World Jul 07 Le Pen to run for French presidency despite court-ordered monitor after embezzlement conviction By Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press
World Jul 09 French police raid far-right National Rally headquarters in ongoing finance probe Prosecutors said they are investigating allegations of illegal financing of longtime party leader Marine Le Pen’s 2022 presidential bid, and the party's European Parliament and French parliamentary campaigns. By Angela Charlton, Associated Press
World Mar 31 4 things to know about Marine Le Pen's embezzlement sentence and the political impact French far-right leader Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office, a major political earthquake. The ruling, which takes effect immediately, is likely to bar her from running in France’s next presidential election. By Associated Press
Politics Mar 31 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking public office for 5 years after embezzlement verdict Le Pen denounced the verdict in an interview with French TV channel TF1 as a “political” move aimed at preventing her from running in the 2027 presidential election and said that millions of French people “are outraged.”… By Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press
World Jul 08 How French voters formed a 'Republican front' to block the far-right's path to victory Although Marine Le Pen's party won more National Assembly seats than ever, it again hit a wall of voters who don’t believe the National Rally should govern France. By John Leicester, Associated Press