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'Waffling and weak': Insiders say Trump is furious with Mike Johnson — and mulling his end
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'Waffling and weak': Insiders say Trump is furious with Mike Johnson — and mulling his end

Raw Story  

Speaker Mike Johnson has fallen out of favor with Donald Trump who is now considering throwing him overboard in favor of a new leader of the House, insiders close to the president-elect told Politico Monday. And, in the end, he was unimpressed with the entire chaotic process, which left the incoming administration questioning whether Johnson is capable of managing an …

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DC Edit | The battle over Ambedkar’s legacy mainly for dalit votes
19 hours, 18 minutes ago

DC Edit | The battle over Ambedkar’s legacy mainly for dalit votes

Deccan Chronicle  

The political slugfest that is on nationally and which led to a day in the Winter Session becoming its worst in India’s parliamentary history may be owed to the facetious comments the home minister Amit Shah made on the floor. Ambedkar is no less than a god to his followers who constitute about 17 per cent of India’s 968 million …

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Congress, IUML flay CPI(M) polit bureau member Vijayaraghavan for ‘attributing’ Gandhi’s back-to-back victories in the Wayanad to “fundamentalist” support
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Congress, IUML flay CPI(M) polit bureau member Vijayaraghavan for ‘attributing’ Gandhi’s back-to-back victories in the Wayanad to “fundamentalist” support

The Hindu  

On Sunday, the Congress and the Indian Union Muslim League flayed the Communist Party of India polit bureau member A. Vijayaraghavan’s purported statement that “fundamentalist votes” had catalysed the back-to-back victories of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. Mr. Vijayaraghavan sparked controversy while inaugurating the CPI‘s Wayanad district conference last week by stating that …

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'It's telling': Insider spills about 'break from Mr. Trump' among Republican lawmakers
1 day, 16 hours ago

'It's telling': Insider spills about 'break from Mr. Trump' among Republican lawmakers

Raw Story  

There is a "break" from Donald Trump happening among Republican lawmakers, according to a congressional insider who broke down the recent votes for a bill to fund the federal government. United States Representative Rep. Madeleine Dean, who previously called out President-elect Donald Trump's "incoherent" plans for immigration on CNN, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday. It does not work for the …

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Punjab civic polls: AAP wins in Patiala, leads in Jalandhar, Ludhiana; Congress ahead in Amritsar, Phagwara
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1 day, 17 hours ago

Punjab civic polls: AAP wins in Patiala, leads in Jalandhar, Ludhiana; Congress ahead in Amritsar, Phagwara

The Hindu  

Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party won the municipal elections in Patiala and was leading in Ludhiana and Jalandhar, while the Congress was ahead in Phagwara and Amritsar. Punjab AAP President Aman Arora claimed that his party has created history in the local body elections, securing over 50 per cent of the 977 wards that went to the polls. He also …

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BJP, Congress Clash Over Dalit Votes, Ambedkar’s Legacy
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BJP, Congress Clash Over Dalit Votes, Ambedkar’s Legacy

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi:Behind the ongoing political battle over the alleged insult of B.R. Union home minister Amit Shah’s remark in the Rajya Sabha gave the Opposition an opportunity to whip up anti-BJP sentiments among the Dalits, the objective is clear — the Congress wants to further consolidate the 4 per cent Dalit votes it gained in the last general election over …

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Punjab State Election Commission Act | Person Is Not 'Ordinarily Resident' Only Because He Owns A House In The Constituency: High Court
1 day, 20 hours ago

Punjab State Election Commission Act | Person Is Not 'Ordinarily Resident' Only Because He Owns A House In The Constituency: High Court

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The Punjab & Haryana High Court said that a person would not be an “ordinarily resident” in terms of Punjab Election Commission Act only on the ground of owning or possessing a house. The court said, “though the statutory coinage “ordinarily resident” has been statutorily conveyed the connotation, that any voter would not be “ordinarily resident” in a constituency or …

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Dalit Vote Battle Heats Up Between BJP, Congress
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Dalit Vote Battle Heats Up Between BJP, Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Behind the ongoing political battle over the alleged insult of B.R. Union home minister Amit Shah’s remark in the Rajya Sabha gave the Opposition an opportunity to whip up anti-BJP sentiments among the Dalits, the objective is clear — the Congress wants to further consolidate the 4 per cent Dalit votes it gained in the last general election …

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Assault on Maharashtrian family in Kalyan sparks outrage
1 day, 22 hours ago

Assault on Maharashtrian family in Kalyan sparks outrage

The Hindu  

A dispute between neighbours at the Ajmera Heights apartment building in Maharashtra’s Kalyan escalated into a narrative on ethnic conflict between Maharashtrians and non-Marathi speaking residents of the State. Six people, including Akhilesh Shukla and his spouse, were produced before the Kalyan judicial magistrate for abusing their Marathi speaking neighbours Dhiraj Deshmukh and his family members. According to a police …

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Delhi Assembly Election: Latest BJP-AAP Battle Centres Around Purvanchal Votes. Here's Why It Matters
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2 days, 5 hours ago

Delhi Assembly Election: Latest BJP-AAP Battle Centres Around Purvanchal Votes. Here's Why It Matters

ABP News  

Purvanchali votes have become the centre of the latest battle between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of assembly polls in Delhi. Nadda's statement soon snowballed into a controversy with AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal accusing the BJP president of calling the people of the Purvanchali community "Rohingyas and Bangladeshis", and "admitting" that their names were being …

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Navya Haridas Files Petition Challenging Priyanka Gandhi's Election Victory In Wayanad
2 days, 9 hours ago

Navya Haridas Files Petition Challenging Priyanka Gandhi's Election Victory In Wayanad

ABP News  

BJP leader Navya Haridas, who contested against AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi in the recently concluded Wayanad bypolls, moved the Kerala High Court on Friday challenging the election of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. Haridas, who was defeated by Priyanka in the November 13 bypoll by a margin of over five lakh votes, accused …

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Punjab: Voting for municipal polls underway
2 days, 10 hours ago

Punjab: Voting for municipal polls underway

Deccan Chronicle  

Chandigarh: Polling for election to five municipal corporations and 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats are underway in Punjab, officials said on Saturday.The polling began at 7 am amid tight security arrangements and will continue till 4 pm, they added. The votes will be counted at the polling stations itself after the completion of the polling, the officials said.The five …

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Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court suffers legal setbacks in close race
2 days, 15 hours ago

Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court suffers legal setbacks in close race

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The trailing Republican in a tight North Carolina Supreme Court race suffered legal setbacks Friday as a federal judge refused to halt any upcoming official declaration that his Democratic rival won their November election. As for the federal court action, Griffin’s attorneys had told Myers the temporary restraining order was needed because the board was poised “in …

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'I feel sorry for him': Ex-Republican lawmaker says Trump just 'kneecapped' Mike Johnson
2 days, 20 hours ago

'I feel sorry for him': Ex-Republican lawmaker says Trump just 'kneecapped' Mike Johnson

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Former Rep. Charlie Dent unloaded on congressional Republicans on Friday for creating what he described as a "holy mess" by following X owner Elon Musk's orders and tanking a bipartisan deal to keep the federal government from shutting down. Appearing on MSNBC on Friday, Dent expressed bewilderment at Republicans who said that they don't need to bother negotiating with Democrats …

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‘Sick’: Dems slam Johnson’s refusal to negotiate as government hurls toward shutdown
2 days, 22 hours ago

‘Sick’: Dems slam Johnson’s refusal to negotiate as government hurls toward shutdown

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Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson reportedly plans to bring a third spending bill to the House floor for a vote on Friday morning, just hours before an increasingly likely federal government shutdown at midnight. RELATED: ‘Hell No!’: Democrats ‘Unified’ Against Reworked Funding Bill More Favorable to Trump Thursday evening, Speaker Johnson and House Republicans were warned they needed …

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'Let it shut down': Marjorie Taylor Greene warns 'nothing good is coming' in funding fight
2 days, 23 hours ago

'Let it shut down': Marjorie Taylor Greene warns 'nothing good is coming' in funding fight

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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Friday that Speaker Mike Johnson failed Republicans, and that "nothing good is coming" next. Greene, a top ally to Donald Trump, took to X ahead of the weekend to weigh in on the ongoing government funding battle. Greene, who has floated Elon Musk as a potential replacement for Johnson, explained her motives for …

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Arvind Kejriwal accuses BJP of calling 'Purvanchalis' as Rohingyas, deleting their votes | VIDEO
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Arvind Kejriwal accuses BJP of calling 'Purvanchalis' as Rohingyas, deleting their votes | VIDEO

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Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal today accused Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda of equating 'Purvanchalis' with Rohingyas and Bangladeshi people, and admitting deletion of their votes in Delhi ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls. Former Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said, "I want to tell people of Purvanchal that we won't let anyone's …

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Bombay High Court Upholds Election Of Shiv Sena Shinde Faction's Ravindra Waikar To Lok Sabha From Mumbai
3 days, 4 hours ago

Bombay High Court Upholds Election Of Shiv Sena Shinde Faction's Ravindra Waikar To Lok Sabha From Mumbai

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The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed the election petition filed by Amol Kirtikar, a candidate from Uddhav Thackeray faction, who had challenged the election of Ravindra Waikar, a leader from Eknath Shinde faction, to the 18th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North-West constituency.Single-judge Justice Sandeep Marne held that Kirtikar failed to establish how the alleged acts on part of the. …

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Dimming of the Thackeray son
3 days, 12 hours ago

Dimming of the Thackeray son

Times of India  

Can UBT-Sena’s dismal performance in the recently concluded assembly elections be attributed to its abandoning of authentic Hindutva? UBT-Sena seems to have produced a faux Bahujanist ‘Hindutva’ that is anti-Brahmin and even garners Muslim votes. Maharashtra is the only state in India where a regional/Marathi Hindutva grew and spread rapidly through Bal Thackeray’s Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena moved from mobilising …

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Bombay HC dismisses Sena (UBT) leader Kirtikar’s petition against Ravindra Waikar’s Lok Sabha poll victory
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Bombay HC dismisses Sena (UBT) leader Kirtikar’s petition against Ravindra Waikar’s Lok Sabha poll victory

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Shiv Sena leader Amol Kirtikar challenging the victory of Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The election petition filed by Mr. Kirtikar has raised questions on the vote-counting process during the Lok Sabha election. He demanded the High Court to invalidate Mr. Waikar’s election …

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Bombay High Court dismisses plea against Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar's victory in Lok Sabha elections
4 days, 14 hours ago

Bombay High Court dismisses plea against Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar's victory in Lok Sabha elections

India TV News  

The Bombay High Court today dismissed a petition filed by Shiv Sena candidate Amol Kirtikar challenging the win of rival Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Kirtikar, belonging to the Shiv Sena headed by Uddhav Thackeray, in his plea, claimed that on the counting da,y he filed an application seeking a recount of the votes …

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Court dismisses Uddhav Sena leader's plea against Mahayuti MP's Lok Sabha win
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Court dismisses Uddhav Sena leader's plea against Mahayuti MP's Lok Sabha win

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by Shiv Sena leader Amol Kirtikar challenging the victory of rival Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar in the Lok Sabha elections. Kirtikar had lost to Waikar of Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena in the Mumbai North-West constituency by a narrow margin of 48 votes in the parliamentary elections held earlier this …

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Musk — 'Trump's id' — just previewed what's ahead for Mike Johnson: CNN panel
4 days, 15 hours ago

Musk — 'Trump's id' — just previewed what's ahead for Mike Johnson: CNN panel

Raw Story  

CNN anchor Jake Tapper joked on Wednesday that tech billionaire Elon Musk has become President-elect Donald Trump's "id." As Holmes noted Musk has become a "mouthpiece" for Trump, Tapper interjected and called Musk Trump's "id," adding: "As if Donald Trump weren't enough of an id." As such House Speaker Mike Johnson must get enough GOP votes, but also secure enough …

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Likely incriminating Matt Gaetz report to be released after secret committee vote: CNN
4 days, 23 hours ago

Likely incriminating Matt Gaetz report to be released after secret committee vote: CNN

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Members of the House Ethics Committee have given critics of former Rep. Matt Gaetz a last-minute gift just in time for Christmas. CNN is reporting that the committee held a secret vote in which members supported releasing their report into Gaetz, who has faced allegations of drug use and paying a 17-year-old girl for sex. "The vote, which has not …

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