Democratic divisions, polling misses and Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing: the week in politics.
Source: [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/opinion/democrats-midterms-progress.html)
Zambia resumed vote counting Friday after a nationwide suspension over alleged attacks on polling staff and stolen marked ballot papers. The halt came a day after presidential and parliamentary elections, with opposition leader Brian Mundubile already claiming victory. Sishuwa Sishuwa, Senior L...
Iran on Saturday rejected President Trump’s assertion that he could declare the Strait of Hormuz a “territory of the United States,” saying the opening and closure of the key waterway will remain up to Iran’s control. In a post on the social platform X, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Ghar...
Katie Miller’s podcast is emerging as a go-to platform for leading figures in President Trump’s administration as she targets an audience of Republican women, scoring news-making interviews with top cabinet officials and key members of the president’s inner circle.
In Wisconsin, voters weigh candidates who backed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and those who want to expand it Going door to door in western Wisconsin, Bill Hogseth tells strangers about the seizures he has multiple times a week. Hogseth, the co-executive director and lead organizer of the nonp...
With questions over Farage’s finances and a new face in No 10, could Barnsley council be a bellwether for changing Labour fortunes? Labour marked its worst performance in more than 50 years when voters went to the polls in Barnsley in May, but 100 days on from those seismic local elections, the ...
France’s Constitutional Court has upheld Emmanuel Macron’s landmark assisted dying law, while striking down a ban on social media for children under 15. The Council said the social media measure disproportionately infringed on children’s freedoms, prompting the government to work on a revised bill.