(October 19, 2026)
Republicans havenât lost a Kansas Senate race in almost 100 years, but the state has become central to the fight for the Senate majority.
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As Germany‘s Merz feels the pressure, an ally seeks to avoid leadership talk
(October 1, 2026)
Wuest and officials âwho work with him have repeatedly denied he has any interest in replacing Merz under current circumstances.
He was one of eight conservative â state premiers who publicly backed the chancellor in the run-up to the September 20 election in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the AfD again topped the âelection after winning in Saxony-Anhalt two weeks earlier.
Germany‘s political center fights for relevance after far-right and far-left gains
(October 2, 2026)
Berlin‘s markets brim with the rich pickings of harvest. Picking up her weekly shopping, pensioner Ute Istock quips that the choice of apple varieties is as broad as that of candidates on the ballot sheets in last month‘s city election â adding that this is not necessarily a good thing.
„Voting has become tricky,“ Istock admits. „It‘s no longer clear how a party will end up governing effectively because there are too many parties and forming viable majorities is becoming impossible.
Deutschland: AfD erreicht 30 %, wÀhrend CDU/CSU in der INSA-Umfrage auf 18 % fÀllt
Die Umfrage wurde unter 1.202 Befragten durchgefĂŒhrt. SPD und GrĂŒne liegen mit jeweils 14 Prozent gleichauf, wĂ€hrend die Linkspartei auf 10 Prozent kommt. Das BSW und die FDP wĂŒrden jeweils 4 Prozent erreichen und damit unter der FĂŒnf-Prozent-HĂŒrde bleiben.
Die Daten weisen auch auf ein hohes MaĂ an Unzufriedenheit mit der Regierungsarbeit hin: 79 Prozent der Befragten erklĂ€rten, sowohl mit der AmtsfĂŒhrung von Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz als auch mit der Arbeit der Bundesregierung unzufrieden zu sein
Sonntagsfrage Bundestagswahl
Wenn am nĂ€chsten Sonntag Bundestagswahl wĂ€re âŠ
Italy ends twelve-year military presence in Iraq
The final group had stayed behind to recover and ship out logistical equipment, Crosetto said. Italian forces, along with those of other countries in the Global Coalition and NATO, left Iraq by the September 30 deadline agreed with the Iraqi government.
Crosetto said the withdrawal was „not an Italian decision,“ but part of a new phase agreed with Iraqi authorities and partner countries, in which Iraqi security forces take full responsibility for the country‘s security.
The Global Coalition‘s Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the US-led military campaign against ISIS, will continue to operate from other countries, according to the statement.
Operatives FĂŒhrungskommando der Bundeswehr: Einladung zum Bildtermin beim RĂŒckkehrerappell der deutschen KrĂ€fte aus ERBIL, Irak
Am Donnerstag, den 01. Oktober 2026, wĂŒrdigen StaatssekretĂ€r Hilmer (Bundesministerium der Verteidigung), Generalleutnant Katz (Kommandierender General Luftwaffentruppenkommando) und die Bundeswehr die RĂŒckkehr der letzten deutschen KrĂ€fte aus Erbil mit einem feierlichen Appell in Wunstorf.
Medienvertreterinnen und Medienvertreter sind herzlich zu diesem Bildtermin eingeladen. Im Anschluss an die Veranstaltung wird seitens des Operativen FĂŒhrungskommandos der Bundeswehr eine Pressemitteilung im Presseportal erfolgen.
Umfragen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Wenn am nĂ€chsten Sonntag Landtagswahl wĂ€re âŠ
Hold Your Nose And Vote
DeSantis is telling Republicans who are frustrated with their partyâs candidates to vote for them anyway lest the DSA take the country âback to before the time of the American Revolution.â
Referring to GOP candidates as less-than-perfect, the governor insisted that the alternative is worse. State Rep. Angie Nixon, a DSA member, secured a major upset victory in August to become the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in November.
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Fox News writer Amanda Macias announced that Democratic Socialists of America are âseeking to reshape some of the most basic features of the U.S. economy.â She then proceeded to lay out DSAâs core platform: universal healthcare, free public universities, student debt cancellation, a 32-hour workweek, and collecting higher taxes from the wealthy.
Maciasâs framing of the benefits of socialism reads like the wish list of anyone who is horrified by rising healthcare costs while buried in student debt and working insane hours to keep their head above water. In the end, she asked the same tired question posed by so many critics: whoâs going to pay for it all?
A new fleet of F-35s never draws that question.
WATCH: Trump promises $5,000 ‚dividend‘ for Americans if GOP wins midterms
Watch Trump‘s remarks in the video player above.
„If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000,“ Trump told the crowd at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas. „It will be called the Trump dividend.“
GOP launches midterm ‚Trumpapalooza‘ convention in Dallas
The Republican National Committee launched its midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump set to be the keynote speaker on Wednesday followed by Vice President JD Vance and the president on Thursday.
âBeyond Parodyâ: Critics Left Stunned by Revelations in Shocking WSJ Report on John Fetterman
Critics were shocked by the numerous allegations in The Wall Street Journalâs bombshell report on Sen. John Fettermanâs (D-PA) behind-the-scenes behavior, with one calling the Pennsylvania Congressmanâs actions âbeyond parody.â
Reporter Outright Asks JD Vance if Heâll Support Ted Cruzâs 2028 Presidential Bid
During Thursdayâs White House briefing, Vance played the role of press secretary after Karoline Leavitt, who departed the administration last month. The White House has yet to name a replacement. At the presser, a reporter asked Vance if he would consider backing Cruz or Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for president.
WATCH: Israeli soldiers block Knesset member from besieged Palestinian home
Israeli soldiers blocked Knesset member Ofer Cassif from reaching a Palestinian family home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, where settlers have maintained a 17-day siege.
Cassif eventually reached the families and expressed his support.
Socialists capture major Florida victory on hit-or-miss night for Trump-endorsed primary candidates
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon scored a massive upset in the state‘s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Nixon ran against retired Air Force Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a prominent critic of Trump who played a central role in the left‘s failed 2019 impeachment attempt, who was expected to emerge victorious.
She defeated Vindman by almost 12 points, despite his $16.3 million war chest, compared to hers of only about $1 million. As of July, Vindman had spent about $9 million on the race, while Nixon had spent just over $700,000.
âHow Does This End?â Fox News Host Grills JD Vance on âSeesawâ Iran War
Fox News host Will Cain pressed Vice President JD Vance on Thursday about the war in Iran, arguing that âfrustrationâ is growing over the âseesaw natureâ of the ongoing conflict.
âLetâs talk for a minute about Iran. There is frustration, Mr. Vice President, I think, out there on the seesaw nature of whatâs going on in Iran,â Cain began, asking:
Eifrig einreihen: Enteignungsdebatte vor Berlin-Wahl
Manch ein Linker mag sich ja bei den AusfĂ€llen der Linkspartei regelmĂ€Ăig an den Kopf fassen. Vertreter anderer Parteien beweisen dann aber doch immer wieder, dass sie zu noch blöderen Aktionen in der Lage sind. So der SPD-Kandidat fĂŒr die Berlin-Wahl, Steffen Krach, der sich mit dem Spruch »Hier können wir enteignen, liebe Linke!« vor dem Russischen Haus ablichten lĂ€sst, um nicht nur seine Einreihung in die ideologische Front gegen Russland, sondern auch in die gegen Vergesellschaftung zur Schau zu stellen.
El-Sayed Challenges âCorporate Selloutâ and âCowardâ Mike Rogers to Five Debates
Ripping Rogers as a âcorporate sellout,â El-Sayed said that he is âa guy who spent 14 years in Congress with one goal: to figure out how to cash out the day he left. And guess what he did: As soon as he left Congress, after having taken corporate check after corporate check after corporate check, to empower the corporations to pick your pockets, he went and he cashed out.â
âNot in Michiganâno, winters are too cold for him,â he added, eliciting chuckles from the crowd. âHeâs got thin skin, after all. He went to Florida. So, Mike, if you wanna be a Florida man, go be a Florida man.â
Rogersâ who was unopposed in Tuesdayâs GOP primary, worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation before entering politics, first at the state level and then representing Michiganâs 8th District in Congress from 2001-15. In comments to Fox News late Tuesday, the Republican cited his time fighting âterrorismâ in the FBI and falsely claimed that El-Sayed believes âAmerica deserved 9/11.â
Part of Earthâs core has switched directions. And nobody really knows why
(June 11, 2026)
The observation provides new insights into the behaviour of the liquid outer core, which plays a key role in generating Earthâs magnetic field. Without this magnetic shield, the planet would be dangerously exposed to solar radiation.
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh checked ground observations and satellite data between 1997 and 2025. They report in The Journal of Studies of Earthâs Deep Interior, that in 2010, a broad region of iron-rich fluid beneath the equatorial Pacific switched from moving weakly westwards to strongly eastwards.
Vance says he believes AOC will be leading Democratic candidate in 2028
Asked by CNN about Vanceâs comments, Ocasio-Cortez smiled and said, âI hope he isâ the nominee.
The union man who unleashed a political earthquake in California
(March 25, 2026)
When Gavin Newsom stood before a room of economic elites in New York last December and derided a âsingle labor leaderâ pushing a tax on California billionaires, he never said his name. He didnât need to.
Everyone in California politics knows of Dave Regan, the legendarily combative health care union chief who has spent decades wielding Californiaâs ballot initiative system against the health care industry.
But his newest mission is on a scale orders of magnitude larger.
White House delivers Iran agreement to Congress
A swath of GOP senators and some House Republicans were livid Wednesday when a Trump administration official read the memorandum to reporters before sharing the document with lawmakers.
Senior White House officials have held small-group and individual calls with select GOP lawmakers, but an all-member briefing from Trump administration officials on the agreement is not expected until next week.
As AIPAC Spends Millions to Oust Him, Massie Unveils Bill Requiring Pro-Israel Lobby to Register as Foreign Agent
As the Israel lobby attempts to end his political career, the Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has introduced a bill that would require lobbyists working for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, commonly known as AIPAC, to register as foreign agents.
The bill, known as the Americans Insist on Political Agent Clarity (AIPAC) Act, would amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA), which requires those working to influence government policy on behalf of a foreign power to register with the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
We took a boat into the Strait of Hormuz. Here‘s what we saw.
That is where we met Sharif. His real name is not being used. Sharif is from Egypt and has spent decades working along this coastline. In normal times, he told us, tourists would be lining up for him to take them on trips out to sea. Now, there was almost no one.
After some negotiating, he agreed to take us. We paid $120 for two hours.
His boat was a traditional dhow: wooden, worn, painted brown. The kind that has been used in these waters for generations. Inside, embroidered cushions lined the seats.
We climbed aboard…
After the latest Mandelson revelations, Starmer needs to get a good lawyer. Wasnât he supposed to be one?
During the opposition years, his defenders countered that a stolid technocrat was exactly what the country needed. They sold the former head of the Crown Prosecution Service as the polar opposite of Boris Johnson, who was driven from Downing Street in part by Starmerâs own forensic questioning. If only Starmer had lived up to the billing of his detractors, reluctantly conceded by his allies, he wouldnât be in the hole he finds himself this weekend.
Instead, he now has to rely on a defence that is lawyerly in the worst sense of that word. To have knowingly misled parliament is, in political terms, a capital crime. So the PM has to proceed on two tracks, one for âknowinglyâ the other for âmisledâ.
List of Conservatives Rebuking Donald Trumpâs Jesus Image, Pope Feud
Candace Owens, conservative commentator
Carmine Sabia, conservative pundit
Megan Basham, The Daily Wire
Brilyn Hollyhand, MAGA influencer
Marjorie Taylor Greene, former GOP Representative
Milo Yiannopoulos, right-wing influencer
Riley Gaines, anti-trans activist
Iran says it âwould be dumbâ for US to let Netanyahu kill diplomacy
âIf the US wishes to crater its economy by letting Netanyahu kill diplomacy, that would ultimately be its choice. We think that would be dumb but are prepared for it,â Araghchi wrote.
His comment mirrors language used by US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday. Vance had warned against Iranians letting the ceasefire fall apart over Lebanon, saying, âWe think that would be dumb, but thatâs their choice.â