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Independent left wing candidate wins Irish presidential elections

Connolly, 68, is a fluent Irish speaker from Galway in the west of Ireland, and has promised to be a voice for all the people of Ireland and for peace.

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Do California voters want Gavin Newsom to run for president?

California voters are set to vote on Proposition 50 next month, which would allow congressional redistricting the state that favors Democrats. CBS News polling dove deeper into the Golden State's views on national issues like the 2028 pr...

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Calif. gov candidate Katie Porter loses cool in tense interview

Voters in California will elect a new governor next year after Gov. Gavin Newsom's second term runs out. The race is getting a lot of attention this week after a CBS News interview with early frontrunner Katie Porter was posted online.

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Fact-check: Has the Netherlands banned Antifa?

Calls to ban Antifa have emerged in Europe following the killing of Charlie Kirk. No links between Kirk's suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, and any other left-wing groups have been made to date.

Euronews

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The Left launches no-confidence motion against European Commission

The group has collected enough signatures, with the help of some Greens and non-attached MEPs. Von der Leyen now faces two confidence votes in October.

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What is Antifa and why is Trump targeting it?

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder, U.S. President Donald Trump said he will designate Antifa as a terrorist group — but what is Antifa? For The National, CBC’s Ashley Fraser breaks down the origins of the movement.

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Trump to label Antifa a 'major terrorist organisation'

President Trump said on social media he plans to label Antifa — short for anti-fascist and linked to left-wing activism — a 'major terrorist organisation,' calling the group 'sick, dangerous and radical.'

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Trump targets Antifa movement as 'terrorist organization'

U.S. President Donald Trump signaled new action against left-wing groups following the assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, targeting the anti-fascist Antifa movement as a "terrorist organisation."

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Democrats take more aggressive approach

The Democratic National Committee kicked off its summer meetings in Minneapolis on Monday. CBS News political editorial producer Hunter Woodall breaks down how Democrats are looking ahead to the 2026 midterm elections.

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Holocaust scholar says Israel is committing genocide

Israeli-born genocide scholar Omer Bartov explains why incitement, displacement and the destruction of civilian life can meet the legal bar for genocide, even without gas chambers or shooting pits.

Left-Wing Politics

Independent left wing candidate wins Irish presidential elections

Do California voters want Gavin Newsom to run for president?

Calif. gov candidate Katie Porter loses cool in tense interview

Fact-check: Has the Netherlands banned Antifa?

The Left launches no-confidence motion against European Commission

What is Antifa and why is Trump targeting it?

Trump to label Antifa a 'major terrorist organisation'

Trump targets Antifa movement as 'terrorist organization'

Democrats take more aggressive approach

Holocaust scholar says Israel is committing genocide

Sen. Schiff: Trump not consulting Democrats before strikes poses risks

‘Canada is not the problem’: Canadian official on new steel tariffs

Historian says Trump is the barrier to the peace in Ukraine

Former U.S. ambassador on the irony behind Trump and Zelenskyy meeting

‘They never even pretended’: Ukrainian MP says Russia of broke truce

GOP Rep. Hurd wants to make sure we do tariffs 'the right way’

Dem Rep. Moskowitz: ‘Absolutely no brakes’ on Trump’s trade war

Dem Rep. McGarvey: Trump tariffs will be ‘absolutely devastating’

Agriculture secretary defends tariffs on islands populated by penguins

Rep. Debbie Dingell: Trump tariffs ‘complicated’ issue in Michigan

Ontario Premier: Trump tariffs are ‘tax on Americans’

Trump: Ukraine trying to back out of minerals deal

How Trump’s tariffs could rattle the world

‘Buckle in’: Top economist says Trump’s tariffs may backfire

International market wants people ‘comfortable enough to shop and eat’

Assessing Russia’s war on Ukraine after Trump’s phone call with Putin

Witkoff says he expects a Trump-Putin call ‘this week’

Hamas plan to free Israeli-American hostage 'a nonstarter,' envoy says

Trump envoy on his meeting with Putin

Senior Trump adviser claims tariffs will help Americans