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In a social media post, Trump directed the GOP-controlled Congress to fight for voter ID requirements, proof of citizenship, and a partial ban on mail-in voting. Trump said U.S. elections are, quote, rigged, stolen, but provided no evidence to support this claim. Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California criticized Trump's demands and his previous call to nationalize elections. Here's Schiff on ABC News.
He's basically telling us he intends to interfere in this upcoming election.
Schiff said Congress and the Supreme Court will not rein Trump in, and it'll be up to voters in 2026. But not all Democrats criticized Trump's demands. Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman told Fox News on Sunday, voter ID requirements are, quote, not a radical idea. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party scored a landslide victory Sunday in a hastily called snap election. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports that it's a big payoff for a big gamble by the nation's first female prime minister.
The LDP has been in power for most of the past seven decades, and this appears to be their biggest win ever, despite having lost two elections in a row. They won a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house, allowing them to override vetoes on legislation in the opposition-controlled upper house. The key factor in the LDP's win is the popularity of Prime Minister Sanae Takeichi. which has stayed in the 60 percent range since she took office in October. It helped her party beat all opponents, including a newly formed centrist alliance on the left and smaller populist parties on the right.
What are President Trump's recent demands regarding U.S. elections?
Takeuchi has said she wants to use the mandate to pursue some controversial policies, including tax cuts and increased defense spending. Anthony Kuhn in PR News, Seoul.
A new poll of six major European countries shows attitudes toward the U.S. have taken a nosedive over the last decade. Terry Schulz reports the highest unfavorable rating of the U.S. is in Denmark.
The international polling company YouGov says the view of the U.S. in most of Western Europe is the lowest seen in the decade it's been tracking. A survey conducted last month in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain showed the impact of the Greenland crisis on European attitudes, with unfavorability spiking in all of them since last November. The figure was the highest in Denmark, with 84 percent of citizens holding a negative view of the U.S. A separate question asking whether the U.S. should be seen as an ally or a threat also showed the most negativity in Denmark, with just over a quarter viewing the U.S. as a friend. The highest number of respondents viewing the U.S. as an ally was in France at 53 percent.
For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
And you're listening to NPR News. Using a stifling defense, the Seattle Seahawks won its second Super Bowl Sunday night in Santa Clara, California, 29-13. Sam Darnold tossed a touchdown pass to A.J. Barner. Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards. And Jason Myers set a Super Bowl record by hitting all five of his field goals in the game that featured the New England Patriots. American skier Lindsey Vonn is in stable condition after she was injured during a dramatic crash in Sunday's Olympic downhill race. She was airlifted off the slope in a helicopter to be taken for treatment. NPR's Becky Sullivan has more.
Lindsey Vonn's crash looked bad. Just 13 seconds after she came out of the start house, Vonn killed herself.
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