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Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Amy Acton’s campaign alleged her opponent's campaign is using her estranged mother in a controversial political ad against her.
Her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy is airing the ad featuring her mother, whose husband was charged with sexual abuse in her childhood.
BBC News – World Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Amy Acton’s campaign alleged her opponent's campaign is using her estranged mother in a controversial political ad against her.
The attack ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother remains a live, polarizing issue in Ohio’s governor’s race: Ramaswamy continues to air and defend it with support from Trump and Vance, while Acton—joined by Obama at a Cleveland rally—continues to condemn it alongside bipartisan criticism from DeWine.
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Former President Barack Obama joined Amy Acton at a Cleveland rally and publicly criticized Vivek Ramaswamy over the controversial attack ad.
BBC News – World Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate Amy Acton’s campaign alleged her opponent's campaign is using her estranged mother in a controversial political ad against her.
Sky News – World Jordanian authorities arrested three men after a deadly attack on a church. The assault occurred during a funeral procession in the western village of Hammoud and killed nine people, according to the newest report; an earlier account put the death toll at eight. The suspects were wounded in a dawn shootout with security forces. Jordan's director of public security described the assailants as Islamic extremists, but no group has been named.
NYTimes – World Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat after a student-led protest movement won a parliamentary majority in Serbia's elections, ending roughly 14 years of his dominance. The opposition Student List is projected to secure a majority following nearly two years of protests. Vučić, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and denounced the movement as foreign-led, acknowledged the loss in an early speech.
BBC News – World Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was re-elected to a fourth term in a tight runoff against right-wing challenger Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, official results showed. Lula won 51.7% of the vote to Bolsonaro's 48.2%. Bolsonaro refused to concede and said he would seek to have the vote annulled, following an evening of chaos at some polling places after voting was extended by two hours.
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