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• Um democrata de Connecticut com ambições políticas abandonou negociações bipartidárias sobre o financiamento do governo em meio à pressão do partido por inclusão. • A saída intensifica as tensões sobre as prioridades do orçamento federal e cortes de gastos. • Isso poderá atrasar projetos de lei de financiamento fundamentais para os próximos prazos fiscais.

• O Partido Trabalhista está sob pressão para abolir as cédulas de votação em grupo enquanto Avi Yemini detalha plano para canalizar votos para partidos conservadores na eleição estadual. • O plano de um provocador de direita de registrar o "Partido Free Palestine" e usá-lo para canalizar votos para partidos conservadores na eleição estadual de Victoria renovou as preocupações sobre o sistema de votação do estado. • Avi Yemini, ex-soldado israelense e jornalista investigativo autoproclamado que cria conteúdo para seu canal no YouTube, Rebel News Australia, anunciou na terça-feira planos de registrar o partido, afirmando que ele iria "direcionar nossas preferências para partidos que queiram libertar a Palestina do Hamas" na votação de novembro.

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...

• 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...

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...

Hope Not Hate campaign identifies election hopefuls calling for a ‘white Britain’ and complaining of ‘kowtowing to the black community’A Reform UK candidate who called for a “white Britain” and said Keir Starmer should be shot is among a number of contenders fuelling doubts about the party’s claim to have tightened up its vetting.The past comments of Linda McFarlane and other political hopefuls have been unearthed ahead of the 7 May elections, including one who complained about “constant kowtowing to the black community” and others who endorsed the far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Continue reading...