The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress.

A row has erupted within Britain's Labour Party after Manchester's mayor, Andy Burnham, was blocked from running in a special election.

Voting was held Sunday in the final round of Myanmar’s general election, concluding a monthlong process.

Armed men entered the home of Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine and held his wife, Barbara Kyagulanyi, at gunpoint as they demanded to know his whereabouts.

Democrats Jasmine Crockett and James Talarici differed more on style than substance in their first debate for U.S. Senate in heavily Republican Texas.

Saturday’s debate, hosted by the Texas AFL-CIO, gives voters their first side-by-side glimpse of the candidates’ contrasting styles and proposals ahead of the March 3 primary.

The Justice Department says in a sharply worded court filing that a report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents belongs in the “dustbin of history” and should remain sealed.

Voters in Texas’s 18th Congressional District are encouraged to cast ballots in the runoff. Early voting hours adjusted due to an approaching winter storm.

A federal judge in Georgia is dismissing a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking voter information from the state.

With Texas’ hardline conservative megadonors largely staying on the sidelines, a handful of House primaries have become battlegrounds for the state’s civil justice debate.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of parliament to pave the way for an early election on Feb. 8.

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith testified publicly for the first time on Capitol Hill about his investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon has announced her candidacy for the Florida U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Ashley Moody in the 2026 election.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte may have been instrumental in persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to scrap his threat of tariffs as he presses for control over Greenland.

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a public congressional hearing.

The lieutenant governor’s office is often described as the most powerful in Texas government. Here’s a look at who’s running in the 2026 Democratic and Republican primaries and where they stand.

The once solidly blue 32nd District is considered the safest bet for Republicans out of the five Democratic seats targeted by the GOP’s new congressional gerrymander.

Campaigning has begun for Bangladesh’s elections next month.

Joe Biden promised Europe that "America is back" early in his presidency, aiming to mend ties after Donald Trump's tenure.

A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to unconstitutional vote dilution of Black and Hispanic residents.

Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya has launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate.

The spot, which describes the Austin Democrat’s work on education issues in the Legislature, will air this week in nearly a dozen of the state’s largest media markets.

The governor is Texas’ chief executive, with a hand in everything from enforcing laws to setting budget priorities and responding to crises. Here’s a look at who’s running in the 2026 primary and where they come from.

The U.S. Postal Service warns it may not postmark mail the same day it takes possession of it. The deadline to register for the March 3 primary is Feb. 2.

Democrats are rethinking their midterm election strategy due to the controversial immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced a national election will be held Nov. 7.

Lindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position.

Early voting begins Wednesday, Jan. 21, for the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District.

President Donald Trump is fighting a two-front war at the outset of this year’s midterm campaigns, working to prevent Democratic victories while also attempting to purge the Republican Party of the few remaining members who have defied him.

A privately funded initiative called “Be The People” will try to connect hundreds of millions of Americans with efforts to solve local problems as part of a vision for the next 250 years of the United States.

Black landowners from a Georgia island community founded by freed slaves have won their latest property dispute with local officials at the ballot box.

Democrat Mikie Sherrill has been inaugurated as New Jersey's 57th governor.

Latin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador's war on gangs.

President Yoweri Museveni says his landslide victory in Uganda's election shows his party's dominance.

André Ventura, the leader of Portugal's hard-right Chega party, has placed second in the country's presidential election.

Thousands of people have rallied in Serbia as university students announced a new stage in their struggle against President Aleksandar Vucic’s government.

Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects.

Journalists and media leaders in Bangladesh are demanding protection after recent attacks on two major newspapers.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won his seventh term with 71.65% of the votes.

Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington.

Abigail Spanberger has become Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office.

Democrats could be more competitive financially in the U.S. Senate race, but their comparatively small fundraising hauls for state office leave them with fewer resources to reach voters.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she’s confident of her country’s eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump plans to pardon former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said.

Four-term Texas Sen. John Cornyn is in the political fight of his career.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has an early lead in a tense presidential election.

The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are taking aim at power shortages and price spikes from data centers for artificial intelligence.

A group of U.S. senators is voicing concern over U.S. Postal Service processing changes and what those could mean for voting with mail ballots.

A top ICE official has resigned her job in a bid to oust the longest-serving woman in Congress this fall.

Texas’ Senate Republican primary, meanwhile, looks headed for a runoff. The survey found U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in a dead heat against Attorney General Ken Paxton, with neither eclipsing 30%.

Even as Trump's approval ratings fall with Latinos, a constellation of grassroots Republicans are working to secure wins in the midterms.

Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to flip majority control of the Legislature and retain the governor's seat this year.

The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court raised 10 times as much last year as her Republican-endorsed opponent, putting in stark relief the challenge conservatives face in winning the race in the battleground state.

Haynes staked out several progressive policy positions at his recent campaign launch event, including support for Medicare for All and dismantling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Widespread delays have plagued voting in Uganda’s presidential election.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.

A panel of federal judges has sided with California in the fight over a new U.S. House map approved by voters.

The Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military to resist “illegal orders” have confirmed that they're under investigation from the Trump administration.

Judges on a Colorado appeals panel expressed skepticism about the sentence for a former county elections clerk convicted of orchestrating a breach of election equipment.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects President Donald Trump to interfere with the midterm elections.

Senate Democrats are expressing optimism they'll be able to flip the chamber this year after it looked all but impossible last year.

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Parliament soon for a snap election.

President Donald Trump has claimed control of Venezuela, escalated threats to seize Greenland and increased immigration raids in the U.S. These actions have created turmoil as voters prepare for midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has delivered her State of the State address, pitching proposals to fight President Donald Trump's agenda while also moving to capture progressive excitement surrounding Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The Democratic National Committee plans to spend millions of dollars to consolidate voter registration efforts, traditionally handled by nonprofits and individual campaigns.

Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set to testify publicly next week about his investigations into President Donald Trump that resulted in two indictments.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and his opponents have held their final rallies before the country's next election.

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is questioning whether a proposal from his own lieutenant governor to ban federal immigration enforcement actions around courthouses, schools and other locations can, or should, be done.

Our detailed guide shows what will be on the ballot, mail-in voting information, voter registration requirements, important dates to know and much more.

President Donald Trump is defending his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices.

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

Democrats are looking to expand their hold on the nation's governorships in the midterm elections in November.

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Myanmar has begun a second round of voting in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago.

Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo has been released from prison after a year and five months.

Adam Johnson, known for grabbing Nancy Pelosi's podium during the Capitol riot, is running for a county office in Florida.

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.

President Donald Trump gathered House Republicans this week at Washington’s Kennedy Center for a pep rally that kicked off the year.

The Justice Department has asked states for their voter rolls with an eye toward purging ineligible voters. Democrats say sharing the data could violate federal election law.

Dallas and Williamson county Republicans are shifting away from using countywide voting sites on Election Day for Texas’ March 3 primary. Democrats will have to fall in line.

President Donald Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices.

Harris County Commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Jonathan Fombonne as interim county attorney on Thursday, following Christian Menefee’s advancement to a runoff in the special election for Texas’s 18th Congressional District.

Venezuela has released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists — both citizens and foreigners — nearly a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face drug-trafficking charges.

The longest-serving Democrat in Congress has announced he's retiring at the end of his term, saying he's deeply concerned "this House is not living up to the Founders’ goals.”.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028.

President Donald Trump is seeking over $6.2 million in attorney fees from the Fulton County District Attorney's office.

The Harris County Clerk’s Office is reminding eligible voters who are 65 years of age or older, or who have a disability, that they can now submit a single Ballot by Mail application to request ballots for all 2026 elections.

President Donald Trump says he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would make it easier for younger families to buy their first homes.

In Ohio's governor race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton have announced their running mates.

Opposition supporters have long hoped their leaders could replace Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's president.

Frustration and anger are brewing among young protesters in Nepal who helped topple the government.

Uganda is preparing for a election in an atmosphere of political violence.

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's interim president, has risen to prominence through strategic moves and political savvy.

President Donald Trump wants Republicans to get a deal on health care insurance assistance by being flexible on a long-standing amendment that bars federal money from being spent on abortion services.

George Conway says he is running for a U.S. House seat in New York City.

On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, there is no official event to memorialize what happened.

A former Republican lawmaker in Arizona has been sentenced to probation and a five-year ban on running for public office.

President Donald Trump insists Republicans have “so many good nuggets” to campaign on as they try to hold their slim House majority.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials have briefed leaders in Congress on the striking military operation in Venezuela.