AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoElection Security: Political appointees in President Trump’s administration asked the US election security agency to secretly obtain and hack a voting machine, ProPublica reports. The plan never went ahead, but career staff feared it could enable challenges to results. France’s Crisis: Protests over living costs and public services are rattling markets: French borrowing costs jumped, with the 10-year bond yield reaching 4.88%, as political uncertainty deepens ahead of next year’s presidential election. Threats to Politicians: Australian independent MP Helen Haines is critically injured after being struck by a vehicle; investigators have not established a motive. Authorities also reported more than 1,000 incidents of threats, harassment and intimidation involving public officials in the past financial year. Somalia’s Election Dispute: Opposition leaders and regional administrations plan talks in Nairobi to coordinate their response to a disputed federal election timetable, which they say lacks broad political agreement.
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