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Pakistan Starts Sweeping New Crackdown on Journalists

6 août 2026 à 01:12
With a protest movement in Kashmir challenging its authority in the region, Pakistan restricts independent reporting by local and foreign media.

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Political campaign posters last month in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

After Michigan Loss, AIPAC Weighs a Second Effort to Defeat El-Sayed

5 août 2026 à 19:48
The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.

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AIPAC’s super PAC spent $32 million to boost the opponent of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in the primary.

Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time

5 août 2026 à 17:41
Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.

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Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, dropped his re-election bid just over 12 weeks before Election Day.

Francesca Hong Said Thanksgiving Should Be Canceled. Can Wisconsin Voters Forgive Her?

5 août 2026 à 16:42
“Cancel Thanksgiving,” she wrote. “VDay” brings out “the worst of humanity,” she mused. Francesca Hong’s old social media posts get a fresh look ahead of Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor.

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Francesca Hong has struggled to explain past stances on social media with the primary approaching.

Trump-Backed Michigan Candidate Loses Primary to Rival Who Suspended His Campaign

5 août 2026 à 16:34
Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.

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Amir Hassan, left, had hoped to take on Representative Kristen McDonald Rivet, a first-term Democrat in Michigan, but the Republican nomination went to Tom Smith, right, who had suspended his campaign.
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  • Inside the Abdul El-Sayed Watch Party
    Tim Balk joins Natalie Kitroeff on “The Call” from Michigan, where he attended the election night watch party of the Democratic Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Mr. Balk spoke to supporters of the progressive Democrat as they waited for results in a closer-than-expected race.
     

Inside the Abdul El-Sayed Watch Party

5 août 2026 à 16:37
Tim Balk joins Natalie Kitroeff on “The Call” from Michigan, where he attended the election night watch party of the Democratic Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Mr. Balk spoke to supporters of the progressive Democrat as they waited for results in a closer-than-expected race.

Where El-Sayed Showed Strengths, and Weaknesses, in the Michigan Primary

5 août 2026 à 16:08
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed had a strong showing in college towns, while Representative Haley Stevens did well in Black urban centers.

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El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate Primary Win Sets Up the Left’s Biggest Test of the Fall

5 août 2026 à 13:08
Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical challenge for Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed greeting the audience at his election watch party in Detroit.

Muslim Americans Celebrate Abdul El-Sayed’s Win in Michigan Primary

Muslim voters from across the country said they felt hope and anxiety as Dr. El-Sayed moved closer to becoming the nation’s first Muslim senator.

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The audience at Abdul El-Sayed’s election watch party in Detroit on Tuesday night.

Takeaways From the Primary Elections in Michigan

5 août 2026 à 10:41
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed narrowly prevailed over Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Senate in Michigan, setting up a nervy race to November for the party.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s close primary victory signaled that he has work to do to unite Democrats and turn out swing voters in November.

Shri Thanedar Is Ousted by a Democratic Socialist in a Michigan House Primary

5 août 2026 à 10:57
Representative Shri Thanedar is among a wave of Democratic incumbents in Congress whom primary voters have sent packing in a surge of anti-incumbent fervor this cycle.

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Donavan McKinney ousted Representative Shri Thanedar of Michigan on Tuesday.

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Senate Primary in Michigan in a Victory for the Left

5 août 2026 à 09:55
Dr. El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a bitter primary dominated by the politics of Israel.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed pushed Israel to the center of the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, criticizing the country’s actions in Gaza and promising to pull back American military support.

Rep. Chuck Edwards Drops Re-election Bid in North Carolina After Ethics Rebuke

5 août 2026 à 10:29
Chuck Edwards made the announcement after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two female staff members.

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Representative Chuck Edwards, Republican of North Carolina, dropped his re-election bid in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment of two female staffers.

They Were Voted Out. They Refuse to Leave. Now What?

5 août 2026 à 05:00
Avenal, Calif., a city in the rural Central Valley, has become an unlikely example of election denialism months after a recall election.

Alvaro Preciado, the mayor of Avenal, at City Hall in June. He has refused to vacate his seat after he was ousted in a recall election earlier this year.
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