"PiS Leads in Poland's Local Elections, Testing Tusk's Government"

Poland's ruling party, PiS, is leading in local elections but is facing challenges in maintaining political control as it grapples with issues such as Chinese presence in a Polish port triggering security fears, tensions over Ukrainian truckers' access to the EU, a country-wide sweep involving a raid on a former justice minister, and the ouster of the Polish central banker, Adam Glapiński, amid accusations of unauthorized asset purchases and undermining the central bank's independence.