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Poland's opposition leader Tusk says 3 parties have enough votes to unseat the Law and Justice party

Poland’s election result is on a knife edge as an exit poll says that the governing Law and Justice party won the most votes WARSAW, Poland -- Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk said that three opposition parties had sufficient votes to win the general election on Sunday after an exit poll projected that they had enough combined support to oust Law and Justice, the governing conservative nationalist party . The Ipsos exit poll suggested that the opposition together has likely won 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of parliament, the Sejm. Law and Justice, according to the projection, obtained 200 seats, while the far-right Confederation got 12 seats. “I am the happiest man on earth," Tusk said. “Democracy has won. Poland has won.” Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski acknowledged that the outcome was uncertain. Kaczynski told supporters at his headquarters that his party’s result, at nearly 37% of the vote, according to the exit poll, was a great success, but acknow...

Populist, pro-Russia ex-premier leads leftist party to win in Slovakia's parliamentary elections

A populist former prime minister and his leftist party have won parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to almost complete results BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- A populist former prime minister and his leftist party won parliament ary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to almost complete results. With results from 99.2% of some 6,000 polling stations counted by the Slovak Statistics Office early Sunday, former Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leftist Smer, or Direction, party led with 23.3% of the votes. The election Saturday was a test for the small eastern European country’s support for neighboring Ukraine in its war with Russia, and the win by Fico could strain a fragile unity in the European Union and NATO. Fico, 59, vowed to withdraw Slovakia’s military support for Ukraine in Russia’s war if his a...

RFK Jr. teases announcement amid third party bid rumors

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has teased an upcoming announcement. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. teased an announcement on Friday that he said would create a "sea change in American Politics " amid speculation that the Democratic candidate may leave the party . Kennedy previously refused to rule out an independent run for president in August. 2024 contest. Kennedy said in a video on Friday that voters were frustrated with Congress and the leadership of both political parties. "A lot of Americans who had previously given up any hope of real change would ever come through the American electoral process have begun to find new hope in my candidacy," Kennedy said in the video entitled 'Save the Date. Save the Country,' declining to provide any specifics on what he would say. "I want to tell you now what I've come to understand after six months of campaigning: there is a path to victory. The hope we are feeling isn't some kind of trick in the mind." Kennedy...

Teen dies, another injured in shooting outside Atlanta high school following graduation party: Police

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A teenager was shot and killed early Sunday morning outside an Atlanta high school after a confrontation that began at a graduation party, police said. A teenager was shot and killed early Sunday morning outside an Atlanta high school after a confrontation that began at a graduation party , according to police. The Atlanta Police Department said it responded to calls about multiple people shot at 2:27 a.m. near Benjamin E. Mays High School. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities said they discovered a 16-year-old who was critically injured . She was transported to the hospital and succumbed to her injuries, police said. MORE: 'Heartbreaking': 17-year-old killed at DC high school in 3rd shooting of child this week In this screen grab from a video, the sign for Benjamin E. Mays High School is shown in Atlanta. WSB The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed to ABC News that Breasia Powell was killed in the incident. A 16-year-old boy also checked himself into t...