The controversy in Alaska over the contest for a Senate seat keeps growing. President Donald Trump remarked Thursday on the pivotal race that could determine control of the Senate in next Tuesday’s midterm elections. The president, whose administration’s future is at stake, questioned whether Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate, Mary Peltola, could take her seat even if she wins. His remarks come after The New York Times revealed that Peltola’s team maneuvered to recruit a third candidate with the same name as her Republican rival in an effort to split the Republican vote in the state’s election.

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La polémica en Alaska por la contienda a un escaño en el Senado no para de crecer. Donald Trump se pronunció este jueves sobre esta carrera decisiva que podría determinar el control del Senado en las elecciones de medio término del próximo martes. El presidente de Estados Unidos, que se juega el futuro de su mandato en las midterms del 3 de noviembre, puso en duda que la candidata demócrata al Senado por Alaska, Mary Peltola, pueda ocupar su escaño incluso si gana. Sus declaraciones llegan después de que The New York Times revelara que el equipo de Peltola maniobró para encontrar un tercer candidato con el mismo nombre que su rival republicano, con el objetivo de dividir el voto republicano en los comicios de ese Estado.

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Cornell University took another step Wednesday in acknowledging responsibility over its handling of a complaint by a former student — whose identity remains anonymous and who is referred to as Jane Doe — against seven members of a fraternity at the elite New York state school who she accused of raping her in October 2024. The faculty governing body at Cornell, known as the Faculty Senate, will begin voting on a symbolic censure resolution to condemn how the university handled Jane Doe’s case.

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