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Rumen Radev: Bulgaria’s Kremlin-friendly former president and new prime ministerIn the Spotlight Radev was the first Bulgarian president to voluntarily step down
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Is Bulgaria the new thorn in the EU’s side?In the Spotlight Newly elected PM Rumen Radev’s winning message was a ‘cocktail of anti-corruption pledges, Euro-scepticism and pledges to rebuild ties with Moscow’
By Elliott Goat, The Week UK Published
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GOP keeps Greene seat, loses Wisconsin court raceSpeed Read The Georgia Republican won his seat by 25 fewer points than Trump in 2024
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Hungary’s illiberal democracyThe Explainer Viktor Orbán has led Hungary since 2010, and has remade its political institutions. But elections this month pose a major challenge
By The Week UK Published
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Why are election experts taking Trump’s midterm threats seriously?IN THE SPOTLIGHT As the president muses about polling place deployments and a centralized electoral system aimed at one-party control, lawmakers are taking this administration at its word
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Why the Bangladesh election is one to watchThe Explainer Opposition party has claimed the void left by Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League but Islamist party could yet have a say
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Fulton County: A dress rehearsal for election theft?Feature Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is Trump's de facto ‘voter fraud’ czar
By The Week US Published
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Political cartoons for February 4Cartoons Wednesday’s political cartoons include multiplying measles, nationalized elections, and more
By The Week US Published
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Trump fears impeachment if GOP loses midtermsSpeed Read ‘You got to win the midterms,’ the president said
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Nicolás Maduro: from bus driver to Venezuela’s presidentIn the Spotlight Shock capture by US special forces comes after Maduro’s 12-year rule proved that ‘underestimating him was a mistake’
By The Week UK Published
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Democrats seek 2026 inspiration from special election routsIN THE SPOTLIGHT High-profile wins are helping a party demoralized by Trump’s reelection regain momentum
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Rob Jetten: the centrist millennial set to be the Netherlands’ next prime ministerIn the Spotlight Jetten will also be the country’s first gay leader
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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‘National dynamics will likely be the tipping point’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Believe it when AI see it: have we reached a deepfake turning point in politics?Today’s Big Question AI ‘slopaganda’ is becoming a ‘feature’ of modern elections
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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