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Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Malaysian Minister's Party Switch Bid to Test Ruling Coalition
Malaysia's Trade Minister Zafrul Aziz said he is switching political parties, in a move set to test the relationship between two of the partners in the nation's ruling coalition. Zafrul, 51, is leaving the United Malays National Organization to become a member of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
Rural Democratic lawmaker announces switch to the GOP in the latest setback for Kentucky Democrats
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A longtime state lawmaker announced Friday that she is switching parties, joining Republican supermajorities in the latest setback for Democrats trying to rebuild support across rural Kentucky. State Sen. Robin Webb, who represents a four-county swath of northeastern Kentucky, revealed she will join the ranks of GOP lawmakers who control the flow of legislation in the state. Webb was one of the last rural Democrats in Kentucky's legislature, and her defection leaves her ex-party more tethered to urban and suburban districts in a state with large stretches of rural territory controlled by the GOP.
