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Donald Trump has refused to say whether he's spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin since leaving office, as reported in journalist Bob Woodward's latest book. But if the two did speak, Trump said, it would be “a smart thing” for the United States. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was pressed on his communication with the Russian president during a wide-ranging — and sometimes contentious — interview with Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago. Woodward reports in his book “War” that Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Putin since leaving the White House and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test machines during the height of the pandemic. A Trump campaign spokesperson previously denied the report. During Tuesday's interview, Micklethwait posed the question to Trump directly: «Can you say yes or no whether you have talked to Vladimir Putin since you stopped being president?

US elections set to begin in a matter of days now, with the campaign having reached the last leg, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, both would be looking at staying away from controversy as much as they can. However, it looks like trouble does seem to find them at odd times, and this time it is Harris at the receiving end.

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Donald Trump initially leading in the popularity ratings against Joe Biden, followed by the first US Presidential debate that saw the former US President steamroll the reigning one in terms of performance. Ultimately, Joe Biden decided to drop out of the election race, majorly because of the humiliation he faced throughout the election race, suggested reports.

Election Commission of India announced on Tuesday. All 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra will vote in a single phase like in 2019. The western part of Jharkhand (81 seats) will go to polls on November 13 while other areas will vote in the second phase on November 20. Jharkhand had seen a 5-phase polling in 2019. Alongside, bypolls will be held in 48 assembly constituencies and two parliamentary seats.

BJP's central election committee held a meeting on Tuesday where it discussed potential candidates for about 60 seats in Jharkhand, starting with 28 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes, according to people familiar with the matter. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and other committee members, senior party leaders from Jharkhand were also present during the meeting, they said. BJP is focusing on seats reserved for STs as it managed to win only two of the 28 seats in the 2019 election. The party has decided to field senior party leaders and those who have joined from other parties, aiming to make the contest tougher for the INDIA bloc on the ST seats, said the people. In the first list, likely to be announced on Thursday, BJP will release the list of seats where senior leaders will be fielded, they said.

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Reeves said Labour's election pledge not to increase NI on «working people» related to the employee element, as opposed to the sum paid by employers, BBC News reported. Reeves said the Budget on 30 October would be «tough», but noted the difficult decisions would not turn firms away from investing in the UK because she will provide them long-term certainty about their taxation. Reeves rebrands UK Infrastructure Bank into £27.8bn National Wealth Fund The government has ruled out increasing VAT, NI or income tax. Reeves pledged to cap corporation tax, the levy paid by businesses on p...

US Election Day, the latest polls indicate that the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is closing. A set of three national polls is bringing out Trump's momentum, though Harris' success is fading away. The ABC News/Ipsos poll shows Harris leading 50 per cent-48 per cent, down from a six-point advantage, while the NBC News poll has the two candidates tied at 48 per cent, as per a report.

Associated Press reported that in this plan, Kamala Harris also has included one million forgivable loans of up to $20,000 for the entrepreneurs who belong to the Black community. It will also focus on helping the people who lack resources and connection while starting their businesses. To add more, Kamala Harris also stressed on the matter of the legalization of marijuana at the federal level which will ensure that these people are able to access opportunities in the industry of cannabis Also Read: Is Mike Tyson still planning to fight Jake Paul? Date, streaming, venue, tickets and all you need to know

assembly constituencies in West Bengal will be going for by-polls on November 13 this year. These six constituencies, which will go to by-polls, are Sitai in Cooch Behar district, Madarihat in Alipurduar district, Naihati and Haroa in North 24 Parganas, Medinipur in West Midnapore district and Taldangra in Bankura district. All these six constituencies are going for by-polls as their former MLAs have fought Lok Sabha elections and got elected in 2024 general elections. Manoj Tigga, former BJP legislator from Madarihat, and chief whip of BJP’s legislative party in the West Bengal assembly, got elected as a Lok Sabha member from Alipurduar constituency, vacating his seat. Former Trinamool Congress legislator from Sitai Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia is currently the party’s Lok Sabha member from Cooch Behar constituency and thus the seat went vacant. Former Trinamool legislator from Naihati Partha Bhowmik got elected as Lok Sabha member from Barrackpore.

Joe Biden's student debt relief agenda is taking a series of setbacks. A year-long reprieve for borrowers lapsed and a program to assist those in default ended. Adding insult to injury, a federal judge recently blocked Biden's Plan B for broader student loan forgiveness, leaving the uncertainty of millions of borrowers. While there has been some temporary relief through smaller programs like «borrower defense,» legal battles still prevent more significant changes, as per a report.

US elections campaigning has been a topsy-turvy one. For starters, she joined the US election race quite late, as she replaced Joe Biden, following his surprise exit. However, soon after, she managed to pick up the pieces, and built up her own stronghold in the key swing states and also at the national level. Some of the top pollsters in the country began backing her at the point, and following the second US Presidential debate, she also got some solid endorsement from the likes of Taylor Swift, and many other American influentials, who urged Americans to vote for the reigning Vice President.

Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala and Nanded seat in Maharashtra. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi is likely to make her election debut from Wayanad. Wayanad seat was vacated by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he was also elected to Lok Sabha from Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh in the general elections held earlier this year. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had announced in June that Rahul Gandhi will retain Raebareli, a traditional seat of the Gandhi family and vacate his Wayanad seat where the party will field Priyanka Gandhi.

US elections 2024 are just a couple of weeks away now, with the polling set to begin on November 5. In the meantime, multiple poll data across the battleground states, as well as from the national level, suggest that Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are extremely close to each other in terms of the contest. With some pollsters gunning for a Harris victory, based on their data at hand, others, especially, the prediction markets are going gaga over Donald Trump and his prospects of emerging victorious in the upcoming US elections.

Donald Trump loses the US Presidential elections again? Will US witness another January 6 Capitol violence? These are the questions that have left US election officials worried. Election officials and experts have apprehensions that Trump and his supporters will not accept the outcome if Democrat nominee Kamala Harris wins the elections. Trump and his supporters could again try to overturn his loss, like he did previously, according to a report in The Washington Post. When the former US President lost the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump not only refused to acknowledge his defeat but also spread unproven claims about widespread voter fraud and attempted to overturn the results in swing states. Trump also pressured Vice President Mike Pence to aid him in remaining in power while rioters stormed the US Capitol on January 6. Though many of those strategies can’t be used again because Trump no longer occupies the White House, and state and federal officials have since strengthened election laws, making it more challenging to disrupt the electoral process. But certain risks still remain.

Official campaigning has begun for Japan's Oct. 27 parliamentary election

This election follows the end of the current term of the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and is expected to be a fiercely contested battle between two major coalitions: the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which includes Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar), and Congress, and the Maha Yuti Alliance, formed by the BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), and NCP (Ajit Pawar). As the election date approaches, the model code of conduct has come into effect, following the announcement by the Election Commission of India. The current assembly’s term concludes on January 5, 2025.

Jharkhand assembly elections will be held in two phase on November 13 and 20, and the results will be out on November 23, the Election Commission of India announced on October 15. With the announcement of the poll dates, the model code of conduct immediately came into effect in the state. The term of the current assembly will end on January 5, 2025. The Jharkhand assembly has 81 seats (44 General, 9 SC, 28 ST). There are a total of 24 districts in the state. As per latest numbers, the state has 2.6 crore registered voters, of which 1.29 crore are women, 1.31 crore are men, 66.84 lakh young voters, and 11.84 lakh first-time voters.

Melania Trump shares her pro-choice stance on abortion, the moment she first met Donald Trump in a New York City night club and «cruel» rumours about her son having autism. Former US President Donald Trump initially expressed apprehension regarding his wife Melania Trump's new memoir. During an interview on the Nelk Boys' YouTube channel, Trump discussed his thoughts with hosts Salim Sirur and Kyle Forgeard. Trump admitted he was “nervous” before reading the book but was relieved after finding it “very good” and free of any negative remarks. “She wrote something very good. I was a little bit nervous before I read it,” Trump acknowledged. “You never know, maybe she said bad things, but she didn't.” Melania has maintained a low profile despite being the former First Lady and her husband's strong political influence in the US. Her memoir was published ahead of the high-stakes US Presidential elections 2024, earning the bestseller status on Amazon.

Maharashtra elections, which is expected to see dramatic fight between Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and Maha Yuti Alliance. CATCH LIVE UPDATES ON POLL DATES HERE The voters from Maharashtra will be casting their ballots on November 20 in single phase. The counting of votes is scheduled for November 23.