Jordan Bardella, the president of the euroskeptic and anti-immigration National Rally party, could be thrust into one of the top roles in French politics. Opinion polls point to Rassemblement National, or RN, winning the largest share of the vote — but not enough to gain an outright majority. If...

He's only 28 but has revitalized France's far right: Meet the man who could be the country's next prime minister

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France was gripped by political turmoil yesterday after Marine Le Pen's hard-Right party won the first round of a snap election.

Fears of French civil war after Marine Le Pen's hard-Right party victory in election called by 'reckless' Macron that saw clashes in streets

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Violent clashes erupted on the streets of France after a shock win for the country’s left-wing coalition blocked the far-right from taking power in the country’s snap general election.Protesters could be seen launching flares, setting e-bikes on fire and clashing with police as thousands of officers were deployed across France.Follow live election updates hereIt comes after the left-wing New Popular Front won 182 seats, followed by president Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Together alliance on 168 and the far-right National Rally in third with 143 seats - in a bitter blow for Marine Le Pen’s party.National Rally had held a commanding lead...

Violent clashes break out in Paris after shock exit poll results in France’s general election

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It was in stark contrast to the "explosion of joy" among the left.

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As Ukraine bleeds territory to Russia, support from one of Kyiv’s strongest backers looks set to falter if the far right sweep to power in Sunday’s French parliamentary elections.

Marine Le Pen promises French far right will rein in aid to Ukraine, slams soccer star Mbappé

William Stampfl was reported missing in June 2002, aged 59, when an avalanche buried his climbing party on the mountain Huascaran, which stands more than 6,700 meters (22,000 feet) high. Search and rescue efforts were fruitless. Peruvian police said his remains were finally exposed by ice melt on the Cordillera...

American mountaineer found mummified in Peru 22 years after vanishing

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New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

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One month ago, following the far-right National Rally’s stunning victory in the June 7 European Parliament elections, French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly in the hope of “clarifying” the country’s political situation. He wagered that new elections would strengthen his centrist coalition and weaken both the left and the extreme right.The results are now in, and it’s an understatement to say that they come as a surprise. The New Popular Front, or NPF, a hastily assembled coalition of four parties—La France Insoumise, the Socialists, the Communists, and the Greens—stunned all observers by winning the most seats (182). The...

In France, the Right Was Humiliated, but What’s Next Is Far From Clear

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday decided to keep his Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in office after parliamentary elections in which the government's political camp lost its role as the strongest party to the left in a hung parliament.

France's Macron asks Attal to stay on as prime minister for now

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A left-of-center coalition beat out Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally in France’s second round of parliamentary elections Sunday, shocking politicians and pundits alike. But with no party winning an absolute majority, the country has been plunged into an uncertain state of political gridlock that could stretch on for months.The alliance, the New Popular Front, won at least 181 seats, according to the Associated Press, which cited France’s Interior Ministry. Meanwhile, Macron’s centrist bloc slid into second place with at least 160 seats, while National Rally took a measly 143 seats.Final results were still being tallied on Sunday night, with...

French Prime Minister to Resign After Shocking Defeat for Far Right

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NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Newly elected Labour prime minister Keir Starmer will kickstart his plan to "rebuild Britain" on his first full day in charge Saturday, after his party's landslide election win ended 14 years of Conservative rule. He is expected to hold his first cabinet meeting on Saturday, with Britain's first woman finance minister Rachel Reeves and new Foreign Secretary David Lammy in attendance.

Starmer kicks off plan to 'rebuild Britain' after landslide win

The champagne was on ice at the far-right National Rally's (RN) headquarters, but the celebratory mood swiftly turned to disbelief when the first projected results from Sunday's parliamentary election appeared on TV screens. For days, Marine Le Pen had confidently predicted that her party would triumph with an outright majority and her protege Jordan Bardella would be prime minister. Instead, the National Rally was on course to come third, behind a left-wing alliance and President Emmanuel Macron's centrist bloc. It was undone to a large extent by tactical dealmaking between centrist and leftist opponents, who pulled more than 200 candidates from three-way races to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote. The projected result brought to a shuddering halt what had appeared to be the far right's relentless rise in France, carefully engineered by Le Pen who had sough to clean up her party's image and tap the grievances of voters angry over living costs, strained public services, and immigration. As the bubble bursts for France's far-right, with voters barring the RN from power, FRANCE 24 is joined by Arnaud Dassier, Entrepreneur and LR-RN candidate for the National Assembly.

French left and centrist alliances united against far right but 'have no project to create majority'

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You probably wouldn’t know it from headlines of most media outlets, but the recent victories for leftist parties in France and the United Kingdom were not nearly as sweeping as has been portrayed. Yes, the Labour Party won a landslide victory in the U.K., putting the left-wing party in charge of the government for the […]

The Left’s victories in France and the UK will be short-lived

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On Wednesday, May 18, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln issued an Executive Order, commanding General John A. Dix to arrest and imprison the editors, proprietors, and publishers of the New York World and New York Journal of Commerce newspapers for publishing a “false and spurious proclamation purporting to be signed by the President.”

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Jabeur had reached the previous two Wimbledon finals, but the 10th seed's hopes of making three in a row were dashed in stunning fashion on Centre Court. The 29-year-old's wait for a first Grand Slam title goes on after her earliest Wimbledon exit since 2019. Jabeur conceded she had been...

Two-time runner-up Jabeur suffers shock Wimbledon exit

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This rumor, first shared before France's 2022 presidential election, has now spread in the United States.

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Donald Trump is now a convicted felon. This is an objectively good thing but you wouldn’t know it from a lot of the discourse in the media and online. Trump and his allies are attempting to claim that being a convicted felon only makes Trump stronger , and political pundits keep saying that a conviction wouldn’t impact the upcoming election . Even on the Left, there’s debate as to how Biden and Democrats should talk about Trump’s conviction.

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With the champagne on ice, they thought they were on the brink of victory - but it didn't happen.

France's far right 'sad and disappointed' over election result

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New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania File Amicus Briefs to Uphold Protections Against Sex-Based Discrimination in Education. NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania have filed a new series of amicus briefs in federal courts across the country to defend Title IX protections for students against sex-based discrimination and harassment. This collaborative effort aims to support the U.S. Department of Education’s Final Rule, which safeguards transgender students from sex discrimination and reverses the prior administration’s rollback of Title IX protections.

Defending Title IX: NJ Attorney General Leads Effort to Uphold Protections

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How French far right went from cusp of power to stinging defeat

The far-right National Rally (RN) has suffered a stinging defeat in the run-off round of France's parliamentary elections, hobbled...

How French far right went from cusp of power to stinging defeat

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