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Romanian President Nicusor Dan nominated MEP and presidential adviser Eugen Tomac as prime minister on 4 June 2026, starting a parliamentary approval process intended to end weeks of government-formation deadlock, according to AP, Reuters and Romanian outlet Digi24.
Republican Steve Hilton led California's crowded governor primary in unofficial results posted by the California Secretary of State as of 5:48 p.m. on Wednesday, 3 June, with Democrat Xavier Becerra second and Democrat Tom Steyer third while vote counting continued.
The U.S. House voted 215-208 on Wednesday to approve H. Con. Res. 86, a War Powers resolution directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran.
Israel's Knesset voted 106-0 in an overnight session ending early on Tuesday, 2 June, to pass the first reading of a bill to dissolve parliament, a procedural step that could bring forward elections but does not by itself end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
Danish caretaker Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told King Frederik X on Monday that she could form a new government made up of the Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party, the Moderates and Radikale Venstre, the Danish royal house said.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated four-term US Senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary runoff for US Senate on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, securing the party's nomination and setting up a November race against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough advised late Saturday that a $1 billion Secret Service provision linked to a proposed White House East Wing ballroom violates the Byrd Rule, blocking its inclusion in a Republican budget reconciliation package advancing in the chamber. [1][3]