Counting underway in 13 Assembly seats across 7 states

In keen battle for Bengal bypolls, TMC aims to repeat Lok Sabha landslide, BJP looks to hold ground In the bypolls for four Assembly seats in West Bengal, the stakes are high for both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the principal Opposition BJP. While the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC is attempting to maintain its supremacy it showed in the recent parliamentary elections, when it won 29 seats out of 42 in the state, the BJP is hoping for a turnaround after its Lok Sabha seats’ tally dropped to 12 from 18 in the…

4 Takeaways From Biden’s Post-Debate Interview | World News

He downplayed. He denied. He dismissed. President Joe Biden’s first television interview since his poor debate performance last week was billed as a prime-time opportunity to reassure the American people that he still has what it takes to run for, win and hold the nation’s highest office. But Biden, with more than a hint of hoarseness in his voice, spent much of the 22 minutes resisting a range of questions that George Stephanopoulos of ABC News had posed — about his competence, about taking a cognitive test, about his standing…