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In New York, the officials of the Board of Elections say a «stolen election» isn't possible and elaborate measures have been put in place to counter any subversive attempts. «A multi-jurisdictional national, state and city wide security plan is in place for NYC. Some of these you see, some you don't. All the ballots are secured by the NYPD and we work closely with them. A stolen election in NYC is not possible. We are always trying to stay ahead of the bad guys for sure,» says Vincent Ignizio, Deputy Executive Director Board of Elections in New York.

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is likely to be one of the most closely contested ones in recent US history. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are deadlocked in the popular vote. But the election process in US elections is quite complicated. The popular vote doesn't decide the winner of the election but the Electoral college does. Though highly unlikely, there is a scenario where neither candidate reaches the 270 threshold and instead, they tie at 269-269. If neither candidate reaches the required 270, the US Constitution dictates the next steps. The race would become a “contingent election” which gives Congress the responsibility of choosing the next president and vice president.

mycoplasma pneumonia are increasing across the U.S., particularly among young children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to an NPR report, Preeti Sharma, a pediatric pulmonologist at UT Southwestern and Children's Health in Dallas, has observed the rise firsthand. This condition, caused by the Mycoplasma pneumoniae bacteria, initially appears as mild cold symptoms but progresses to a persistent, disruptive cough. Sharma noticed the symptoms in her 12-year-old daughter, who came home with a runny nose, sneezing, and a sore throat, which progressed to a lingering cough. “She had a runny nose, some sneezing, a little bit of sore throat, and a little bit of kind of feeling fatigued, lower appetite,” Sharma said.

Former President Trump addresses questions from Georgia women voters during an exclusive town hall on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’

Nirmala Sitharaman raised the issue for fairness and accuracy in sovereign ratings for emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) during her address at the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) 2024 Annual Meeting. Speaking in Washington, D.C., at the IMFC Plenary session on «Managing Director's Global Policy Agenda,» on Friday, Sitharaman emphasized that sovereign ratings should more accurately reflect the economic fundamentals of EMDEs, ensuring fair access to capital and improved ability to attract private investment. «There is need for sovereign ratings to adequately account for EMDEs economic fundamentals to ensure the cost of capital for them and their ability to attract private capital is factored in,» Sitharaman said.

sovereign defaults has finally crested, with the likes of Ghana, Sri Lanka and Zambia concluding years of painful debt reworks. But the International Monetary Fund and others worry that a dangerous liquidity shortfall could take its place in many emerging economies — setting back development, stunting climate change mitigation and fuelling distrust in governments and Western institutions. The issue, and what to do about it when western countries are increasingly loath to send money overseas, is a key topic at the IMF World Bank autumn meetings taking place in Washington, D.C. this week.

early voting process gains momentum, Democrats have taken the lead in voter turnout. A total of 46 states, along with the District of Columbia, have begun sending out mail-in ballots or have started in-person early voting. Alabama was the first to initiate this process, dispatching absentee ballots to its voters on September 11. According to TargetSmart, a data-collection firm, over 8.4 million voters have already cast their ballots as of October 18. This includes more than 4.5 million Democrats, surpassing the 3.1 million early voters from the Republican side.

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TikTok has been aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective

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More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok

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US congressional elections, albeit on a temporary basis. A federal appeals court said that betting on the US congressional election can be resumed on a temporary basis. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has lifted a prior injunction that prohibited New York startup company Kalshi from betting on which political party will control the House and Senate following the election, which will happen in November. The recent rule of the U.S. Court of Appeals has cleared the way for restarting the betting activity, and the court continues to deliberate on the core issues surrounding the case, which means that the court is taking time to analyze the implications and legalities, as per ABC News. Kalshi has only offered betting on congressional races, but there is no immediate indication that Kalshi is planning to broaden its betting options to feature presidential elections. As the political climate heats up, stakeholders are eager to see whether the platform will diversify its offerings in the near future. The court has declared that it will reconsider a ban willingly only if the relevant commission presents evidence that is a threat of serious harm to the interests of the public in the coming week.

A settlement has been reached in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 election

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President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows that inflation has eased

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