BOSTON — A Massachusetts mayor was arrested Friday and charged with fraudulently obtaining a pandemic loan and using the money to fund his election campaign as well as pay off high-interest mortgages on several of his properties and personal taxes. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena was charged Friday with one count of wire fraud and one
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has survived a vote of confidence before a general election due in November, saying he has the “full support” of his ruling National Party. Luxon had called for an “urgent” meeting with his National Party caucus on Wednesday to address “increased speculation about [his] leadership”. “I have the full
WASHINGTON — The Senate in an overnight vote Saturday approved a short-term measure to fund federal agencies into early December and avoid a potentially chaotic government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The late-summer action on a funding fix is unusual. Normally, Congress waits until the final days or hours of a funding deadline
August 3, 2026 — 9:10am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA A former high-profile Liberal who quit after suing her own party and the inner-city animator behind Pauline Hanson’s controversial “anti-woke” movie are among eight Victorian upper house candidates One Nation
US President Donald Trump gave a prime-time speech in which he accused China of interfering in the 2020 election and alleged “shocking vulnerabilities” in US voting systems. Trump, who spoke from the White House on Thursday, has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud and foreign meddling in the 2020 election that he lost to
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru’s closely contested presidential election, almost a month after voting took place. The 51-year-old obtained 50.135% of the votes in the second round held on June 7, compared to 49.865% for leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez, a margin of less than 50,000 votes, according to figures