Tag: Legislature
Taking Trump’s cue, Bolsonaro clouds vote with fraud claims
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s presidential election is 15 months away, yet barely a day passes without President Jair Bolsonaro raising the specter of fraud...
Democrats bet on early Latino outreach to avoid ’20 pitfalls
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — On a sweaty recent Thursday afternoon, Alex Berrios was instructing his team on how to get people to register to vote....
Eyeing another run, Grassley shows Iowans he’s keeping up
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — In dress shirts and pants, Chuck Grassley and Tom Cotton dropped to their knees on stage at a recent Iowa...
Amid growing frustration, White House pushes voting rights
WASHINGTON — Facing a call to “save American democracy,” the Biden administration has unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights amid growing complaints...
Moldova to hold vote pitting reformists against pro-Russians
BUCHAREST — Moldovan voters go to the polls this weekend in a snap parliamentary election that could decide whether the former Soviet republic fully...
G20 ministers take up plan to deter cross-border tax dodging
Finance ministers from the Group of 20 countries will push for agreement on proposals backed by U.S. President Joe Biden to deter tax dodging...
Israeli president given NFT of father’s oath of office
JERUSALEM — Israel's parliament has hopped on latest trend in digital artwork and presented the country's new president with a digital copy of his...
Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country's neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil...
Israeli Supreme Court upholds contentious Jewish state law
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a controversial law that defines the country as the nation state of the Jewish people --...
Business groups, unions join together on infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON — Major business and union groups have formed a new coalition designed to add momentum for a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that the...
