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‘The America Party’: Conservative activist Scott Presler warns Musk; seeks united Republican front

Scott Presler (Image credits: X @ScottPresler) Conservative activist Scott Presler made a public appeal to Elon Musk on Saturday via X, urging the billionaire to drop any plans for a third party and instead throw his support behind a populist, pro-Trump Republican movement.In a post on X, Musk said that a new party, The America […]

‘The America Party’: Amid spat with Donald Trump, is Elon Musk eyeing third front? X poll gets 80% thumbs-up

Elon Musk and Donald Trump (R) What began as a strong alliance between US President Donald Trump and world’s richest man Elon Musk has now spiralled into a sharp public fallout. Taking the rift further, the Tesla CEO and former insider in Trump’s administration triggered talk of a political shake-up by asking his followers: “Is […]

Elon Musk takes a poll on whether he should start a new political party: ‘80% in the middle’

Elon Musk toys the idea of starting his own party after his ‘big, beautiful’ divorce with Trump. After a major showdown between Elon Musk and Donald Trump that involved direct attacks, Elon Musk floated a poll on creating a new political party — leaving Republicans at a loss to grasp the situation and how quickly […]

Political shift: Karine Jean-Pierre quits Democratic Party; Biden-era press secretary’s memoir to detail ‘broken’ White House, says publisher

Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary in the Joe Biden administration (2021-2025) has left the Democratic Party and is writing a candid memoir about the “broken” White House she once served, according to the book’s publisher.“Jean-Pierre didn’t come to her decision to be an Independent lightly. She has served two American presidents, Obama and Biden. […]

Turkey arrests five mayors from CHP opposition party

Representative image (TOI) ISTANBUL: Turkish police arrested five opposition mayors early Wednesday alongside 17 others as part of a probe into corruption allegations at CHP-held municipalities, a party spokesman told AFP. The latest arrests targeted a former lawmaker and three CHP mayors in Istanbul, and two more in the southern province of Adana, the spokesman […]

Greens’ Dorinda Cox quits party, joins Australian PM Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party

Dorinda Cox (Image credit: Parliament of Australia official website) Dorinda Cox, senator from West Australia has quit the Greens party and joined prime minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party.Cox’s move is a big blow to the Greens, which has already lost three of its four lower-house seats, including that of former leader Adam Bandt. While the […]

Bangladesh Supreme Court restores Jamaat’s party registration, clears path to contest polls

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the Election Commission to restore the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami’s party registration, nearly eight months after the interim govt lifted a ban on it, clearing the way for its participation in future elections.Court officials said the SC’s appellate division, led by chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, directed the commission to […]

Mass shooting at house party in Hickory, North Carolina: 1 dead, 11 injured

A mass shooting at a house party near Hickory, North Carolina, left one person dead and 11 others injured in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Officers were called to the home at around 12.45 am, roughly 60 miles northwest of Charlotte. Upon arriving they found that 12 people had been shot, the Catawba […]

Malaysian minister resigns after losing party poll to PM’s daughter

Rafizi Ramli (left) and Nurul Izzah Anwar (right) (Image credit: X/Rafizi Ramli , X/ Nurul Izzah Anwar) Malaysia’s economy minister said Wednesday he was resigning from his cabinet post after losing his position as deputy president of the ruling PKR to the premier’s daughter in a party poll.“My defeat in the recent PKR party election […]

Shooter Elias Rodriguez’s affiliation with far-left party, donation to Biden campaign: New details emerge

Elias Rodriguez has a history of support for BLM, Palestine and leftist racial causes. Several new details about 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, the suspected shooter of two Israeli diplomats, have emerged linking him to a radical Left-wing group that spearheaded the Black Lives Matter protests.A Newsweek report claimed that Rodriguez appeared to have made a donation […]