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WATCH: Warner blasts Trump, Gabbard involvement in FBI search on Fulton County election office

By Associated Press

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s attendance at an FBI search of a Georgia election office is eroding longstanding barriers separating intelligence work from domestic law enforcement.

Judge blocks additional citizenship provisions in latest setback to Trump's wide-ranging election executive order

By Tom Verdin, Associated Press

The ruling said agencies will not be allowed to "assess citizenship" before providing a federal voter registration form to people enrolling in public assistance programs.

House Republicans propose stricter voting rules as Trump administration eyes midterms

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The package released Thursday reflects a number of the party's most sought-after election changes, including requirements for photo IDs before people can vote and proof of citizenship, both to be put in place in 2027.

Federal judges allow California to use new U.S. House map ahead of 2026 midterms

By Trân Nguyễn, Associated Press

The ruling is a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state mid-decade redistricting battle that could help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026.

Myanmar holds 2nd round of voting in country's 1st general election since military takeover

By Associated Press

Critics say the polls organized by the military government are neither free nor fair and are an effort by the military to legitimize its rule after seizing power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

Critics call Myanmar's first elections since military coup a sham as civil war rages on

By Kira Kay, Kyaw Htet and Jason Maloney, The Bureau for International Reporting

The second phase of elections is underway in Myanmar this weekend. It’s the first election since the ruling military regime seized power five years ago, but with major opposition parties barred from participating, leaders jailed and an ongoing civil war…

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Guinea holds first presidential election since 2021 coup with junta leader likely to win

By Associated Press

Guineans voted on Sunday to choose a new president in the country’s first election since a 2021 coup, as analysts say a weakened opposition will result in a likely win for junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya.

Preliminary results show Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti's party won snap vote with clear margin

By Zana Cimili, Associated Press

Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti appeared set for another term in office after his party on Sunday convincingly won an early parliamentary election in the Balkan country, preliminary results showed.

Nasry Asfura, candidate backed by Trump, declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote

By Marlon González, Megan Janetsky, Associated Press

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, the country’s electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whittled away at the credibility of the Central American nation’s fragile electoral system.

Ultra-conservative wins Chile election, will be most right-wing president since dictatorship

By Isabel DeBre, Nayara Batschke, Associated Press

José Antonio Kast secured a thumping victory in Chile’s presidential runoff election Sunday, defeating the candidate of the leftist governing coalition and setting the stage for the country’s most right-wing government in 35 years of democracy.