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After being read charges, Layne Lundeen said: ‘I assaulted a police officer? Is that what it says? I don’t have my glasses’An American Airlines passenger who was duct-taped to his seat following an alleged outburst including racial and homophobic slurs said that he does not recall the incident.On 3 September, 67-year old Layne Lundeen was restrained to his first class seat with duct tape and zip ties over alleged unruly behavior. The American Airline Flight 618 was originally traveling from Dallas, Texas to Newark, New Jersey and was diverted to Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall airport in an emergency landing. Continue reading...

Guardian Australia analysis adds to concerns over the federal scheme, which is to be the subject of a Senate inquiryFederal Labor seats have received over 90% of funds already awarded in the first five months of a controversial multi-million dollar grants program, adding to concerns over the scheme’s selection process.The $568m community grants scheme will be the subject of a Senate inquiry after a report by the Centre for Public Integrity last week revealed the scheme favoured projects in notionally Labor-held electorates, including a $6m grant for a golf club in Anthony Albanese’s electorate. Continue reading...

• The centre-left bloc secured a three-seat parliamentary majority over its opponents in preliminary election results released by the Swedish Election Authority. • The bloc holds 176 seats compared to 173 seats for the opposing side. • This narrow margin determines which political coalition will control the Swedish parliament and lead the government.

• Sweden's recent election ended in a near dead heat, with preliminary results giving the left-wing opposition a slim one-seat majority. • Prime Minister Kristersson has led the country since 2022 via a three-party centre-right coalition that relied on the far-right Sweden Democrats for a majority. • This shift in parliamentary control threatens the stability of the current centre-right government and its reliance on anti-immigration allies.

The parliament isn’t set to meet until late September to elect a new speaker, and then prime ministerSenior figures in the Social Democratic party are meeting this morning with party leader Magdalena Andersson to discuss next steps.The party topped the polls – that is certain – and is most likely to have a first go at forming the next government, but it will have to navigate the complex and often openly contradictory demands of the left-leaning bloc. Continue reading...

• Gender Equality and Family Minister nominee Rep. Yong Hye-in announced Thursday that she will keep her parliamentary seat if she is appointed to the cabinet. • Yong denied allegations regarding her husband's pay, stating he earned an average monthly salary of 2.5 million won over six years while working for the Basic Income Party. • The nominee's decision to retain her seat persists despite mounting pressure from both ruling and opposition political parties.

Sagal Abdi-Wali, who came from Somalia in 1990s, will likely face Zack Polanski in Holborn and St Pancras contestA former child refugee who became the leader of Camden council has been selected to be the Labour candidate for the byelection in Holborn and St Pancras.Sagal Abdi-Wali, who came to the UK from Somalia as a child in the 1990s and was elected leader of Camden council in May, was chosen to represent Labour members in the north London seat vacated by Keir Starmer. She was previously the chair of the local constituency Labour party, after first being elected as a Labour councillor in 2022. Continue reading...

Brandon Herrera of state’s 23rd congressional district calls insults against women and unhoused people ‘jokes’A Republican candidate for a key congressional district in Texas has come under scrutiny over a series of derogatory comments made about women in his social media posts and videos.Brandon Herrera, who is the GOP candidate for Texas’s 23rd congressional district, has made a string of insults while fashioning a rightwing online persona as the “AK Guy”, and hosts a YouTube channel with more than 4 million subscribers that tests and reviews firearms. Continue reading...

The man, also accused of homophobic slurs on American Airlines flight, faces assault and disorderly conduct chargesAn Arizona realty company says it is “no longer associated” with an agent who was recently arrested after alleged unruly behavior – including racist and homophobic slurs – on an airline flight led to his being zip-tied, duct-taped to his seat and arrested.Layne Arthur Lundeen, 67, faces counts of disorderly conduct and second-degree assault in the case, according to Maryland court records filed after he was taken into custody at Baltimore’s airport on 3 September. Continue reading...

Hamza Chowdhury says most of his fellow Green Camden councillors back him to contest 8 October byelectionUK politics live – latest updatesZack Polanski is facing unexpected opposition from his own party in his attempt to fight the Holborn and St Pancras byelection for the Greens, with a local councillor saying he is also seeking the nomination, and that the seat does not need “a politician you’ll only see on a leaflet”.The intervention by Hamza Chowdhury, a Green representative on Camden council in north London, came as the date for the byelection was confirmed for 8 October, after Keir Starmer’s formal resignation as an MP. Continue reading...

• Labor frontbencher Mark Butler rejected Coalition claims that a proposed opt-out algorithm for social media feeds amounts to censorship. • The plan is part of digital duty of care legislation that aims to give Australians more choice over the content they see online. • This policy affects how social media companies curate user feeds and whether users can disable automated recommendation systems.

Mitchell Berman is among Democrats the party hopes can flip a Republican-leaning district in November’s midtermsDemocrats are targeting vulnerable seats this midterm election with working-class candidates they hope will resonate with voters exhausted by the economy.Some candidates are new to politics, and many have backgrounds as union members and leaders, which the party hopes will give them an edge over Republican incumbents as people have grown weary of Washington and the higher cost of living. Continue reading...

Green leader will stand for election in Holborn and St Pancras in byelection triggered by former PM’s resignationUK politics live – latest updatesThe ⁠leader of the Green ⁠party has said he will ⁠​stand in a byelection in the central London ⁠seat vacated Keir Starmer, ‌a local newspaper has reported.Zack Polanski told the ‌Camden New Journal on Thursday he would ​be the Green candidate for Holborn and ⁠St Pancras, a seat ​Starmer ​held comfortably ​in ‌2024 though ​with a ​much-reduced vote share. Continue reading...

Green party leader announces run in Holborn and St Pancras constituency in north London following the resignation of former PMZack Polanski has confirmed that he wants to be the Green party’s candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection in an interview with the Camden New Journal – the local paper where Keir Starmer also announced he was standing down as the constituency’s MP.He said:I have lived and worked in this community over many years, I know it well and I love itIt represents so many of the things that make London so special. I am so excited by the prospect of representing this place in parliament.It’s a clear fight between Labour and the Green party. We know that people are struggling – that the things we used to afford are increasingly out of reach – and this is a chance to send a very clear message that we won’t sit by as we get poorer and extreme wealth is concentrated at the very top.What voters in Holborn and St Pancras will get with me as their MP is someone totally dedicated to standing up for them. Put simply I will use my place in parliament to force the current Labour government into making life more affordable for the people who live here. Continue reading...

Democrat Eric Hafner, to be released in 2036, also ran for seat in 2024, securing spot on that general election ballotA man who is serving time in a federal prison in New York advanced on Wednesday from the primary for Alaska’s lone US House seat.Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat, also ran for the seat in 2024 and secured a spot on the general election ballot that November despite a challenge brought by the Alaska Democratic party. Continue reading...

Progressive wins bitter fight for seat formerly held by congressman who quit amid sexual misconduct claimsProgressive Aisha Wahab was elected to Congress in a special election on Tuesday following a bitter intra-party battle over the seat formerly held by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April after facing sexual misconduct allegations. Swalwell has denied the allegations.Wahab, a state senator, was widely considered the frontrunner in the district in California’s East Bay and had the backing of the state Democratic party as well as Our Revolution, labor unions, local officials and the state’s attorney general, Rob Bonta. She won the primary for the special election for the final months of Swalwell’s term by more than 20 points over Hernandez, the president of the board of directors for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) agency. Continue reading...

Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at electionUK politics live – latest updatesLabour could lose dozens of seats to the Green party if the government allows new drilling in the North Sea, according to internal research shared with the Guardian.Green party analysis suggests up to 50 Labour MPs – including key Andy Burnham ally Louise Haigh – could lose their seats at the next election if the government fails to make urgent climate action a priority or allows new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea. Continue reading...

Former VP sent fundraising appeal for Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign – with half of donations going to Harris’s organizationAlaska US Senate candidate Mary Peltola has rejected the support of Kamala Harris, her fellow Democrat, after the 2024 presidential candidate sent out a seemingly unsolicited fundraising appeal on Peltola’s behalf.Harris, who lost Alaska – typically a Republican-voting state – by 13 points during her unsuccessful White House run, on Wednesday sent an email from her political organization to supporters of Peltola, a former US House member. Continue reading...

• High ticket prices at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham have sparked backlash from figures including BBC commentator Steve Cram and coach Keely Hodgkinson. • While some discounted options exist, such as £6.31 children's tickets and £30 family passes, top-tier tickets for the final three days reach £150. • Critics, including commentator Sonja McLaughlan, argue that expensive pricing has led to sparse crowds, depriving athletes of the atmosphere they deserve during a key free-to-air television window.

Flight from Victoria to Toronto forced to return to terminal after repeated attempts to secure child in seat failedA Canadian airline cancelled a flight from Victoria to Toronto after a child refused to wear a seatbelt.The child was standing in their chair as the 6 August Porter Airlines flight taxied towards the runway, the airline said. Repeated attempts by an accompanying parent and crew to secure the child in their seat failed, so the crew elected to return to the terminal and have the two passengers disembark as “the aircraft could not take off in this unsafe condition”, it added. Continue reading...

• Voting in seven constituencies during the third phase of elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been postponed indefinitely. • The decision follows a wave of violent protests and formal requests from local political figures and candidates citing the unstable security situation. • India has criticized the electoral process, labeling the entire exercise a farce.

• Tennessee voters are casting ballots in midterm primary elections to select candidates for governor and various congressional seats. • Simultaneously, GOP senators are voting on whether to hold former health official Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. • Legal experts, including Guttentag, are criticizing efforts to deny citizenship to those entitled under the 14th Amendment, labeling such moves as "political stunts."

Nominees to face off in November in redistricted seat central to Trump’s bid to retain slim Republican majorityTennessee primary voters picked a pair of Memphis-area lawmakers to square off in a dramatically reconfigured US House seat central to Donald Trump’s plan to try to hold on to a slim Republican majority in the midterm congressional elections.Republicans chose state senator Brent Taylor, who was endorsed by Trump, to be their nominee in the revamped 9th congressional district. Democrats picked state representative Justin Pearson, who gained national prominence three years ago when he was expelled from the Tennessee House for protesting in support of gun control measures. Continue reading...

• By-election results were announced today for three assembly constituencies following votes cast on July 30, 2026. • Key outcomes include the BJP retaining the Manjalpur seat in Gujarat, while the Congress party secured a victory in Datia, Madhya Pradesh. • In Bihar's Bankipur seat, Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor won in his electoral debut, breaking decades of BJP dominance in the area.

• The Khmer Rouge maintained its seat at the United Nations despite committing genocide, illustrating how Cold War geopolitics often superseded humanitarian concerns. • Great powers prioritized strategic conflict and diplomatic maneuvering over international law, effectively using the Cambodian atrocity as a pawn in a larger geopolitical game. • This legacy highlights a critical failure in global governance, where the effectiveness of international law was limited by a lack of political will among powerful nations.

• Democrats are prioritizing Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District as a critical target in their effort to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives during the November midterm elections. • The race for the 2nd District features several candidates, including physician and lawyer Nila Devanath, physicist and veteran Bill Fleming, and former international development staffer Patrick Mosolf. • Simultaneously, three Republican candidates are challenging Democratic incumbent Rep. Eugene Vindman in the 7th Congressional District, though the Cook Political Report rates this seat as likely Democratic.

• Barisan Nasional (BN) won 18 seats in the Negeri Sembilan election, while Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) secured 11 and 7 seats respectively. • PH election director Amirudin Shari stated that the decision to revamp the state's PH leadership rests with coalition chairman Anwar Ibrahim. • State PH chairman Aminuddin Harun defended his leadership and urged voters to prioritize development over racial rhetoric.