PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party faced a clash Sunday in municipal elections, while the Greens rose to power in several large cities. At a bright spot for Macron, his prime minister, Edouard Philippe, won his bid to become mayor of the northern port city of Le …
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Texas Mail Voting Expansion
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, USA May 8, 2020. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst (Reuters) – The United States Supreme Court sided with Republican state officials in Texas on Friday and refused to allow a broader postal vote in the state, instead leaving …
Read More »House approves Washington, DC state by historic vote
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four decades after launching its campaign for the US state, Washington, DC, it was on the verge of taking a step toward becoming the 51st state, as the House of Representatives approved its admission on Friday. The bill passed in the Democrats-controlled House by a 232-180 vote, …
Read More »Supreme Court Rejects Texas Mail Voting Expansion
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, USA May 8, 2020. REUTERS / Jonathan Ernst (Reuters) – The United States Supreme Court sided with Republican state officials in Texas on Friday and refused to allow a broader postal vote in the state, instead leaving …
Read More »Approval of Trump’s coronavirus response sinks to record low amid rise in cases: Reuters / Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – US approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has fallen to the lowest level on record, the latest Reuters / Ipsos opinion poll shows, when new cases of COVID-19 and Trump emerged. He was widely criticized for suggesting that he wanted to slow …
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