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thehindu.com | 30 min. ago NEW

Muslims disproportionately flagged in Delhi SIR

Muslims, who form 13.6% of electors on Delhi’s draft roll, made up 20.3% of those flagged for ‘logical discrepancies’ and 30% of those flagged under five reasons indicative of family size by the Election Commission’s ERONET software; in Bihar, which didn’t have ‘logical discrepancy’ checks, Muslims accounted for 18.4% of deleted electors, in line with their 17.7% share in population

thehindu.com | 1 hrs. 3 min. ago

After AMU, Jamia students launch hunger strike over union elections

theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 41 min. ago

Miriam González Durántez launches new centrist party in Spain

Wife of former British deputy PM Nick Clegg promises liberal alternative to the PP and Socialists before snap electionThe Spanish lawyer Miriam González Durántez has launched a new liberal, centrist party, vowing to clean up politics and give voters an alternative to the dominant socialist and conservative parties as the country gears up for next month’s snap general election.González Durántez, an ex-EU adviser who is married to the former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, says her new party, Democracia21, will offer a modern, transparent kind of politics that “doesn’t feed on fear, insults or nostalgia”.

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nypost.com | 1 hrs. 53 min. ago

Gen Z is terrified of AI — and dismissing their concerns could cost Republicans elections

Despite positive indicators in the stock market, the vast majority of young people think the economy is in terrible shape. It’s the AI, stupid.

thehill.com | 2 hrs. 24 min. ago

Hillary Clinton launching podcast ahead of midterms

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is launching a new podcast Wednesday focused on the final stretch of the midterm elections that will run through mid-November. Clinton will co-host "High Stakes" with tech journalist and former CNN host Kara Swisher, the former first lady posted on social media Tuesday.

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abcnews.com | 3 hrs. 4 min. ago

Barack Obama to campaign with Ohio Democrats as he expands his outreach ahead of Election Day

Former President Barack Obama is heading to Ohio to support Democratic candidates in the Senate and governor's races

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 17 min. ago

Supreme Court Registry clears, numbers Rahul Gandhi’s plea against SIR-CEC within 24 hours

The petition has sought a complete disclosure of records and decisions of Election Commission on Special Intensive Revision and an independent probe into allegations of unilateral exercise of power by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar

nbcnews.com | 3 hrs. 33 min. ago

Katie Zacharia holds first White House press briefing weeks before midterm elections

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia held her first briefing and highlighted the administration's midterm message. She also made news by announcing the White House has asked Amb. Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign amid misconduct allegations.

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 50 min. ago

Insta reels a hit as campaigning for college union polls concludes in Calicut varsity

The elections are scheduled for October 15

thehill.com | 4 hrs. 2 min. ago

A 12-step program for congressional spendaholics

Author Merrill Matthews proposes a 12-step recovery program for members of Congress to address bipartisan government spending and rising national deficits ahead of the upcoming elections.

euronews.com | 4 hrs. 31 min. ago

Sweden's centre-left leader Magdalena Andersson again fails to form government

Sweden's centre-left opposition bloc won 176 seats in parliament, versus 173 for outgoing Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's right-wing bloc, which includes the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, in the 13 September election.

time.com | 4 hrs. 43 min. ago

In India, a Dark Shadow Falls on Its Vaunted Elections

Mass protests have convulsed India after 130 million Indians were removed from electoral rolls by the country’s election commission.

time.com | 5 hrs. 31 min. ago

How Elon Musk Learned to Love Political Spending Again

The SpaceX CEO has spent roughly $366 million in the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle so far, $276 million of it since July.

iol.co.za | 6 hrs. 50 min. ago

McKenzie rejects Simmers’ allegations of tik and cash being offered in George

TOP DOG: DA Western Cape leader Tertuis Simmers has accused the PA of allegedly giving tik to young voters during George by-elections.

globalnews.ca | 7 hrs. 2 min. ago

B.C. party leaders make campaign stop at Vancouver trade board ahead of election

The leaders of B.C.'s three major political parties will pitch their plans to business leaders in Vancouver with less than two weeks to go before the provincial election.

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. 21 min. ago

Anantapur SP reviews security in sensitive Tadipatri ahead of local body elections

P. Jagadeesh inspects the proposed EVM distribution and counting centres and the nomination centre, and visits hyper-sensitive areas of the town

dailymail.com | 7 hrs. 38 min. ago

Iran 'threatens ground invasion of neighbouring countries if US resumes attacks'

The Islamic Republic is said to be bolstering its defences and rallying supporters ahead of the US midterm elections in November.

thehill.com | 7 hrs. 42 min. ago

Watch live: Katie Zacharia holds first briefing as White House press secretary

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia will face reporters Tuesday morning for the first time since taking over as the Trump administration’s top spokesperson, just three weeks before the midterm elections. Zacharia, a conservative commentator and former communications adviser for Trump Media, succeeds Karoline Leavitt, who departed the role earlier this year.

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thehindu.com | 8 hrs. 46 min. ago

Opposition leaders file Supreme Court petition over SIR row after massive protest in delhi

Opposition leaders, led by Rahul Gandhi, petitioned the Supreme Court to demand full transparency and records regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, which has resulted in the deletion of roughly 13 crore voters. The petition also seeks a judicial review to determine whether Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar acted unilaterally during the exercise.

thehill.com | 9 hrs. 8 min. ago

46 percent believe midterm vote will be counted accurately: NewsNation-DDHQ poll

A new poll released on Tuesday found that 46 percent of likely voters believe all the votes in the midterms will be counted accurately, underscoring how voter faith in elections has taken a hit. An exclusive NewsNation-Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) poll, conducted by AI research platform TrueDot.ai, found 27 percent separately saying they were only...

thehill.com | 9 hrs. 8 min. ago

Candidates campaign for House seats in districts where they don’t live

A handful of congressional candidates are seeking office in districts where they do not live, putting their local ties in focus as the midterm election season heats up. In Arizona, Democrat Amish Shah and Republican Jay Feely are vying to represent the state’s 1st Congressional District despite both of them living outside its boundaries.

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abcnews.com | 9 hrs. 16 min. ago

What to know about France's high school student protests

France faces nationwide student protests that are destabilizing the government and influencing the presidential election campaign

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 29 min. ago

Madras High Court calls for report on complaint against Udhayanidhi Stalin’s election affidavit

Justice V. Lakshminarayanan directs the High Court Registry to obtain the report from the metropolitan magistrate’s court at George Town in Chennai by October 15, 2026

theguardian.com | 9 hrs. 34 min. ago

How a scandal engulfing Brazil’s top court could return the Bolsonaros to power

The judge who helped convict Jair Bolsonaro is caught up in a crisis that could benefit his son and damage LulaMarina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the AmazonThundering to a crowd of thousands of far-right supporters in São Paulo on 7 September, Brazil’s Independence Day, the senator Flávio Bolsonaro focused less on his opponent in the presidential election, the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, than on someone who is not running at all.“Whoever votes for Lula is voting for Alexandre de Moraes,” Bolsonaro shouted, referring to the shaven-headed supreme court justice once described as “Voldemort” by Elon Musk.

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thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 7 min. ago

Karnataka to explore legal options to challenge High Court verdict striking down reservation enhancement

Congress leaders question hurried introduction of law by the previous BJP government before the Assembly elections in 2023

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 8 min. ago

West Bengal SIR: Special drive in all 24 districts to include eligible voters

This move comes after Election Commission of India sent instructions to the State officials

theguardian.com | 10 hrs. 48 min. ago

US midterm elections: 10 under-the-radar races worth watching

Though Democrats have a strong edge heading into the midterms, some races have openings for RepublicansWhile marquee races from Maine to Michigan get all the attention, and draw in a ton of money, a significant batch of lower-profile contests across the US could result in upsets.Democrats have a strong edge heading into November’s US midterm elections, polls show.

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npr.org | 10 hrs. 54 min. ago

Polls are a snapshot, and other helpful things to remember during the midterm elections

With Election Day just a few weeks away — and millions of votes already cast — midterm polls are everywhere. While polling can be a helpful tool to understand the electorate, it's not a crystal ball.

iol.co.za | 10 hrs. 58 min. ago

South Africa’s coalition governments are more durable than expected, study finds

The IEC is conducting an independent external audit of its Election Results System ahead of the November 4 Local Government Elections to strengthen confidence in the electoral process.

livemint.com | 13 hrs. 4 min. ago

From IIT Kanpur to Election Commission: Here's a look at CEC Gyanesh Kumar's journey as calls for his resignation grow

CEC Gyanesh Kumar faces calls for removal over alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions. A former Kerala-cadre IAS officer, he became CEC in February 2025 after serving in key government roles, including handling Kashmir affairs and matters related to the Ayodhya verdict.

abc.net.au | 13 hrs. 12 min. ago

Liberal candidate for marginal seat dumped weeks out from election

Opposition leader Jess Wilson says the party replaced Grant Hutchinson, its candidate for the east Melbourne seat of Croydon, after new information emerged about civil legal action he is involved in.

koreatimes.co.kr | 13 hrs. 41 min. ago

Special counsel urges appeals court to uphold Yoon's election law conviction

A special counsel team on Tuesday asked the Seoul High Court to uphold a lower court's conviction of former President Yoon Suk Yeol for violating the election law, a ruling that, if finalized, would invalidate his 2022 presidential election and force his former ruling party to cough up nearly 40 billion won ($29.8 million).

Special counsel Min Joong-ki's team made the request during a hearing at the appeals court, urging it to dismiss Yoon's appeal. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Oct. 27. In late July, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon to a 1 1/2-year prison term, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of making false statements as the People Power Party (PPP)'s presidential candidate ahead of the election in March 2022. Yoon was indicted for falsely claiming during a 2021 press event that he had never introduced a lawyer to a former tax official.

Yoon was also accused of lying in an interview in January 2022, claiming that a party official had introduced him to shaman Jeon Seong-bae and denying that he had met Jeon together with his wife, Ki

nbcnews.com | 13 hrs. 47 min. ago

Florida Republican running for re-election snags presidential endorsement — from Colombia

Rep. María Elvira Salazar has received political support from right-wing stalwarts overseas as she finds herself on the outs with President Donald Trump.

thehindu.com | 14 hrs. 19 min. ago

Vijayendra claims 25 Congress MLAs, including Ministers, will jump ship ahead of Assembly polls

B. Y. Vijayendra, the Karnataka BJP state president, claimed on Monday that more than 25 Congress MLAs, including ministers, are poised to defect to the BJP ahead of the state Assembly elections in Bengaluru, accusing the Congress government of political “debauchery” and mismanaging drought relief.

thehindu.com | 14 hrs. 20 min. ago

Why did Brazil President Lula file a complaint against Meta?

Explained | This is not the first time where Meta, formerly Facebook, has been accused of election interference.

nytimes.com | 14 hrs. 31 min. ago

[$] Federal Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar

The search takes place within the 60-day window of the midterm elections, when the Justice Department has historically avoided such investigative steps related to political candidates.

smh.com.au | 14 hrs. 51 min. ago

Libs dump candidate over risk party affairs could be exposed in legal brawl

Less than seven weeks from the state election, the Liberal Party has dumped its candidate for a key marginal seat.

ft.com | 15 hrs. 28 min. ago

[$] The election supercycle set to drag Europe right

In the space of 12 months, four of the five biggest EU member states will go to the ballot box. The bloc may never be the same

nytimes.com | 15 hrs. 59 min. ago

[$] Macron Dreamed of Reviving France, but His Term Is Ending in Crisis

Nearly a decade after his first election as president, Emmanuel Macron is presiding over a tense country sliding toward the fiscal brink.

theguardian.com | 16 hrs. 16 min. ago

Vikki Campion, News Corp columnist and wife of Barnaby Joyce, begins role with NSW One Nation

Media adviser who married federal One Nation MP in 2023 confirms she has started working part-time for the party’s state executiveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastVikki Campion, the News Corp columnist and wife of the federal One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce, has begun working as an adviser for the party in New South Wales in the lead-up to the March state election.Campion, who helped the NSW One Nation leader and candidate for Cessnock, Mike Newman, with a press conference in the Hunter electorate on Tuesday, told Guardian Australia she had started working for the party’s state executive as a contractor, providing media advice on a part-time basis this week.

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