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• Survei baru dari POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab mengungkapkan bahwa mayoritas kuat di partai Republik dan Demokrat mendukung panel independen dalam menentukan garis batas distrik DPR. • Temuan bipartisan ini menunjukkan adanya keinginan publik untuk reformasi proses redistricting yang sarat muatan politik. • Survei tersebut menyoroti rasa frustrasi pemilih terhadap gerrymandering dan tuntutan akan perubahan institusional untuk memastikan representasi yang adil.

• Sebuah survei baru dari POLITICO‑Citrin Center‑Possibility Lab yang dirilis hari Jumat menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas besar baik dari Partai Republik maupun Demokrat mendukung komisi independen untuk menentukan batas wilayah distrik DPR AS, memperlemah argumen yang menentang penghentian gerrymandering partisan. • Pemerintahan Trump sedang mempertimbangkan berbagai proposal untuk meresmikan panel redistricting independen dengan mengaitkan dana federal bagi negara bagian yang mengadopsi komisi tersebut, sebuah strategi yang dapat membentuk ulang distrik-distrik pertempuran sengit pada tahun 2026 dan seterusnya. • Kelompok hak sipil dan advokat hak suara menyambut baik temuan jajak pendapat tersebut, dengan alasan bahwa komisi independen akan mengurangi manipulasi partisan terhadap peta wilayah yang saat ini menguntungkan kedua belah pihak.

Partai Labour menyebut menteri pertama SNP John Swinney ‘tidak tahu malu’ karena mengklaim keberhasilan padahal itu merupakan hasil dari kunjungan raja ke AS. Pengumuman Donald Trump bahwa ia akan menghapus tarif hukuman AS atas wiski Skotlandia telah dibayangi oleh perselisihan antara para pemimpin partai Skotlandia yang bersaing mengenai siapa yang berhak mendapatkan kredit atas keputusan tersebut. Industri wiski dan para pemimpin bisnis menyambut gembira pengumuman mendadak presiden AS di jaringan Truth Social miliknya pada hari Kamis bahwa ia akan mengakhiri tarif tersebut untuk menandai kunjungan Raja Charles dan Ratu Camilla. Lanjutkan membaca...

Mark Rowley mengatakan komentar Zack Polanski berisiko merongrong petugas yang menghadapi tersangka ‘berbahaya’ Pemimpin Partai Green, Zack Polanski, secara sembrono merongrong kepercayaan diri petugas dalam menangani orang berbahaya dengan membagikan unggahan media sosial yang kritis menyusul aksi penikaman di Golders Green, menurut kepala Metropolitan police. Petugas terekam kamera saat menahan tersangka setelah dua orang Yahudi ditikam di wilayah pinggiran barat laut London pada hari Rabu. Baca selengkapnya...

Keputusan ini menyusul reaksi keras dari pemerintah Italy dan European Commission. Juri Venice Biennale telah mengundurkan diri hanya beberapa hari sebelum pameran seni bergengsi tersebut dijadwalkan dimulai, di tengah perselisihan mengenai keputusan untuk mengizinkan Russia berpartisipasi. Pengunduran diri lima anggota juri internasional tersebut diumumkan pada Kamis malam dalam pernyataan singkat oleh penyelenggara Venice Biennale, dan terjadi sehari setelah kementerian kebudayaan Italy mengirim inspektur ke Venice untuk mencari informasi mengenai keputusan yang mengizinkan Russia memiliki paviliun pada acara tahun ini. Lanjutkan membaca...

Kongres memajukan pendanaan Keamanan Dalam Negeri setelah Partai Republik menggunakan mekanisme prosedural untuk meloloskan hingga $75 miliar bagi ICE dan patroli perbatasan Daftarkan diri untuk email Breaking News US guna mendapatkan peringatan buletin di kotak masuk Anda Penutupan sebagian pemerintahan selama 75 hari yang bersejarah telah berakhir setelah House memberikan suara tipis untuk memajukan pendanaan bagi Department of Homeland Security (DHS) menyusul upaya larut malam Partai Republik untuk mendorong cetak biru anggaran GOP. Keadaan berbalik pada Rabu malam ketika House meloloskan resolusi Partai Republik menyusul kesepakatan menit terakhir terkait ketentuan bahan bakar etanol yang tidak terkait, yang berhasil meyakinkan cukup banyak penentang untuk meloloskannya. Lanjutkan membaca...

Dengan loyalitas pemilih yang tinggal kenangan, kebijakan biaya hidup dan kritik terhadap Trump dari Lib Dem dapat membantu mereka meraih dukungan. Persiapan pemilu kali ini telah didominasi oleh kebangkitan Reform UK dan Greens, serta nasib kontras antara Labour dan Tories. Namun ada kemungkinan bahwa pada 8 Mei, Liberal Democrats, yang sebagian besar diabaikan dalam beberapa minggu terakhir, dapat muncul sebagai partai terbesar di pemerintah daerah Inggris. Ini hanyalah satu dari beberapa paradoks bagi pemimpin partai tersebut, Ed Davey, dan timnya. Mereka berada di urutan kelima dalam banyak jajak pendapat nasional, dengan rating yang hampir tidak berubah dari tahun 2024. Namun para petinggi Lib Dem tetap optimis, yakin bahwa politik Inggris kini begitu berbeda dan terfragmentasi, sehingga jajak pendapat utama menjadi hampir tidak relevan. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Seorang Demokrat Connecticut yang ambisus secara politik meninggalkan negosiasi bipartisan mengenai pendanaan pemerintah di tengah tekanan partai agar dilibatkan. • Aksi walkout ini meningkatkan ketegangan terkait prioritas anggaran federal dan pemotongan pengeluaran. • Hal ini dapat menunda rancangan undang-undang pendanaan yang krusial bagi tenggat waktu fiskal mendatang.

Labor berada di bawah tekanan untuk menghapuskan tiket pemungutan suara kelompok setelah Avi Yemini merinci rencana untuk mengalirkan suara ke partai-partai konservatif pada pemilihan negara bagian. Rencana seorang provokator sayap kanan untuk mendaftarkan "Partai Free Palestine" dan menggunakannya untuk mengalirkan suara ke partai-partai konservatif dalam pemilihan negara bagian Victoria telah memicu kembali kekhawatiran atas sistem pemungutan suara di negara bagian tersebut. Avi Yemini, mantan tentara Israel dan jurnalis investigasi yang membuat konten untuk saluran YouTube Rebel News Australia, pada hari Selasa mengumumkan rencana untuk mendaftarkan partai tersebut, yang menurutnya akan "mengalirkan preferensi kami kepada partai-partai yang ingin membebaskan Palestina dari Hamas" dalam pemungutan suara November mendatang. Baca selengkapnya...

• Seorang rookie Boston Red Sox memberikan performa yang kuat dalam pertandingan pertama tim tanpa manajer Alex Cora, menyebut hari itu sebagai momen yang 'sangat cepat dan intens'. • Sang rookie bereaksi positif terhadap perubahan mendadak tersebut, membantu menstabilkan tim di tengah masa transisi. • Keluarnya Cora menciptakan ketidakpastian bagi Red Sox, menguji ketangguhan roster muda mereka di awal musim.

• Mayoritas warga Amerika menyatakan keprihatinan atas kenaikan biaya kesehatan dan mendukung peningkatan pengeluaran pajak federal untuk mengatasi tantangan tersebut, menurut Axios/Ipsos American Health Index yang dirilis pada 17 Maret 2026. • Jajak pendapat tersebut menunjukkan dukungan bipartisan terhadap tindakan pemerintah mengenai keterjangkauan layanan kesehatan, mencerminkan kekhawatiran luas di kalangan publik AS tentang biaya medis yang melonjak. • Warga Amerika juga menunjukkan peningkatan kepercayaan terhadap penanganan pemerintah dalam keputusan vaksinasi anak, yang menandakan kepercayaan publik yang lebih luas terhadap intervensi kebijakan kesehatan.

• Studi terbaru menunjukkan bahwa formulasi vaksin terbaru mengurangi kunjungan departemen gawat darurat dan rawat inap di antara orang dewasa sehat sekitar 50 persen selama musim lalu. • Peningkatan efikasi yang signifikan ini merupakan kemajuan besar dalam pengembangan vaksin dan strategi perlindungan kesehatan masyarakat. • Temuan ini berkontribusi pada lanskap kebijakan vaksin AS yang terus berkembang, sebagaimana didokumentasikan dalam laporan status kebijakan vaksin terbaru CIDRAP tertanggal 28 April 2026.

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The Politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, was cited as saying by state news agency Xinhua that the economy got off to a better-than-expected start this year.

Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races ‌in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip run by rival Hamas.

The chief of the ​District of Columbia police department said investigators believe the suspect was a guest at the Washington Hilton hotel, where the annual dinner was ​taking place, but that no motive had been determined.

One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groupsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA majority of surveyed Australians approve of Pauline Hanson’s leadership of One Nation, giving her a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, as the Guardian Essential poll finds the rightwing populist party is outperforming the Coalition for the first time.The results come as Australians are becoming more pessimistic about the country and the economy, with the majority of respondents saying they expected things to get worse in coming months. Continue reading...

Transition and legal handover of hospital from private operator Healthscope to NSW Health occurs at 7am on WednesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney’s Northern Beaches hospital is officially entering the public system, ending a troubled eight-year public-private partnership, although uncertainty about the future of private services remains.The transition and legal handover of the hospital from private operator Healthscope to New South Wales Health will occur at 7am on Wednesday. The New South Wales health minister, Ryan Park, said it was a “historic day”. Continue reading...

• Anthropic's Mythos AI model, which the company deemed too dangerous for public release, has reportedly been accessed by an unauthorized third party in a significant security breach. • The incident has raised global concerns about AI safety and the security protocols surrounding advanced AI systems, particularly models flagged as high-risk by their developers. • The breach underscores ongoing tensions between AI safety considerations and cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the management of cutting-edge language models.

‘Critical debate’ about party’s identity and direction looms if it loses control of Senedd next month after 27 years in powerWelsh Labour is the democratic world’s most successful election-winning machine, coming first in Wales in every general election since 1922 and every devolved election since 1999. Come next month’s Senedd election, however, this history-making run is expected to end.Labour’s collapse has left a vacuum, and former Labour voters are going to opposite ends of the political spectrum. Plaid Cymru and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK are neck and neck in the latest poll, although coalition maths make it highly unlikely Reform would be able to form a government. Continue reading...

Former chief of staff who helped bring Mandelson out of Labour shadows for Washington post to be questioned by MPs on vetting processLike many Labour stories, Peter Mandelson’s and Morgan McSweeney’s both start at Lambeth council.Mandelson was in his mid-20s. It was 1979, and he was a new councillor under the leadership of “Red” Ted Knight. He came to despise the local party, describing the Lambeth Labour party’s leadership as “contributing very little to the economic development of south London, instead politicising everything, attacking the police and the Tory government, and making the council go broke.” Continue reading...

Extreme weather likely to continue after devastating homes and endangering millions in US south and midwestAt least one person was killed after a very powerful tornado struck northern Texas on Saturday night, as extreme weather continued to devastate homes and put millions across the south and midwestern US at risk, with wildfires also raging on in parts of Georgia.Officials from Wise county in Texas said the storm reached the area at around 10pm and caused significant damage across multiple neighborhoods. In addition to the confirmed death, six people were treated or transported by emergency responders to be treated for storm-related injuries. Continue reading...

Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zeroOne vision of the UK’s future involves a decarbonised economy powered by clean, renewable energy. Another involves making the UK an AI superpower.The government departments responsible for these two visions do not appear to have agreed on their numbers. Continue reading...

Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris JohnsonThe lexicon of a British parliamentary scandal is arcane.As Keir Starmer fights to remain prime minister, he has had to respond to a “humble address”, had his judgment picked over during an “emergency opposition day debate” and now faces the ignominy of a “privilege motion”. Continue reading...

Move creates conflict between state and administration as Trump seeks federal framework over states handling issueSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US justice department said on Friday it had intervened in a lawsuit by Elon Musk’s xAI challenging a Colorado law aimed at regulating artificial intelligence systems.In its intervention, the justice department said the law violates the 14th amendment’s equal protection guarantee by requiring companies to guard against unintended discriminatory effects while allowing some discrimination aimed at promoting diversity. Continue reading...

Philip Rycroft says promises on issues from economics to immigration have not lived up to expectationsBritain should start talking about rejoining the EU, according to a former senior civil servant who ran the Brexit department.Philip Rycroft, who was permanent secretary of the Department for Exiting the EU, said the “argument was there to be won” about going back into Europe, adding that a “clear-headed appraisal of what is in the country’s best interests” was needed. However, he said rejoining the bloc could be a “long and windy” road. Continue reading...

The department of justice has refused to hand over key evidence from the Jeffrey Epstein files and could delay Scotland Yard’s criminal inquiry.Good morning. The UK criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson has reportedly ground to a halt after the US justice department refused to hand over evidence contained in the Epstein files.The documents relate to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which Scotland Yard believes could hold key evidence related to Mandelson, who served as business secretary and US ambassador. While the Met has asked for voluntary disclosure, the US department of justice is insisting on a Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) request, a legal back and forth between countries to obtain evidence, the Telegraph has reported. Continue reading...

• The acting Attorney General announced charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center alleging fraud in its informant program. • Authorities assert that the SPLC's informant program paid sources to "stoke racial hatred," suggesting deliberate misuse of funds and inflammatory activities. • The investigation remains ongoing with the possibility of future indictments naming SPLC executives as defendants.

• OpenAI and Microsoft announced an expanded cybersecurity partnership aimed at combating emerging cyber threats in the AI era. • The two companies plan to deploy advanced artificial intelligence tools to enhance security capabilities across their platforms. • This collaboration reflects the growing recognition that AI-powered security solutions are essential to address increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.