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People carefully rejoice at the Social Democrats' election watch as Sweden's left-wing bloc, led by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats, was credited with a slim lead in Sunday's general election in exit polls. The four left-wing parties were credited with 50.6 percent of voter support in an exit poll published on TV4 compared to 48 percent for the four parties on the right, while a second exit poll on public broadcaster SVT gave the left 49.8 percent and the right 49.2 percent. Both polls suggested the far right could become the country's second-biggest party for the first time. IMAGES
SPD's chancellor candidate, Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz, receives flowers at SPD headquarters in Berlin as Germany braces for a period of political unpredictability after the Social Democrats narrowly won a general election but faced a rival claim to power from outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative camp. IMAGES
The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Having been previously impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to the Ukraine scandal, he's the first president to be impeached twice. Trump was impeached for 'incitement of insurrection' over his role in triggering the violent siege of the US Capitol on January 6. Five people died in the riot. According to Business Insider, ten Republican lawmakers broke ranks to vote with their Democratic colleagues to impeach the president. The final vote was 232 in favor of impeachment and 197 against.
"Georgia, thank so much for the confidence you have placed in me," Democrat Jon Ossoff says in a televised statement, as he claims victory in the second of two run-off votes. The win would give President-elect Joe Biden control of the United States' Senate. The US media have not yet called the race, and Ossoff's Republican opponent David Perdue has not conceded. SOUNDBITE
Marietta, Dec 30 (EFE/EPA).- Democrats want to repeat the formula that led them to victory in the Nov. 3 presidential election in Georgia and they are relying on the local Hispanic vote in the crucial runoffs for the state's two US Senate seats in early January, races that will decide which party holds the majority in the upper house.In the final stretch of the campaign, Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have redoubled their efforts to secure the decisive support of the Latino community, which - along with African Americans in Georgia - formed a coalition that helped Joe Biden defeat President Donald Trump in the state and nationwide. (Camera: ERIK LESSER). SHOT LIST: DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE JON OSSOFF SPEAKS TO SUPPORTERS DURING A CAMPAIGN RALLY IN THE PARKING LOT OF A HISPANIC SUPERMARKET IN THE CITY OF MARIETTA, GEORGIA, US.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has been a staunch ally of President Donald Trump over the years. He's also inserted himself into the Georgia state election process, in an effort to investigate possible voter fraud. Nevertheless, Graham said on Wednesday said that President-elect Joe Biden should begin receiving intelligence briefings. To date, Biden has not received any briefings, as Trump refuses to concede and the GSA has refused to issue the necessary letter of ascertainment. Business Insider reports Graham has backed Trump's legal efforts, despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud.