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Democrats eye Virginia gains in war with Trump over US voting map
AFP, Published on 21/04/2026
» WASHINGTON — Virginia votes Tuesday in a referendum that could hand Democrats four extra seats in the US House of Representatives, turning President Donald Trump's redistricting push into a potential liability for Republicans in upcoming midterm elections.
In blow to Trump, US court tosses redrawn Texas congressional map
AFP, Published on 19/11/2025
» HOUSTON — A US district court, in a setback for President Donald Trump, struck down a congressional map on Tuesday redrawn by Republicans in Texas that was intended to give the party five more likely seats in the House of Representatives.
Texas, California race to redraw electoral maps ahead of US midterms
AFP, Published on 22/08/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Republican-controlled Texas and Democratic-run California were set Thursday to forge ahead on creating new congressional maps, in a cutthroat struggle to tilt the outcome of next year's US midterm elections before voters even cast a ballot.
Musk deploys wealth in bid to swing Wisconsin court vote
AFP, Published on 31/03/2025
» GREEN BAY (UNITED STATES) - The world's richest man took to the stage in the US state of Wisconsin on Sunday in a bid to swing the local supreme court to the right, with the help of two $1 million checks for voters.
US Senate sinks Biden push for major voting rights reforms
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden's push to defend voting rights against what Democrats frame as an all-out assault by conservative states targeting racial minorities.
Senate Republicans block sweeping US voting rights measure
AFP, Published on 23/06/2021
» WASHINGTON - US Senate Republicans on Tuesday torpedoed a Democratic effort to protect voting rights and expand ballot access for all Americans, a flashpoint issue months after an election marred by Donald Trump's baseless allegations of fraud.
The gloves come on: virus-hit Singapore votes
AFP, Published on 10/07/2020
» SINGAPORE - Wearing masks and gloves and being careful to observe social distancing, Singaporeans voted in a general election Friday as the city-state struggles to recover from a coronavirus outbreak.
Cash-stuffed designer handbags seized in raids on Malaysia's Najib
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR - Dozens of designer handbags stuffed with cash and jewellery were seized during Malaysian police raids on luxury properties linked to ex-prime minister Najib Razak on Friday, as a corruption probe gathered pace.
Malaysia's Mahathir sworn in as world's oldest leader
AFP, Published on 11/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Ninety-two-year-old Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as the world's oldest elected leader late Thursday after a stunning election win that swept Malaysia's establishment from power after more than six decades.
Malaysia PM 'accepts people's will' after shock election loss
AFP, Published on 10/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's defeated leader Najib Razak said Thursday he accepted the will of the people after the coalition that has led the country for six decades suffered a shock loss to veteran ex-leader Mahathir Mohamad, 92.