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Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections at the LDP headquarters Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026 in Tokyo. Check this page for latest political news today including live updates and breaking headlines from Australia and around the world. February 8, 2026 • Vote counting was underway in Thailand’s early general election on Sunday, seen as a three-way race among competing visions of progressive, populist and old-fashioned patronage politics. The Department of Homeland Security has faced criticism over law enforcement tactics targeting undocumented immigrants and the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. February 10, 2026 • The hearing underscored how deeply divided Republicans and Democrats remain on top-level changes to immigration enforcement in the wake of the shootings of two U.S. citizens. February 10, 2026 • An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump’s unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says.
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- California school districts could be on the hook for about $3 billion in liability for child sexual abuse lawsuits.
- February 10, 2026 • The hearing underscored how deeply divided Republicans and Democrats remain on top-level changes to immigration enforcement in the wake of the shootings of two U.S. citizens.
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- February 10, 2026 • An FBI investigation of the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., was initiated by a lawyer who aided President Trump’s unsuccessful efforts to overturn that election, an unsealed affidavit says.
The new document revealed that the FBI’s investigation was initiated following a referral from an attorney who worked to overturn the election results in 2020. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded the New Jersey special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s congressional seat. GOP leaders launched an unsuccessful bid to reinstate a ban on resolutions that challenged the president’s sweeping tariffs.
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