Politics

Politico Europe reports: The extremist youth group affiliated with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) dissolved itself on Monday to avert a possible ban that might have damaged the party as it tries to broaden its appeal among German voters. The “Young Alternative,” as the AfD-affiliated youth organization is known, has been classified as a right-wing extremist group by Germany’s …

Politico reports: Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the centrist dealmaker who wielded virtually unilateral veto power over the Biden administration’s legislative agenda, has landed on K Street. The Arizona Democrat-turned-independent is joining the law and lobbying firm Hogan Lovells, where she will serve as a senior counsel in the global regulatory and intellectual property practice, the firm announced Monday. Sinema was known …

The BBC reports: France’s Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of misappropriating European funds to finance her far-right National Rally (RN) party, in a case which could lead to her being barred from standing in the 2027 presidential election. The judge has not yet said what the sentence will be. Prosecutors last year said Le Pen’s punishment should be …

CBS News reports: A newly proposed California ballot initiative aims to prevent health insurance companies from denying medical care to patients. Retired litigator Paul Eisner has submitted the “Luigi Mangione Access to Health Care Act” to the state Attorney General’s office. The proposed measure would make it illegal in California for anyone other than a licensed physician to deny, delay, …

Politico reports: In early 2021, pandemic-battered New Yorkers were finally feeling a glimmer of hope: A mass vaccine site at Citi Field that promised around-the-clock shots. Then Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepped in. The state’s chief executive was irate over the site, which happened to be championed by his political nemesis at the time — Mayor Bill de Blasio. Cuomo made …

Axios reports: Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) is telling his colleagues that he’ll announce his campaign for New Hampshire’s open Senate seat early next month, according to people familiar with the matter. Pappas wants to put down a marker he’ll run to succeed retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), regardless of who jumps into the race. Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H), a former …

Bloomberg News reports: Senate Majority Leader John Thune pitched a full repeal of the estate tax Wednesday, setting as a priority the elimination of the levy on the fortunes of some of the wealthiest Americans as Republicans draft a massive economic package. “I continue to advocate for eliminating the death tax once and for all, so no farmer or rancher …

USA Today reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Biden administration’s regulation of untraceable “ghost guns,” ruling that the weapons can be subject to background checks and other requirements. The 7-2 decision, which overturned an opinion by a conservative appeals court, was a victory for former President Joe Biden. But President Donald Trump could repeal the regulation, something gun …

The Down Ballot reports: Democrats pulled off an astonishing upset in a special election for the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday night, as East Petersburg Mayor James Andrew Malone defeated Republican Josh Parsons by a 50-49 margin to flip a district Donald Trump carried by 15 points last year. Those toplines, however, don’t tell the complete story of just how ancestrally …

The Bangor Daily News reports: U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said it was “extremely troubling” that senior officials under President Donald Trump texted about war plans in a group chat that inadvertently included a journalist who wrote about the episode in a shocking report Monday. The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, wrote the story that went up Monday afternoon, starting …

The New York Times reports: One of President Trump’s former campaign managers, Chris LaCivita, on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against The Daily Beast over its reporting on how much he was paid by the campaign. It centers on an article published Oct. 15, 2024, with the headline: “Trump In Cash Crisis-As Campaign Chief’s $22m Pay Revealed.” The Daily Beast …

The Idaho State Journal reports: West Ada School District has recently come under fire after a KTVB story highlighted Lewis and Clark Middle School teacher Sarah Inama, who was asked to remove signs and posters promoting inclusivity from her classroom. The signs share the message that all students are welcome and feature hands of different skin colors and a series …

“If you’re a member of Congress and you’re asked about, like, do rich people pay more money? The reporter’s like, rich people pay a lot more into the system than poor people. In fact, poor people pay nothing into the system. Poor people live off the rich people. “The rich people are the only ones who pay taxes. The middle …

CTV News reports: Prime Minister Mark Carney has called the 2025 federal election, sending the country into an early campaign, six months ahead of the fixed date. Carney paid Gov. Gen. Mary Simon a visit Sunday to ask that she issue the writs of election. Making it a five-week campaign, Canadians will head to the polls April 28. The date …

ABC News reports: Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. She had undergone recent treatment for brain cancer and received immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial at Duke University’s brain tumor center. Her daughter said earlier this month that …

Politico Europe reports: Elon Musk’s social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country. Musk, a self-proclaimed protector of free speech, said he acquired X to restore free speech on the platform. The suspensions come after extensive demonstrations were sparked by the arrest earlier this week of Turkish …

“For younger people, bring in a new system, where part or whole of their payroll tax goes to their own personal retirement accounts. And that way, numerous studies have shown whether you just leave it in CDs, you’d have two to three times the retirement benefits that you get under the current system, and you would own it, not the …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a state ban on all forms of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, advancing a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to crack down on the state’s booming consumable hemp market six years after lawmakers inadvertently permitted its rise. Senate Bill 3 — which Patrick called among his “top five” bills over his …

The Associated Press reports: New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a snap election on Sunday for an expected vote on April 28, a government official familiar with the matter said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly, said Carney will go to the Governor-General Mary Simon on Sunday …

The Times Of Israel reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tries to liken his political opposition to that of Donald Trump, employing some of the same rhetoric used by the US president to dismiss his critics. “In America and in Israel, when a strong right-wing leader wins an election, the leftist Deep State weaponizes the justice system to thwart the people’s …