Republicans fuming after Democrat Talarico flips Texas Senate blue
Shocked Republicans in Texas are trying to make sense of how they lost the Senate to the Democrats for the first time in almost 40 years. Al Jazeera’s Emma Withrow spoke to Ken Paxton supporters, some of whom blame Trump and now fear political retribution.
Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña has been impeached and placed under house arrest after a bank collapse triggered a crisis that left more than half of the country’s population without access to their accounts. Peña was arrested on Friday minutes after lawmakers, including from his own party, unanimously voted to remove him from office following the collapse earlier this week of Ueno Bank, which has links to his private business interests.
Likely to become the first Black House speaker, Jeffries faces pressure from progressives over Trump and Israel.
The mayor of Houston, Texas announced Friday that the city’s police department will limit its cooperation with federal immigration agents after Democrats swept midterm elections this week. The so-called “blue tsunami” ousted Republican Governor Greg Abbott, a close Texas ally of US President Donald Trump, who has cracked down on immigration with raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents since returning to office last year.
Paraguay’s Senate has ousted President Santiago Pena over the collapse of a major bank tied to his government. Millions of customers' accounts are frozen, with public pension and health care funds also tied up.
Let Trump’s Republican Party defeat be a lesson to any arrogant politician!, All praise is due to Allah, the Almighty, the Subduer, the One who elevates whom He wills and deposes whom He wills.
Yari sets 2.3m votes target for Rivers APC. By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Director General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council APC-PCC, Sen. Abdulaziz Yari, on Saturday set a target of 2.3 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in Rivers state in the January 16 election.