The 2024 BET Awards on Sunday night was a celebration of Black excellence. Hosted by actress and author Taraji P. Henson, the evening welcomed standout performances from Megan Thee Stallion, Lauren Hill, Will Smith and more — with Usher taking home a lifetime achievement award. Drake led with a whopping seven nominations, including album of […]
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French far right works to turn election win into power. Its rivals want to stop it in decisive vote
PARIS (AP) — With the ultimate outcome still up in the air, France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the long-taboo far-right party scrambled on Monday to capitalize on an indecisive first round of voting the day before in surprise legislative elections. Round one propelled the National Rally closer than ever to government but […]
Asia stocks stutter, euro rises after first round vote in France
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks were subdued on Monday as traders pondered the U.S rates outlook, while the euro rose after the first-round voting in France’s shock snap election was won by the far-right, albeit with a smaller share than some polls had projected. The shock vote has unsettled markets as the far-right, […]
Euro Rises on French Vote, China Eyed After PMI: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — The euro climbed on signs Marine Le Pen’s far-right party was poised to claim victory in the first round of France’s legislative elections less comfortably than some polls projected. Most Read from Bloomberg Initial election results showed Le Pen’s National Rally in front of President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance, though possibly without the […]
NYC Council passes $112.4 billion budget in down-to-the-wire vote
With just hours left on the deadline clock, the New York City Council on Sunday voted to approve a $112.4 billion budget that restores almost all of the cuts proposed by Mayor Adams and adds about $1 billion to what he proposed in April. The budget vote, which is legally required to be finalized by […]
‘If you hold a gun to my head, I’ll vote for Trump’
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel, formerly one of former President Trump’s largest financial backers, said Thursday that he won’t be giving Trump any money during this campaign cycle, but that may still vote for him. “If you hold a gun to my head, I’ll vote for Trump,” Thiel said in an interview on stage at the […]
I don’t want to vote for Biden or Trump, but one is clearly worse
To the editor: I guess, to quote columnist Jonah Goldberg, I am a double-hater because I “really don’t want to vote for Biden or Trump.” (“Presidential debates generally don’t matter. This Biden-Trump face-off could be different,” June 25) Huh? Mr. Goldberg, I really don’t want to vote for President Biden or former President Trump because […]
Mauritanians vote for president with incumbent favoured to win
Mauritanians have gone to the polls to elect their next president, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win after positioning Mauritania as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence. Mr Ghazouni, who is seeking re-election on the pledge of providing security and economic growth, is […]
Penn State technical service union employees vote to authorize strike. What that means
Members in a union that represents thousands of Penn State employees overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if needed once their current contract expires. Teamsters Local 8, a union of technical service employees at Penn State, has been in contract negotiations with the university since early May. Their contract expires midnight June 30. Between Tuesday […]
I didn’t vote to expand Medicaid just to have DHS eliminate people from Medicaid
Welfare is a system to provide Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) help to people who are eligible to receive those services. Services like Medicaid, food stamps and other things. But it is kind of curious how, when someone lives in a county like Cleveland County, they would have to drive anywhere upwards of 90 […]
‘Penny Mordaunt has done a lot for Portsmouth, but I can’t vote Tory’
No-one in Parliament wields a sword quite like Penny Mordaunt. When the Tory member for Portsmouth North carried the heavy ceremonial weapon during the coronation of King Charles III, in her role as Lord President of the Privy Council, she was widely praised for her stamina. Outshining many of the great and the good in […]
See-saw vote in Iran narrows presidential race to two in neck-and-neck count
Early results released on Saturday in Iran’s presidential election put the race between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and conservative hard-line candidate Saeed Jalili. The early results, reported by Iranian state television, did not initially put either man in a position to win Friday’s election outright, potentially setting the stage for a runoff election to replace the […]