One of Taiwan’s leading opposition party candidates in Saturday’s presidential election has promised to boost the island’s defense capabilities while restarting dialogue with Beijing.

Nigeria’s opposition has filed a petition in court against the ruling party’s victory in the West African nation’s presidential election.

When bestselling author JD Vance founded “Our Ohio Renewal” a day after the 2016 presidential election, he promoted the charity as a vehicle for helping solve the scourge of opioid addiction he’d lamented in his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.”.

A Flint business address at the top of a nominating petition, instead of a Grand Blanc home address, didn't spoil the signatures gathered by B. Chris Christenson, the appeals court said Thursday. FLINT, Mich. – State election officials took the wrong path in trying to keep a Genesee County judicial candidate off the 2020 ballot, the Michigan Court of Appeals said. A Flint business address at the top of a nominating petition, instead of a Grand Blanc home address, didn't spoil the signatures gathered by B. Chris Christenson, the appeals court said Thursday. Christenson advanced to the November election and won a seat on the Genesee County Circuit Court. Read more: Headlines from Genesee County

President-elect Joe Biden is eyeing several Democrats who lost congressional reelection races last month for key positions in his administration. President-elect Joe Biden is eyeing several Democrats who lost congressional reelection races last month for key positions in his administration. Their consideration continues a long Washington tradition of defeated politicians seeking shelter in a new White House. A decade later, he headlined a rally for her winning congressional campaign. “More than helping the president, these people can help the White House staff dealing with members of Congress,” said Card.

WASHINGTON The Latest on Tuesday's elections (all times local):10:40 a.m.A Republican congressional candidate in Connecticut has abruptly ended his campaign on the day of his primary election following his arrest on a domestic assault charge. The state Republican Party says Thomas Gilmer was arrested late Monday and dropped out of the race because of the severity of the accusations." The party had endorsed Gilmer over his primary opponent. Wethersfield police say Gilmer was charged on a warrant with first-degree unlawful restraint and second-degree strangulation and posted a $5,000 bond. Gilmers campaign website was down, and he could not immediately be reached for comment.

ANN ARBOR – Mozhgan Savabieasfahani (D) is running for the Ward 4 city council seat. An Ann Abror resident since 2001, she regularly demonstrated in front of Ann Arbor City Council on several issues before running for the Ward 4 seat. I am the only candidate to actually spell out my legislative agenda to deal with the issues facing Ann Arbor. For decades, Ann Arbor City Government has favored the well-being of private development over the needs of its working people. All About Ann Arbor reached out to all of the city council candidates for interviews.

ATLANTA Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive," Bottoms, a potential Democratic vice presidential candidate, tweeted. Brian Kemp on his slowness to order Georgians to shelter in place and his quickness to lift that order. The former vice president has been considering Bottoms as his possible vice presidential running mate in his own presidential bid. Bottoms has supported protests against police brutality and racial injustice that have been widespread in Atlanta, urging protesters to get tested for the virus.

I understand what these dollars mean, Biden wrote in an email to supporters, announcing his May cash haul on Monday. Im in awe of this sum of money, Biden wrote. Every single dollar is going to make sure he is only a one-term president.The $80.8 million Biden and the Democratic National Committee raised in May is his biggest cash take yet. Trump and the Republican National Committee have not yet released their numbers for the month. In April, Trump and the Republican National Committee barely edged Biden, taking in $61.7 million, compared to the $60 million Biden raised with the DNC.

Trump later retweeted a post that appeared to make fun of a photo of Biden in his mask, though he later said he didn't mean to be critical. In an interview with CNN, Biden responded, Hes a fool, an absolute fool, to talk that way.He's supposed to lead by example, Biden said. Biden didn't wear a mask during the CNN interview, which was conducted outside his house, but he sat 12 feet (3.6 meters) from the reporter. "That in his basement, right next to his wife, hes not wearing a mask. But hes wearing one outdoors when hes socially distant.