Tag: Elections
Face to face: Biden, Putin ready for long-anticipated summit
GENEVA — President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin sit down Wednesday for their highly anticipated summit in the Swiss capital, a moment of...
Senate Democrats press ahead on voting bill despite dim odds
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats pledged to forge ahead with a likely doomed vote on their sprawling elections and voting bill next week, even as...
Germany buys Dubai asset data in fight against tax evasion
BERLIN — Germany's finance minister has ordered the purchase of data on Germans with assets in Dubai as part of efforts to combat tax...
Ivory Coast’s ex-president to return 10 years after arrest
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to accept defeat in Ivory Coast's 2010 presidential election sparked months of violence that killed at least...
Schumer, White House back repeal of Iraq War authorization
WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are endorsing efforts to terminate the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq,...
Michigan Republicans pass bills to add voter ID requirements
LANSING, Mich. — Republicans who control the Michigan Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would mandate a photo ID to vote in person and add...
Capitol rioter used charity to promote violence, feds say
A California man charged with joining anti-government extremists in rioting at the U.S. Capitol told the IRS last year that he formed a charity...
Observer: Georgia county’s elections messy, not fraudulent
ATLANTA — Election processes in Georgia's most populous county were badly managed, sloppy and chaotic, but there was no evidence of fraud, according to...
President of German Olympic confederation bows to pressure
MUNICH — The president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation is not standing for re-election in December after bowing to internal and external pressure...
Southern Baptist Convention faces push from the right
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Baptist Convention is electing a new president Tuesday amid a push to wrest control of the denomination by ultraconservatives...
