Politics

Reporting and analysis from the politics desk, grouped by publication day.10 stories indexed

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Visual for Newsorga: Romania parliament and government crisis contextPolitics
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Romania’s PM Ilie Bolojan toppled in no-confidence vote: the full story of how the coalition broke and what happens next

281 MPs voted to dismiss Bolojan’s government—well above the 233 required—after Romania’s largest party, the PSD, left the coalition over austerity and joined forces with the opposition on the motion. Markets had already punished the leu; President Nicușor Dan must now try to nominate a successor while Bolojan stays on as caretaker.

By Newsorga desk

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Visual for Newsorga: Kerala assembly election and Left defeat contextPolitics
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Kerala 2026: why the Left lost, and what it means that India has no communist-led state for the first time since 1977

The Congress-led UDF won a landslide in the 140-seat house while the LDF collapsed—leaving the CPI(M) and allies in the opposition and, for the first time in decades, no state government in India headed by the organised communist left. The defeat lands after Bengal (2011) and Tripura (2018) slipped away; it also caps a fall in national footprint from kingmaker-scale Lok Sabha strength to a handful of seats.

By Newsorga desk

Abstract visual for Newsorga: Minnesota government and oversightPolitics
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Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future fraud: $250 million in alleged meal-program theft, federal convictions, and state scrutiny of Ilhan Omar’s MEALS Act

Federal prosecutors allege at least $250 million stolen through Feeding Our Future and affiliated meal sites. Dozens of defendants have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial. Separate from those charges, Minnesota lawmakers have questioned Omar’s MEALS Act and her 2020 praise of a restaurant later linked to the network.

By Newsorga desk

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