The Daily Populous

Sabrina Carpenter has engaged more voters through HeadCount than any other artist in 2024, registering over 27,000 new voters and engaging over 183,000 voters through giveaways, in-person activations and video boards on her “Short n’ Sweet” arena tour.

Since 2004, HeadCount has registered over 1.5 million voters by partnering with artists like Grande, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and more.

More than 80% of all voters HeadCount has registered this year are Gen Z or Millennials. »

A local councillor for the far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) was shot in the jaw on Tuesday when police tried to arrest him over an alleged plot to mount a Nazi-inspired coup.

The councillor confronted police with a gun, leading to an officer firing two warning shots.

The AfD politician was one of eight men arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged neo-Nazi terror cell. »

New York Times tech staff have begun strike action in protest of alleged unfair labour practices, and are asking people not to play the Times' games - which include the likes of Wordle and Connections - in order to "honour the digital picket line".

These include remote/hybrid work protections, "just cause" job protections (which the Times' newsroom is said to have had for "decades"), subcontracting limits, and pay equity/fair pay.

"Our union members and bargaining committee have done everything to avoid this ULP strike," Tech Guild unit chair Kathy Zhang said in the statement. »

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two dozen states have indicated they would be willing to send National Guard troops to Washington if requested in the weeks following the presidential election and in the runup to the inauguration, Guard officials said Monday.

In 2021, a few states declined to send troops, also worried about violence within their own borders and capitals.

Defense officials said Monday that 10 states have activated state Guard members to assist for the election — primarily doing cybersecurity missions. »