Ford triumphs in Nevada governor primary, takes aim at Republican incumbent
CARSON CITY, Nev. (CN) — Nevada Republican Governor Joe Lombardo never faced a real threat in his bid for another term. He had primary challengers on Tuesday’s ballot, but no serious competition. That will come, or at least Democrats hope, in November when the...
Court rejects EU auditors’ bid to shield officials from interviews in institutional clash
(CN) — The EU’s second-highest court said Wednesday a governmental spending watchdog could not stop prosecutors from questioning a dozen of its officials in a criminal probe, in what legal analysts said was an important case for the bloc’s balance of powers. The...
Trump’s pick in Republican race for South Carolina governor faces runoff election
CHARLESTON, S.C. (CN) — South Carolina’s lieutenant governor and attorney general will compete in a runoff election after neither candidate secured a majority of the votes in the Republican governor’s race. Meanwhile, a state representative seen as a rising star in...
Lukács and the philosophers’ affair: A case study in Orbán’s authoritarianism
BUDAPEST, Hungary (CN) — It started as an editorial attack in Magyar Nemzet, Hungary’s major right-wing newspaper, and ended years later the way Viktor Orbán wanted it to: With the closure of an archive dedicated to Hungary’s most famous left-wing philosopher....
Guts may hold the key to happiness
(CN) — Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could have mental health benefits beyond weight loss and diabetes treatment, according to new research on mouse gut microbiomes published on Wednesday. The study, authored by more than a dozen researchers in China, found that...
Heirs to Jewish banker seek to reclaim a Nazi-tainted Van Gogh
NEWARK, N.J. (CN) — The heirs of a prominent German-Jewish banker are making a new attempt to reclaim a Van Gogh painting they say their ancestor was forced to sell under the Nazi regime. The painting, part of the “Sunflowers” series by Vincent Van Gogh, had belonged...
Arson, anti-immigrant violence explode across Belfast after stabbing
MANCHESTER, England (CN) — Houses, cars and a bus were burned across Belfast on Tuesday night after a Sudanese man was charged over a knife attack that left a local man with catastrophic injuries, triggering violence that police and politicians said targeted...
Supreme Court set to rule on Trump, GOP policy goals ahead of summer recess
WASHINGTON (CN) — The sprint to summer break is in full swing as the Supreme Court prepares for several weeks of blockbuster rulings on elections, birthright citizenship and presidential power. The justices typically depart Washington at the end of June, leaving just...
Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra advance to November election for California governor
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Republican Steve Hilton on Tuesday secured a spot in November’s election for California governor. With an estimated 874,000 ballots remaining to be tallied, the British-born political commentator had received 2,108,641 votes, or 25%. Former...