Ethiopia’s ruling party has maintained an overwhelming majority in parliament following the June 1 election.
Political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella holds a razor-thin lead in Colombia’s presidential election with nearly all the votes counted, in a runoff vote marked by people’s fears of a renewed internal conflict.
President Donald Trump has now endorsed both Republican candidates for governor in South Carolina.
The relationship between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans seems to be nearing a breaking point.
Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles will compete to become Maine’s next governor.
Janeese Lewis George is making waves in Washington, D.C., with her progressive agenda as she aims for the mayor's office.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will fight attempts by rival Andy Burnham to oust him from office.
Democratic candidates in California have secured the two slots in a special general election to serve out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term.
New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who’s been absent from Congress since March with an unspecified medical issue, is set to return on June 30.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized the Republican Party of Florida after the group reportedly announced it would not be holding a gubernatorial debate at its “Sunshine State Showdown” event this month.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is testing the limits of his newfound political muscle in a bid to reshape the Democratic Party, even if it means challenging his own party’s leadership.
Keir Starmer's future as Britain's prime minister is on the line in a special election in Makerfield in northwest England.
Paula Stark, the two-term Central Florida state representative, is planning to sue the Florida Department of State after the department declared she did not properly qualify for the November midterms ballot. Our News Collaborative of Central Florida partner, Osceola News-Gazette, explains what happens if she does not succeed.
For the first time in a generation, Washingtonians are waking up to a general election lineup that doesn't include Eleanor Holmes Norton as delegate.
New York Democratic Assemblyman Alex Bores is running for Congress, and the tech industry is deeply involved.
Franklin Roosevelt helped launch the modern system of presidential libraries in the late 1930s.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is using his bully pulpit to call for an end to the death penalty in his state.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has visited Haiti, where surging gang violence has left more than 1 in 10 people homeless.
President Donald Trump’s attorney for the 2020 campaign in Wisconsin and two former aides have all pleaded not guilty to felony forgery charges for their roles in a fake elector scheme designed to overturn Trump’s loss in the swing state.
President Donald Trump’s preferred candidates are having mixed results in Tuesday’s primaries, securing the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma but not for Georgia governor.
Robert White Jr. has won the Democratic primary for the District of Columbia’s delegate seat in Congress.
An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries.
A top Alaska elections official has ruled that a U.S. Senate candidate with the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is ineligible to appear on the state’s August primary ballot.
Vice President JD Vance writes about his religious journey in a new book, "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith."
Ukraine has officially started European Union membership negotiations, a long process that requires political reforms while facing a Russian invasion.
Before Florida voters go to the polls for the midterm elections in November, there is another big election in August: the Statewide Primary on Aug. 18. However, if you want to vote in any of the party primaries for governor, Senate or other positions, you have to be a member of a political party. That’s because Florida is a closed primary state.
Bay Area voters previously represented by Democratic former congressman Eric Swalwell will narrow down a field of nearly a dozen candidates hoping to replace him in a special primary on Tuesday.
Oklahoma voters will select nominees for federal and state offices including U.S. senator and representative, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and both houses of the state Legislature in a state primary on Tuesday.
In the closing stretch of Georgia’s Republican U.S. Senate runoff, Rep. Mike Collins is celebrating his 11th-hour endorsement from Donald Trump.
Georgia lawmakers are expected to try to clean up an election mess of their own making when they return to the Capitol this week for a special session.
The decision by Senate Democrats to let a key surveillance authority lapse comes as they're increasingly emboldened in their legislative fights against President Donald Trump.
Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement.
Maine has begun counting ranked choice ballots on Friday to determine nominees for its open governor’s office and a pivotal U.S. House of Representatives race.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is vowing to fight for his position after the sudden resignation of the defense secretary.
Clifton City, New Jersey, councilwoman Rosie Pino has won the Republican primary in the state’s 9th District to take on Democratic congresswoman Nellie Pou.
Independents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, particularly independents without a college degree.
A top Alaska elections official has threatened to disqualify from the August primary a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan.
Two former local elected officials and a nonprofit group filed suit Thursday in Leon County Circuit Court against the property tax cut amendment placed on the November ballot by lawmakers, alleging it is misleading.
Slovenia’s new conservative government has abolished an entry ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers.
Randy Villegas, a populist insurgent, has won the Democratic primary for a House seat representing California’s Central Valley.
President Donald Trump is accusing the Democratic Party of hypocrisy for supporting Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite his own history of misconduct against women.
The Florida Supreme Court has allowed the use of a new U.S. House map drawn by Republicans in the midterm elections.
Rep. Nancy Mace has finished a distant fifth in South Carolina's Republican primary for governor, leaving her political future uncertain.
Maine's Susan Collins often boosts her popularity by keeping her distance from President Donald Trump.
The November race to determine California’s next governor will pit a Democrat promising to cement the state’s status as a stronghold of liberal policies against a Republican pledging to dramatically reverse course.
Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella is urging prosecutors to investigate possible voter coercion by rebel groups in favor of governing party candidate Iván Cepeda.
A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is wading into more than a dozen House and Senate contests across the country.
Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson have advanced to a runoff for the Republican nomination for South Carolina governor while U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham won his own primary outright in his quest for a fifth term in November.
Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in a battle to hold onto his seat in November.
Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have hosted primary elections, but much of the political world is focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest.
Graham Platner has won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Spencer Pratt’s improbable rise from reality television personality to national political sensation ended when he failed to qualify for the runoff to challenge Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Alaska U_S_ Senate candidate Dan Sullivan acknowledges that sharing a name and party affiliation with the incumbent Republican gives him “an instant megaphone.”.
Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies to run the struggling city of nearly 4 million.
President Donald Trump, a longtime New York Knicks fan, has confirmed that he would attend the first NBA Finals game in New York since 1999.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face six Republican challengers in a state primary on Tuesday, while state Attorney General Aaron Ford, Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill and four others will compete for the Democratic nomination to reclaim the seat in November.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has claimed victory in a general election seen as a test of Russia’s influence.
Days after California’s primary, Nithya Raman and Spencer Pratt are still waiting to see who makes the November runoff for Los Angeles mayor against incumbent Karen Bass.
Graham Platner has been met by an enthusiastic and supportive crowd at a town hall-style event in Maine.
President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran betrayed his refrain of “No new wars” as he campaigned for the White House in 2024.
Peru's presidential runoff election remains undecided as authorities tally votes for the country's ninth leader in a decade.
Armenians are voting in a parliamentary election as the government seeks to loosen ties with Moscow and increase cooperation with the West.
The ruling party of Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti appears to have won most votes in an early parliamentary election.
Rob Sand rallied a crowd for the first time as the official Democratic nominee for Iowa governor on Sunday.
Joe Biden isn't on the ballot this fall, but three of his administration members are running for governor.
Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will focus on its geopolitical future as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer ties with the EU and the U.S. That is despite Armenia's longstanding relations with Russia that are favored by most of the country's opposition parties.
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings’ prostate cancer diagnosis is prompting renewed discussion about screening and early detection. An Orlando prostate cancer specialist says the mayor’s announcement could encourage more men, particularly African American men who face higher risks, to get screened.
Democrat Xavier Becerra has advanced to the general election for California governor after pitching himself as an experienced choice to lead the nation’s most populous state.
California Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui has advanced to the November ballot after facing a reelection challenge from a younger Democrat.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles says it has opened “multiple election fraud investigations” related to California’s elections and sent a prosecutor to the county’s vote-counting center.
President Donald Trump says he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden — and says he doesn't have much sympathy for ordinary Americans who can't afford the sky-high ticket prices.
A $100,000 contest to name John Morgan’s new third party here in Florida is officially wrapping up, though the reveal date is expected to come later this month.
The Senate has passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, sending it to the House.
Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner has hosted his first major campaign event since media reports surfaced that he previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women while he was married.
An ex-girlfriend alleges U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab by the wrist, and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago.
City leaders in Ocoee are warning that a proposed amendment aimed at lowering property taxes for Florida homeowners could significantly reduce local government revenue and lead to difficult budget decisions affecting public services.
