North America’s largest commuter rail system has shut down as unionized workers have gone on strike.

Britain’s government is in turmoil, and some see Andy Burnham as the one to save it.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is fighting for his political life in Saturday's primary against a challenger who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the sentence of a former county clerk and election conspiracy theorist following pressure from President Donald Trump.

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee is ending his bid for reelection.

The 2020 election continues to haunt Georgia's political landscape, especially in the Republican primary for secretary of state.

Louisiana voters will participate in a revamped and stripped-down state primary Saturday and decide the political fate of an embattled Republican U.S. senator targeted for defeat by President Donald Trump.

Britain's government faces uncertainty as the Labour Party grapples with internal turmoil.

Voting rights groups are arguing that a federal judge should stop President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail voting because he doesn’t have the authority to do so.

Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her legal team.

A top California Democratic political aide has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal campaign funds from Xavier Becerra when he served as the federal health secretary.

State senators in Louisiana have passed a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous one.

Vice President JD Vance is highlighting the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in a visit to Maine ahead of the state’s primary elections for several high-profile races.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight.

Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have erupted into open rebellion within his party.

Denise Powell has won the Democratic primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in a contest focused on the state’s “blue dot” status in presidential elections.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most populous counties.

Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats' efforts to reverse Trump-era changes to consumer protection laws.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is losing the confidence of some Democratic officials, who are concerned about the direction of the party's political machine barely a year into his term.

“The Hills” reality television show villain Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles, positioning himself as a savior and promising to tackle the city's disorder and dysfunction.

Former President Barack Obama has met with U.S. candidate James Talarico in Texas, backing a campaign seen by Democrats one of their best chances of winning in the conservative state.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political survival after a disastrous set of results in local elections for his Labour Party last week.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer insists he has no intention of resigning despite growing calls within his Labour Party for him to step down.

The Democratic primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nebraska is too early to call.

President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape U.S. House districts have seen mixed outcomes.

Democrats have filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a redistricting rule by Virginia’s top court.

Three supervisors of elections gathered last week for a public panel where they talked through those issues, describing a web of security partnerships, training protocols and contingency planning that reflects the expanding security demands of their jobs as they prepare for the 2026 primaries and midterm elections. Our News Collaborative of Central Florida partners, Vox Populi, filed this report.

Nebraska voters will choose nominees for a full slate of contests ranging from governor to state Legislature and local offices.

Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka faces seven challengers as he seeks a fourth term Tuesday as the chief executive of his state's largest city.

Republican state officials are confusing voters and creating logistical headaches for local election officials across the South by redistricting U.S. House seats as primary season is underway.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to prove his doubters wrong as he faces calls to step down after poor local election results for his Labour Party.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his job after poor local election results for his Labour Party.

Last month, local elections officials were sounding the alarm that new congressional maps would cost counties money and staff time. Those concerns are now coming true. On Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial new congressional map into law that gives Republicans an advantage in nearly all the state’s seats.

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a Democratic congressional redistricting plan that had won voter approval.

Partial results from local elections in England show significant losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and gains for Reform UK.

Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new U.S. House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections.

A major federal raid around a park near downtown Los Angeles known for homeless encampments and out-in-the-open drug use came just as voters began selecting their next mayor.

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she has long had a condition called an essential tremor.

Kenya's political word of the moment is “goonism," used to describe gang-related political violence.

British voters have cast ballots in local and regional elections that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Michigan Republicans once viewed 2026 as their best chance to reclaim power in the battleground state.

Tech leaders are betting on a former executive to take the lead in the California governor's race.

Tennessee has enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis.

The federal government doesn't have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta.

The leading candidates for California governor are trying to stand out from the crowded field as mail voting is underway.

The primary election results in Indiana have shown how President Donald Trump can punish Republican lawmakers who defy him.

A U.S. fighter jet on Wednesday fired on an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports, the U.S. military said.

British voters will cast ballots in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term.

Republicans are rapidly pursuing redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts.

The primary election in Ohio has set up what is expected to be one of the most expensive races for U.S. Senate this year as Republicans try to hold on to the chamber, while biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy will face a challenge from the state’s former health director as he seeks to keep the governor’s office in GOP hands.

The Justice Department is seeking the names of every person who worked in the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold Donald Trump has accused of widespread voter fraud he falsely says cost him victory against Joe Biden in the state that year.

Romania’s pro-European coalition has collapsed after lawmakers voted in favor of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan.

Armenia is hosting the first European Union summit in Yerevan.

President Donald Trump is having some success in his latest attempt to politically punish Republicans who stand in his way.

A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump have lost.

Vice President JD Vance has visited Iowa to promote the administration's tax and tariff policies while campaigning on behalf of Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn.

Democrat Chedrick Greene has won a special election in Michigan, securing the party’s control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s term.

Recent court rulings on abortion pill access have reignited a contentious political issue in a midterm year.

Ohio's primary election set up two marquee matchups in November.

In a story published May 5, 2026, about congressional redistricting, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of Louisiana’s governor.

Republicans have gained an advantage in a national congressional redistricting battle among states ahead of the midterm elections.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator.

President Donald Trump is waging a retribution campaign against some fellow Republicans in the primary in Indiana.

Candidates for Ohio’s top elected offices will stand before voters in a statewide primary on Tuesday, although many of them are already looking ahead to the November general election.

Voters in a competitive central Michigan district will decide control of the state Senate on Tuesday in a special election to fill the seat last held by Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet, who's now a congresswoman.

Democrats believe they can make Iowa a political battleground again.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has wrested control of the opposition stronghold of West Bengal in a key state election.

The U.S. Supreme Court has escalated a nationwide redistricting war by removing one of the few remaining limits on partisan gerrymandering.

Lawmakers in several southern states are meeting this week to consider redistricting plans in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act.

A spokesman for Rudolph Giuliani says the ex-mayor of New York City and former Trump adviser is in critical but stable condition at a hospital.

Democrat Amy Acton is running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, but she'll face some steep challenges in the November general election.

President Donald Trump has endorsed Kentucky congressman Andy Barr in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Restless Democratic voters are rejecting their party’s establishment.

A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle.

The redrawn congressional district lines that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon sign into law are intended to help Republicans pick up as many as four U.S. House seats in November — a scenario that would cost some Democrats their seats.

Brazil’s Congress has voted to override a presidential veto and reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill funding much of the Department of Homeland Security and ending the longest agency shutdown in history.

The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. has launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas.

Mark Sanford has ended his bid to reclaim his old congressional seat.

Louisiana’s congressional primaries are not going forward as scheduled in May as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Democratic Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he hopes to work with Gov. Janet Mills to turn Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ seat “blue again” now that Mills has dropped out of their primary.

Black members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shake-up of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act that had protected minority communities in political redistricting and helped boost their representation.

Several states already are taking steps to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country.

Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor.

Over a month after a Florida gubernatorial candidate announced that he was banned from every Waffle House in the state, he is now considering making a return.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has decades of experience in public office and the backing of the party establishment as she seeks the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

A federal judge has dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against Arizona seeking access to the state’s voter records.

Eight candidates running to become governor of California have lobbed heated criticism at each other in a chaotic televised debate.

Florida House Speaker and Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Renner sat down with News 6’s Lauren Melendez during a recent stop in Orlando to talk about artificial intelligence. We talked to him about six issues, ranging from AI to property taxes.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has avoided a parliamentary inquiry over appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

Ron DeSantis is back in the national spotlight as he pushes for a new congressional map in Florida.

A man who managed voter registration drives in Pennsylvania ahead of the 2024 presidential election is facing a month in jail after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts.

Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether a voter-approved redistricting amendment complied with the state's constitutional requirements.

Palestinian authorities say local elections in Gaza and the West Bank are a success and mark a step toward a long-delayed presidential election.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sold a vision to Israelis as the country entered the war with Iran and invaded Lebanon.

Two Israeli political heavyweights say they will join forces in upcoming elections in an effort by their parties to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ohio's Republican primary for governor is a few weeks away, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race.

Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will not take his seat in parliament after a landslide election loss.

President Donald Trump's attempts to cancel offshore wind projects have drawn opposition not only from environmentalists but also from Republicans.