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Month: November 2021

Leftist wins Honduran presidential vote after rival concedes

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ ruling party has conceded defeat in presidential elections, giving victory to leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro and easing fears of another contested vote and violent protests. Tegucigalpa Mayor Nasry Asfura of the National Party said in a statement that he had personally

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January 6 committee uses recent deposition to justify plan to refer former top Trump DOJ official for criminal contempt

By Whitney Wild, Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is using Jeffrey Clark‘s refusal to answer questions during a recent deposition and failure to hand over subpoenaed documents to the panel to justify its plan to refer the former top

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Honduras’ ruling party candidate concedes presidential race

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The presidential candidate from Honduras’ ruling party has conceded that opposition candidate Xiomara Castro won Sunday’s election. Tegucigalpa Mayor Nasry Asfura of the National Party said in a statement that he had personally congratulated Castro, despite only about half of the voting place tallies having been

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