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Donald Trump faced a radically transformed and hostile political landscape on Wednesday after US voters handed control of Congress to the Democrats in a stunning rebuke to his presidency. The result was a personal humiliation for the 80-year-old Trump as a Democratic wave swept into his Republican heartland, boosted by anger at soaring energy prices and his costly war with Iran.
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Netanyahu says 'serious suspicions' of foreign interference in vote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that there are "serious suspicions" of foriegn interference in the Israeli elections after his Likud party suffered resounding defeats in the recent vote. "There are serious suspicions that foreign states have spent considerable sums to influence the outcome of the elections in Israel," Netanyahu said in a video posted on social media. He blamed "extremist Islam" for…
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The parliament in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region elected a speaker on Wednesday, following over two years of political deadlock. This development comes amid persistent political struggles between the KDP and the PUK.
