Tag: Party

Fumio Kishida’s party loses all 3 seats in special vote, seen as punishment for corruption scandal

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing party, stung by an extensive slush funds scandal, appeared to have lost all three seats in Sunday’s parliamentary by-elections, according to media exit polls and preliminary results. The Liberal Democratic Party‘s loss is considered a voter punishment for its links to a yearslong corruption saga that erupted […]

Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Arrested

Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for president, was arrested Saturday during a campus protest. Lest her arrest not get the publicity the campaign wanted, Stein posted video of it on the social media platform X. “Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at […]