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‘We’ve been preparing for the worst all year’: uncertainty grips Iran after Trump midterms defeat
While some fear another full-scale war, others are less sure – but both agree repression at home will continue
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Goodbye, culture wars: Democrats finally decided to take rural America seriously – and won big
Democrats won over rural voters from Maga in the midterms by focusing more on working people and less on culture wars
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'He's got to go': Hakeem Jeffries calls for Hegseth's removal but stops short of impeachment
Speaking with Morning Edition, Hakeem Jeffries discussed ending the Iran war, holding Trump accountable and calls for new Democratic leadership, but offered few specifics on how Democrats would deliver.
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After the midterms, the global right is reeling. But the danger of Trumpism will never be gone
Yes, the Republicans suffered humiliating defeat. But the fact that a Trump presidency was even possible means something like it could happen again, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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S.Africa's ANC wins around 30% in worst election score: partial results
South Africa's once-dominant African National Congress was headed for its worst-ever election performance Friday with about a third of support after 80 percent of the votes from local government polls…
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Digested week: The harrowing backstory to the John Lewis Christmas ad
Plus, the king’s regret-without-liability statement on slavery, and getting mogged by Collins dictionary
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Macao court sentences pro-democracy ex-politician to 12.5 years in jail
Court finds Au Kam-san guilty of spreading false information and subversion in bid to disrupt Macao’s 2024 elections.
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How a ‘flaming liberal’ podcast host won a US House seat in conservative Missouri
Fred Wellman, host of the progressive podcast On Democracy, defeated longtime incumbent Republican Ann Wagner
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Nigel Farage's exit from the Telegraph may be cause for cheer. But there’s a sobering side to this story | Jane Martinson
The clear-out at the newspaper seems driven less by politics than by a shift towards AI – and journalism will pay the price Nigel Farage has been writing columns for the Daily Telegraph since 2016, most of which have promoted the previously Brexit and now Reform UK party he leads, or accused his rivals of going soft on immigration. For this privilege the paper’s cash-strapped bosses paid him around £4,000 a month, adding up to nearly half a million pounds over the past decade. News broke this week that Farage’s services are no longer required by the Telegraph’s new German owners, Axel Springer
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There is a showdown looming in the Democratic party over support for Israel
Even Donald Trump has acknowledged that support for Israel is increasingly a political liability in US politics. Will the Democratic leadership listen?
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Trump signs order to make gold-decorated Oval Office a national monument – video
Donald Trump signs proclamation that he says will prevent future administrations from changing his redesign of the Oval Office and Cabinet Room
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New Zealand heads into election day with polls on knife edge
New Zealand is poised for one of the closest elections in its history on Saturday, as the country votes following a campaign dominated by the cost of living and an economy hammered by the war in the…
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