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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).
Pressure on Starmer Mounts as Dozens of Labour Lawmakers Call on Him to Quit
Dozens of Labour Party lawmakers called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign on Monday, effectively rejecting their leaderâs efforts to quell a mutiny in the party ranks and raising the likelihood of a bruising leadership battle.
Mr. Starmer began the day with a speech he hoped would quiet the brewing rebellion, acknowledging the anger expressed by voters last week when they overwhelmingly rejected Labour Party candidates in elections across England, Scotland and Wales.
Starmer under pressure, as Labour suffers heavy elections losses
The results in England, Scotland and Wales have piled pressure on Sir Keir, with some Labour MPs calling for him to set a timetable for his departure, although his cabinet allies have backed him for now.
Labour has lost power in Wales, ending its 27 year-long rule, while the SNP appears likely to remain the largest party in Scotland.
Reform UK has been the big winner in England, picking up more than 1,400 seats and taking control of councils in areas where Labour and the Conservatives have been historically dominant.
2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votes
From devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales to councils and mayoralties in England, find out what happened in your area
Viktor OrbĂĄn gesteht Wahlniederlage gegen Rivalen PĂ©ter Magyar ein
Péter Magyar, Vorsitzender der TISZA-Partei, teilte in einem Beitrag auf seiner Social-Media-Seite mit, dass der amtierende MinisterprÀsident Viktor Orbån ihn angerufen habe, um ihm zu seinem Sieg bei den ungarischen Parlamentswahlen 2026 zu gratulieren.
Den ersten Ergebnissen zufolge hat die TISZA-Partei landesweit mit einem Erdrutschsieg gewonnen. Nach vier aufeinanderfolgenden Amtszeiten in der Regierung und nach 16 Jahren werden Fidesz und ihr Koalitionspartner, die KDNP, in die Opposition gehen.
11. Tag im Angriffskrieg Israels und der USA gegen den Iran (Ticker 08:00 Uhr)
Seit dem 9. MĂ€rz 2026 um 20 Uhr hat sich der Konflikt zwischen den USA, Israel und dem Iran weiter zugespitzt, wobei der Krieg nun in seinen zehnten Tag geht. Der Iran hat Mojtaba Khamenei, den Sohn des getöteten Obersten FĂŒhrers Ali Khamenei, zum neuen Obersten FĂŒhrer ernannt, was, wie vorausgesagt, eine Konsolidierung der Hardliner im Iran signalisiert. Hinter denen sich die Bevölkerung des Irans angesichts der Angriffe versammelt.
Assembly of Experts elects Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as Iranâs third Leader
The statement said the Assembly of Experts moved quickly to select a successor despite acute wartime conditions, direct threats against the institution and the bombing of the Assemblyâs secretariat offices, which it said resulted in the deaths of several staff members and security personnel.
According to the statement, the body began preparations for an extraordinary session immediately after news of the Leaderâs martyrdom. It said arrangements were made to gather its members from across the country in order to ensure that the Islamic Republic would not face a leadership vacuum.
Under Iranâs constitution, the Assembly of Experts â an 88-member clerical body elected by popular vote â is responsible for selecting and overseeing the countryâs Leader.
Wahl in Baden-WĂŒrttemberg live: So fĂ€llt die Prognose aus
Laut Prognose liegen GrĂŒne und CDU bei der Wahl in Baden-WĂŒrttemberg fast gleichauf. Die AfD erzielt 18 Prozent. Die SPD ist im Landtag, FDP und Linke nicht. Die Wahl im Liveblog.
FDP, Linke und womöglich auch SPD mĂŒssen um Wiedereinzug bangen
In Baden-WĂŒrttemberg dĂŒrfte sich im neuen Landtag einiges verĂ€ndern. Laut der ersten infratest dimap ARD-Prognose nach SchlieĂung der Wahllokale kĂ€men FDP und Linkspartei jeweils auf 4,5 Prozent der Stimmen. Die SPD könnte demnach 5,5 Prozent erreichen. Die AfD kĂ€me auf 17,5 Prozent. Die CDU auf 29 Prozent und die GrĂŒnen auf 32 Prozent.
The following MEMBERS have been elected to the Your Party Central Executive Committee.
Public Office Holders
CORBYN, Jeremy
SULTANA, Zarah
SMITH, Laura
LEWIS, Grace
North West
GORST, Sam
ASPINALL, Dawn
North East
DAVIS, Catherine
HAWKINS, Hannah
Yorkshire & The Humber
MOSLEY, Monique
WILSON, Sophie
London
MULLINGS, Melecia
BEGUM, Noor Jahan
East of England
AHMED, Solma
RUST, Jo
West Midlands
CLARKE, Megan
MOFFAT, Sue
East Midlands
REGAN, Louise
KHAN, Riaz
South East
WIMBORNE-IDRISSI, Naomi
BELLINGHAM, Cassandra
South West
WILLIAMS, Candi
FORBES, Jennifer
Wales
DONNELLAN, Maria
Scotland
CHRISTIE, Niall
Corbyn set to lead Your Party in Commons after executive vote win
(February 26, 2026)
JEREMY CORBYN is set to be named parliamentary leader of Your Party after the election of its first central executive, with a mission to get the troubled party âback on track.â
Candidates endorsed by the For the Many slate, backed by Mr Corbyn, won 14 of the 24 seats on the executive.
The partyâs other co-founder, Zarah Sultana, was herself elected, but the Grassroots Left slate she endorsed had only seven candidates elected, all of them women.
New Green MP says ‚we can win anywhere‘ after by-election victory as Starmer vows to ‚keep fighting‘
New Green MP Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, says „we can win anywhere“ – read her profile here
Labour hasn‘t lost in this area since 1931, and the Greens significantly outperformed expectations – read polling expert John Curtice‘s analysis on how this leaves British politics more uncertain than ever
13 billionaires win, 10 lose polls
Among the winning 13 billionaires, Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Abdul Awal Mintoo, who declared assets worth Tk 607 crore, was elected from Feni-3. BNPâs Fakhruddin Ahmed, with assets worth Tk 299.42 crore, won from Mymensingh-11, while BNP-nominated candidate Jakaria Taher, who declared assets of Tk 292.20 crore, secured the Cumilla-7 seat in the elections.
BNPâs Golam Mohammad Siraj, having Tk 256 crore, won …………
BNP wins majority in first free and fair Bangladesh election for two decades
For some voters, Rahman was seen as a continuation of the dynastic politics which has dominated Bangladesh since it became an independent country in 1971.
India, Pakistan and the US congratulated the BNP on its victory.
Your Party leadership elections now open
In the âendorsementsâ phase, during which Your Party members could endorse candidates they wished to see on the ballot, Jeremy Corbynâs âThe Manyâ was leading in 12 seats, while Zarah Sultanaâs âGrassroots Leftâ led in another 10, alongside two Independent candidates.
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11,414 members took part. Over 350 members put themselves forward as candidates. More than 80 progressed to the next stage, the majority of which are Independents.
The Many On Tour: Middlesbrough
Join Jeremy Corbyn and The Manyâs candidate for the North East region, Hannah Hawkins in Middlesbrough this Wednesday 11th of February.
An evening of discussion on the crises facing the country and the role Your Party can play in addressing them!
Everything that happened on day 2 of Your Party Scottish conference
(February 8, 2026)
This saw members vote by 62% for a collective leadership of YPS, rejecting either a single leader or two co-leaders.
It was also decided by 59% that YPS will move towards being an organisationally independent party albeit still working in alliance with Your Party in England and Wales.
Other decisions included the direct election of YPS national officers, term limits for officer positions, dual membership of other socialist parties is allowed, and affiliation of unions is permitted.
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By 70%, conference voted to stand YPS candidates in the Holyrood elections.
Thai stocks skyrocket after clear Bhumjaithai victory
The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index jumped more than 3% on Monday after election results showed the Bhumjaithai Party was in command in forming a new coalition government.
Nikkei jumps after landslide victory for Takaichi‘s ruling party
Other markets across Asia also advanced, with South Korea‘s Kospi surging 4% and some other benchmarks gaining more than 1%.
U.S. futures edged higher after the U.S. stock market roared back on Friday as technology stocks recovered much of their losses from earlier in the week and bitcoin halted its plunge.
The S&P 500 rallied 2% for its best day since May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,206 points, or 2.5%, and topped the 50,000 level for the first time, while the Nasdaq composite leaped 2.2%.
Endorse The Many candidates now
Jeremy Corbyn
Laura Smith
Ayoub Khan
Shockat Adam
Louise Regan
Riaz Khan
Sue Moffat
Fadel Takrouri
Mohammed Azam
Dawn Aspinall
Cath Davis
Hannah Hawkins
Noor Jahan Begum
Tahir Mirza
Jo Rust
Michael Mulquin
Jenn Forbes
Terry Deans
Cassi Bellingham
Chelley Ryan
Monique Mosley
Ismail Uddin
Maria Donnellan
Hadash MK Ofer Cassif Meets Jeremy Corbyn
(November 15, 2025)
British MP Jeremy Corbyn (left) meets Hadash MK Ofer Cassif, Nov. 12, 2025 (Photo: Al Ittihad)
Our Candidates
Anwarul Khan
Ian Spencer
Myra Shoko
Graham Jones
Megan Clarke
Riccardo La Torre
Solma Ahmed
Candi Williams
Mark Gage
Grace Lewis
Zarah Sultana
Michael Lavalette
Max Shanly, CEC candidate for South East England
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi
Chris Saltmarsh
Sophie Wilson
Chloe Braddock
Haifa Alkhanshali
Anahita Zardoshti
Mel Mullings
Corbyn and Sultana are neck-and-neck in the race to lead Your Party
(February 4, 2026)
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultanaâs slates are at level pegging in the battle to lead Your Party, with less than a week until the organisation holds internal elections.
The endorsement phase â in which members were able to endorse candidates they wish to see on the ballot for elections to Your Partyâs central executive committee â closed on Thursday 29 January. Corbynâs slate â The Many â are leading in 12 seats, while Grassroots Left, which Sultana is attached to, are leading in 10.
Announcing: The Socialist Leadership Programme
In Your Party, we have to do things differently. Thatâs why The Many is announcing the Socialist Leadership Programme: If we are elected to Your Partyâs Central Executive Committee, we will establish this programme to identify, educate and train a new generation of working-class socialist leaders.
These are leaders who will represent the full breath of our coalition: Old and young, from all faiths and none, and from every corner of Britain. Leaders built up not from Westminster and the professional political class, but from community campaigns, workplace struggles, and social movements. Leaders who wonât just posture, but will build real power.
How Do We Beat the Far Right? With Unity
We need an alternative â and this requires more than just a different policy position. It requires a new kind of politics: one that harnesses the unifying power of solidarity to defeat the divisive tactic of scapegoating. One that unites working class people in all their diversity and empowers communities to wage campaigns where they live and work. One that stops treating politics as something that is done to people â and starts treating politics as something that is done by people.
This imperative led to the birth of Your Party. The surge of community-based victories in recent years â from the remarkable success of independent candidates in the 2024 general election, to the blossoming of local community independent groups in councils all over the country â demonstrated a demand for an alternative to the failed establishment politics.
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a special election for the Texas state Senate on Saturday, flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
Rehmet, a labor union leader and veteran, easily defeated Republican Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist, in the Fort Worth-area district.
ELECTION OF THE CEC
Procedures for Election Published Tues 23 Dec
Open Nominations Mon 5 Jan
Deadline for receipt of Nomination Paper Fri 16 Jan
Endorsement Period Opens Weds 21 Jan
Endorsement Period Closes Thurs 29 Jan
Membersâ Hustings From Wed 4 Feb
Deadline for Members to join and receive a Vote Thurs 5 Feb â 5pm
Issue of online ballot papers Mon 9 Feb
Vote closes Mon 23 February â 5pm
Announcement of Results Thursday 26 February 2026
New Leadership Team Takes Office Friday 27 February 2026
Corbyn will be Your Party parliamentary leader if his slate wins CEC election, allies say
JEREMY CORBYN will be elected parliamentary leader for Your Party if his slate wins the central executive committee election next month, his allies say.
If the list of candidates headed by the former Labour Party leader, called The Many, clinch the nomination on February 26, Zarah Sultanaâs âparliamentary convenerâ model would not see the light of day.
ELECTION OF THE CEC
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) will be the team elected by members to lead and run Your Party day-to-day â overseeing staff and resources, guiding our strategy, and putting decisions from the founding conference into action. Following membersâ decision at our founding conference, it will also act as the collective leadership of Your Party, with the Chair, Vice Chair, and Spokesperson in particular serving as the public political leadership.
Our first CEC elections begin in January 2026 and will be open to all verified members, using a one-member-one-vote system with both digital and postal options. Once voting concludes in February 2026, the newly elected CEC will take on the responsibility of steering the party forward. The full timetable is below and the rules for the election here.
Regierung reicht RĂŒcktritt im Parlament ein â wie fallen die Reaktionen aus?
Nach einer Serie massiver Proteste in Bulgarien, ausgelöst durch den vom Kabinett vorgelegten Haushaltsentwurf fĂŒr 2026, hat Premierminister Rossen Scheljaskow den RĂŒcktritt seiner Regierung im BĂŒro der Volksversammlung eingereicht. Die Abstimmung darĂŒber wird morgen, am 12. Dezember, erwartet.
Wird der RĂŒcktritt angenommen, sieht die Verfassung die Ăbergabe von Sondierungsmandaten durch den PrĂ€sidenten zur Bildung eines neuen Kabinetts innerhalb der 51. Volksversammlung vor.
Scheitern diese Versuche, werden vorgezogene Parlamentswahlen anberaumt und eine Ăbergangsregierung eingesetzt.
2026 Tobago House of Assembly election
The 2026 Tobago House of Assembly election is required to be held in Tobago between 12 January and 12 February 2026, following the dissolution of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) on 12 November 2025.[1][2]
Vote count under way in Honduras to elect new president in a close race after Trumpâs intervention
Poll workers began tallying Honduransâ votes Sunday evening as the country moved to elect a new president only days after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened in a close race by endorsing a candidate and announcing that he would pardon a former president.
What Is The New Constitution Amendment Bill And Why Opposition Leaders Are Calling It âPath To Dictatorshipâ | Explained
(August 20, 2025)
The three bills sparked a massive uproar in Lok Sabha with Opposition MPs tearing the copies of the draft legislation and throwing them at Home Minister Amit Shah. Following the uproar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah referred the bills to a Joint Parliamentary Committee, comprising 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha.
The Committee has been mandated to submit its report to the House by the last day of the first week of the next session. The next session (Winter session) of the Parliament is likely to be convened in the third week of November.