
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the Democratic nominee for governor in Georgia.

Tom Phillips on life in the country four months after the US abduction of the former president Nicolás Maduro “The last time I flew out of Venezuela was right at the start of August 2024, just after the disputed presidential election,” the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips , tells Annie Kelly . “It was a moment of real turmoil. There was a huge wave of repression that was unfolding as Nicolás Maduro tried to silence any kind of dissent to his bogus claim to have won that elect

Maureen Galindo, a Democratic House candidate in Texas, faces backlash from both parties over antisemitic comments.

U.S. Representative Mike Collins in Peachtree City, Ga., in 2025.
Navy veteran Ed Gallrein praised President Trump during his victory speech after defeating Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District. Gallrein added that the winners are “the Republicans of Kentucky congressional district four and their families,” which he says he “will be a champion for in Washington."

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Move brings an end to a 60 day visa-free stay that was agreed with 93 countries, including the UK, US and much of Europe Thailand is drastically cutting the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 90 countries in an effort to curb crime involving foreign nationals, officials said on Tuesday. Tourism is vital to the south-east Asian nation’s economy, but foreign arrivals are yet to return to their pre-Covid levels. Continue reading...

NBC News · Oct 8
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., at the Capitol on March 3.

NBC News · Oct 8
Incumbent Georgia Supreme Court Justices Charles Bethel and Sarah Warren faced Democratic-backed challengers Tuesday.
NBC News · Oct 8
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie thanked his supporters and announced that he has called Navy veteran Ed Gallrein to concede the Republican House primary. Massie described the race as "the most expensive congressional primary ever in the 250-year history of this country."