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A Serbian Nationalist Leader Who Courted MAGA Just Lost in a Landslide

Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic, a nationalist who has cultivated ties to Donald Trump and Vladmir Putin and has downplayed his country’s 1990s war crimes, conceded defeat in elections Sunday to a slate of candidates backed by a student-led anti-corruption movement. The result has broad similarities to Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar’s April…

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Mother Jones· Oct 25, 11:43 PMA Serbian Nationalist Leader Who Courted MAGA Just Lost in a Landslide

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Trump attacks Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan campaign stopCandidates are in their last full week of campaigning before the midterm elections, and early voting is already underway in 43 states. The latest CBS News poll shows that most Americans do not approve of President Trump's handling of the economy or inflation. Nikole Killion reports from Port Huron, Michigan.

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Scoop: Netanyahu presses Trump for more support ahead of tight Tuesday electionTEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — fighting for political survival in Tuesday's elections — has pleaded with President Trump in recent days to show more public support for his campaign, according to a U.S. source with knowledge and an Israeli source briefed on the matter. Why it matters: The U.S. source said the White House…

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Trump on Alaska Election: 'A Lot of People Don’t Know What Incumbent Means'Trump said many people don’t know what “incumbent” means while criticizing Alaska’s Senate ballot and its two Sullivans.

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9th Circuit panel questions basis for feds' request to block 20,000 California ballotsTwo judges questioned the Justice Department's lawyer about how the Trump administration's position squared with the law.

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Introducing a New Way to Understand the Election: Times Voter TrendsA timely demographic story on election night that we’ve never been able to tell before.

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Lula Wins Record Fourth Term in Brazil in a Shock ComebackPresident Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran had finally reached the end of his extraordinary career.

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All eyes on WA as voters consider trans athlete initiative - Sun, 25 Oct 2026 PSTAlmost 20 years ago, Washington became the first U.S. state where transgender students could compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. Now Washington voters could be among the first in the country to approve a ban on transgender girls playing girls sports through their K-12 schools, or the first to reject such a ban. On the ballot in…

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9th Circuit panel questions basis for feds' request to block 20,000 California ballots - Sun, 25 Oct 2026 PSTIn a rare Sunday hearing, a federal appeals court judge appointed by President Trump questioned how the Trump administration's request to intervene in California's ongoing midterm election in order to force state officials to set aside 20,000 ballots from voters whose citizenship it questions squares with the U.S. Constitution.

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