Candidates, polls, the trail
Chris LaCivita and James Blair spent a weekend in Republika Srpska advising its government on election integrity, each receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars. Trump said he would terminate them immediately if he found a conflict of interest.
The far-right leader says she would cut spending by €140 billion by 2032 and bring the deficit below the EU's 3 percent limit by 2030 if elected next year. The announcement came as she sought to regain ground after antisemitism accusations against her top ally, Jordan Bardella.
Members backed the motion 1,022 to 813 at the Brighton conference. Four of the party's five MPs opposed it, and the chair of Jewish Greens said she could consider her future in the party.
Preparatory talks in New York ended without progress on restoring rare-earth flows that Washington says China has failed to deliver under the trade truce. The two sides also discussed a new AI safety dialogue, with a notification mechanism proposed for the presidents to consider when they meet this week.
Six months of polling show a near-unbroken decline in public backing for the conflict. Even among Republicans, enthusiasm has slipped sharply — a warning sign ahead of the midterms.
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