Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau, Flinders University US President Donald Trump has used a rare nationwide prime-time address to again claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen, US voting machines cannot be trusted, and a “deep state” conspiracy has covered it all up. However, the declassified documents the White House released alongside the speech do not
Ph. Phoenix residents watch presidential candidate Donald Trump speak at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst; Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst, and Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst In recent months, some prominent conservatives and erstwhile allies of President Donald Trump – former U.S. Rep. Marjorie
Nye Davies, Cardiff University Ph. Welsh Labour can no longer rely on the legacy of ‘father of the NHS’ Nye Bevan. Steve Travelguide/Shutterstock After all the predictions, projections and polling permutations, Welsh Labour’s defeat has been confirmed. In 1985, Welsh historian Gwyn Alf Williams described Labour majorities standing “like Aneurin Bevan’s memorial stones”.
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Alexander Bor, Central European University Hungarian voters have overwhelmingly rejected the 16-year rule of authoritarian strongman Viktor Orbán, electing his one-time political ally, Péter Magyar, to replace him. Magyar’s Tisza party has secured a two-thirds majority in parliament and therefore a supermajority. This will allow the new government to roll back some of
Gemma Ware, The Conversation Listen and subscribe: https://cdn.theconversation.com/infographics/561/4fbbd099d631750693d02bac632430b71b37cd5f/site/index.html The day after Péter Magyar ousted Victor Orbán as prime minister of Hungary, he gave a combative press conference. He spoke in Hungarian, but was talking to the world – and particularly to Europe. “We will do everything to restore the rule of law, plural
Ph. Georgia General Election 2020 ballots are loaded by the FBI onto trucks at the Fulton County Election hub on Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga. AP Photo/Mike Stewart Derek T. Muller, University of Notre Dame The recent FBI search of the Fulton County, Georgia, elections facility and the seizure of election-related
Bruce Wolpe, University of Sydney It is downright eerie to read, right now, Kamala Harris’ memoir of her 2024 presidential campaign. These events feel so far away now, when we read them from within the frequent shocks of the Trump presidency, from troops on the streets of Washington to the indictment of former
Benjamin Netanyahu’s fragile coalition is fracturing. Gil Cohen Magen / Shutterstock Brian Brivati, Kingston University One of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties, Shas, has announced it will resign from prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The party said its decision was made due to the government’s failure to pass a bill exempting ultra-Orthodox students from
Parveen Akhtar, Aston University Reform’s success at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in recent local elections has triggered speculation that it is on course for significantly more representation in parliament at the next general election. This is a remarkable position for such a young party to be in. And perhaps just