, your podcast host and state Capitol bureau chief. Happy Presidents’ Day, everyone. North Carolina’s primary election is on March 5, and voters will decide who they want to send to the […]
Canada’s ambassador to the U.N. says the tragic death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny underscores the corruption and ruthlessness of Vladimir Putin. “It’s a terrible reflection on Putin and on the Russian regime,” Bob Rae tells POLITICO, adding that allies of Ukraine must “redouble” their efforts because a Russian win would setback global democracy. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A major anti-abortion group is praising a published report that Donald Trump has privately told people he supports a national ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy, though his campaign denied the report and said the former president plans to “negotiate a deal” on abortion if elected to the White […]
Claim: Former U.S. Secretary State Hillary Clinton said of some U.S. citizens in February 2024, “There is a yearning for leaders who can kill and imprison their opponents, destroy the press [and] lead a life that is one of impunity, unbound by any laws.” Rating: Rating: Correct Attribution In February 2024, former U.S. Secretary of […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A lawmaker who was vocal four years ago about backing a bill to ban skill games in Commonwealth of Virginia is now co-sponsoring the effort that would legalize them. State Sen. Louise Lucas, (D-Portsmouth) recently admitted she flipped her position on the form of gambling after doing more research. In 2019, […]
Head of the “Russian People’s Union” party, Sergey Baburin, who presented himself as a “rival”to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in the so-called “presidential elections,” withdrew his candidacy, the Kremlin’s propaganda media reported on Jan. 30. This “pseudo-candidate” announced his decision immediately after submitting the necessary signatures to the central election commission for nomination. “In accordance with Article 44 of the Federal Law […]
Brazilian police searched the homes and office of Carlos Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and a Rio de Janeiro city councillor on Monday, two days after the Supreme Court granted the warrants. Police said in a statement that they conducted nine searches on Monday as part of a broader investigation into the […]