Tag: majority
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Japan’s government in flux after election gives no party majority
TOKYO — The makeup of Japan’s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted ruling coalition in a weekend election, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy. The uncertainty sent the yen currency to a three-month low as analysts prepared for days, or possibly…
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Speaker Mike Johnson fights to save the House Republican majority — and his job
WASHINGTON — As Speaker Mike Johnson marks one year on the job Friday, he’s fighting hard to preserve House Republicans’ razor-thin majority — and his speakership. Multiple House Republicans said they believe the Louisiana Republican, who rose from relative obscurity to the top of the conference last year, can beat back his critics and win…
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Moldova leader decries vote meddling after slim majority backs joining the E.U.
A slim majority of 50.39% voted “yes” in Moldova’s crunch referendum on European Union accession, preliminary results showed, after President Maia Sandu said that Sunday’s twin votes had been marred by “unprecedented” outside interference. The knife-edge finish — with fewer than 1% of ballots still to be counted — is far from a resounding endorsement…
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Hakeem Jeffries pitches calm governance over chaos as Democrats seek the House majority
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The way Leader Hakeem Jeffries sees it, House Democrats haven’t held the majority this Congress — but they’ve governed as if they did. From avoiding government shutdowns to raising the nation’s debt limit to passing an annual defense authorization bill, “we’ve been required to consistently rise to the occasion,” the House Democratic leader told…
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Why Trump voters are poised to swing the Senate majority: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, Capitol Hill coverage veterans Ryan Nobles and Frank Thorp V report from Montana on Donald Trump’s voters will decide whether…
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Elise Stefanik pushes to expand House GOP majority with record number of women
Rep. Elise Stefanik, the highest-ranking GOP woman in the House, is leading a charge to break the record for Republican women serving in the chamber, just six years after a blue wave wiped out their ranks. Stefanik, R-N.Y., who chairs the GOP conference, has been focused on boosting the ranks of Republican women in the…