The Independent

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

Gender quotas for Welsh Parliament elections will be delayed until the 2030 Senedd election to protect the "integrity" of the next poll in 2026, the Welsh government has said. Plans requiring political parties to have at least 50% women as candidates were meant to be in place by 2026. But...

Senedd election gender quota plan delayed to 2030

Reuters

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish far-right party Vox has threatened to bring down coalition governments with the centre-right People's Party in several regions in protest over an agreement to transfer around 400 young migrants from the Canary Islands to mainland Spain.

Spain's far right threatens to exit regional coalitions over young migrant plan

The Polish parliament rejected Friday a draft bill to decriminalize consensual abortion assistance, according to reproductive rights activists. The initiative was part of a group-bill proposal, which underwent an extensive debate early April in the Sejm (the Polish Parliament) and was protested against by thousands of people. The refusal to...

Poland parliament rejects bill to decriminalize consensual abortion assistance

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Three female GOP state senators who tried to protect abortion rights in South Carolina lost primary elections this month to men who ran on anti-abortion platforms.Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson were among a bipartisan group of five women state senators, dubbed the “sister senators,” who filibustered a near-total abortion ban in 2023.During the filibuster, each of the five women took turns describing the complexities of pregnancy and the reproductive system, the dangers of lack of access to contraception, and inadequate privacy laws, with all lawmakers speaking for as long as four hours each at a time. All five...

Three female Republicans who tried to protect abortion rights in South Carolina lose primaries to men

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Fox News

X owner Elon Musk called out Vice President Kamala Harris for "lying" on X about former President Trump’s position on a national abortion ban.

Elon Musk rips into Kamala Harris for 'lying' about Trump's abortion position

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Michigan State

Hundreds rally at the state Capitol for the MI Body MI Choice event on Oct. 2, 2021 | Allison R. Donahue. Reproductive rights advocates in Michigan may be the victims of their own success when it comes to electing Democrats in November. A new poll of women voters released Thursday...

Poll: Democratic female turnout could be dampened without abortion measure on Michigan ballot

Missouri State

Representative Cori Bush of Missouri describes being sexually assaulted and receiving an abortion in her latest campaign ad as she faces a heated primary. The ad comes as pro-Israel groups target Bush for her support for a ceasefire in Gaza. Numerous pro-Israel groups spent more than $14m to successfully depose fellow Squad member Jamaal Bowman in New York’s 16th district’s Democratic primary last week. The race was the most expensive congressional primary in history. Bush describes how the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v Jackson, which overturned Roe v Wade, decision reminded her of when she was sexually assaulted.“At 17,  I...

Cori Bush releases campaign ad describing receiving abortion as teen

Bethel Park, PA

FBI investigators said Monday that they have gained entry to the cellphone of the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a weekend campaign rally in Pennsylvania. An FBI technical specialist gained access to the contents of suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks' phone, allowing investigators to analyze...

New details emerge in Trump assassination attempt investigation

The Forward

The Democratic Socialists of America on Wednesday pulled their conditional endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for reelection after she hosted an online panel discussion with two leading Jewish experts on antisemitism. Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, acknowledged in a June livestream with Amy Spitalnick, chief executive of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loses Democratic Socialists endorsement after she speaks out against antisemitism

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The Hill

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), a leading vice presidential contender for former President Trump, said on Sunday he has “evolved” in his position on abortion access in the eight years since he suggested women were unsafe before Roe v. Wade. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” anchor Kristen Welker pressed Burgum…

Burgum says he’s ‘evolved’ on abortion since saying women ‘unsafe’ in America before Roe v. Wade

 A majority of Republicans don’t support same-sex marriage, according to a new Gallup poll.Forty-six percent of GOP respondents said they think same-sex marriage should be legal, down from 49 percent the previous year.Even fewer Republicans, 40 percent, said they find same-sex relationships morally acceptable.The new findings mark a sudden decline from 2021 and 2022, the first and only two years in which GOP respondents told Gallup they were in favor of same-sex marriage since 1996.These views put the party at odds with a majority of their fellow Americans, according to the data.Overall, 69 percent of respondents signaled their legal...

Majority of Republicans once again disapprove of gay marriage, poll finds

A report from Senate Democratic staff shows the cascading effects of abortion bans across all states, even those where the procedure is still legal.  The report, led by staff of Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and joined by all the Democratic women senators, as well as Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), was based off interviews with…

Senate Democratic abortion report shows cascading effects of bans, aims to keep pressure on GOP

Butler, PA

ABC News

Former President Donald Trump was rushed off stage during an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday after he was shot in an assassination attempt.

Trump shooting live updates: Injured victim out of medically induced coma

Former President Donald Trump was rushed off stage during a disturbance at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

Trump shot at rally in assassination attempt

Salon

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is pushing legislation that would strip former President Donald Trump of the Supreme Court-granted immunity that protects him from criminal prosecution for “official acts.”. Accusing the Supreme Court of placing “a crown on Donald Trump’s head," Schumer said Monday that the proposed legislation...

"A crown on Donald Trump's head": Chuck Schumer wants to reverse the Supreme Court's immunity ruling

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Bucks County Beacon

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

Following the attempted assassination of former President Trump, the FBI has issued a bulletin warning law enforcement about possible "follow-on or retaliatory" attacks.

FBI, DHS warn of possible 'follow-on or retaliatory' attacks following Trump shooting

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Poland's centrist government suffers defeat in vote on liberalizing abortion law

WARSAW, Poland -- Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his centrist coalition government suffered a bitter defeat Friday in parliament, where a slim majority rejected legislation...

Poland's centrist government suffers defeat in vote on liberalizing abortion law

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