President Donald Trump sees America’s 250th anniversary as a chance to get the country excited again — about Donald Trump.

U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer and Jerrold Nadler are retiring in January, but they are passing the torch to former aides who won the Democratic primaries to replace them.

President Donald Trump is headed to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican senators who have grown increasingly frustrated with his efforts to divert their agenda.

The Kennedy dynasty won’t be returning to Congress next year.

With the midterms fast approaching, Texas' top elections administrator is out the door. Who will be next — and what awaits them in the role?

The latest round of primary elections is underway in four more states.

The Senate for the first time has approved a war powers resolution to block U.S. military action against Iran.

Andy Burnham is preparing for a Labour Party leadership contest that could make him Britain's prime minister within weeks.

President Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Pennsylvania, for a speech meant to focusing on the economy.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has successfully backed three allies in Democratic U.S. House primaries.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has won the GOP runoff election for governor, defeating the candidate President Donald Trump had initially backed.

Top allies of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani have defeated establishment-backed Democrats in New York's congressional primary elections.

Maryland Democrat Adrian Boafo has advanced to November’s general election in the race to succeed his retiring former boss, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer.

A federal judge cited Texas’ use of the SAVE database, which flagged several voters who were actually citizens, and said the checks violated privacy and voting rights.

A federal judge has ruled that a revamped federal tool that state election officials have used in their efforts to identify illegally registered noncitizen voters is unlawful and cannot be used.

Two of South Carolina’s top officeholders will compete one-on-one for the Republican nomination for governor in a primary runoff election on Tuesday.

Democratic nomination contests for New York’s seats in the closely divided U.S. House take center stage Tuesday in a state primary.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned as leader of the Labour Party, paving the way for Britain to have its seventh prime minister in just over a decade.

New York’s congressional candidates are delivering closing arguments ahead of primary elections Tuesday, as an ascendent progressive left takes on establishment Democrats.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation, forced out by his party after losing voter support.

Abelardo de la Espriella is poised to become Colombia’s next president.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a crucial decision.

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.

Andy Burnham is a political insider turned outsider aiming to be Britain’s next prime minister.

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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.

Washington, D.C., mayoral candidate Kenyan McDuffie has conceded the Democratic primary race to Janeese Lewis George.

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.

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.

Franklin Roosevelt helped launch the modern system of presidential libraries in the late 1930s.

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro on Tuesday for coercion.

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 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.

Georgia Republicans delivered a split decision for Donald Trump in Tuesday runoffs.

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.

Republican divisions are on full display in the closing hours of primary runoffs for U.S. Senate and governor.

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."

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.

Roberto Vannacci, a former Italian army general, is shaking up Italy's political scene with his new party, National Future.

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 Republican Party of Texas’ meeting in Houston offered a look at the state GOP’s next chapter and messaging heading into the fall’s midterm elections.

The Alabama Republican Party says U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville will remain the party’s gubernatorial nominee.

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.

The governor sought to tie the minority party, and its U.S. Senate nominee, James Talarico, to “Bernie Sanders socialism” in a fresh look at his message for the fall midterms.

Michael Alexander French emerged as New Braunfels’ new mayor after an unprecedented runoff spurred by city leaders prematurely declaring the victor in May.

FBI agents have searched the office of an Ohio group that supports voter registration efforts, seizing documents and computer files.

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.

Republicans routinely highlight their devotion to President Donald Trump.

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.

The more than $800,000 ad buy — the first by either candidate in the general election — continues the Austin Democrat’s push to win Latino voters as his race against GOP nominee Ken Paxton ramps up.

World ski federation leader Johan Eliasch has been ousted in a tight presidential election.

About 75,000 voters in northwest England are about to make a significant decision.

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.

Voters across Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota have cast their ballots in another day of primary elections in America.

Rahm Emanuel has been making moves in New Hampshire, hinting at a possible return to Washington politics.

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.

Peru's presidential runoff has left the country without a clear winner.

Dan Cogdell, who represented Paxton for nearly a decade in two high-profile cases, said his former client “has lost sight of his core mission.”

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.

After Jane Nelson’s unexpected resignation, local election leaders worry her successor could complicate midterm election administration. Gov. Greg Abbott hasn’t yet named a replacement.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has claimed victory in a general election seen as a test of Russia’s influence.

Graham Platner has been met by an enthusiastic and supportive crowd at a town hall-style event in Maine.

Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood has died.

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.

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.

Washington, D.C., is gearing up for pivotal primaries this month to elect a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor.

The Senate has passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, sending it to the House.

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, insists voters will support him despite controversies about his past.

President Donald Trump says his acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, will not be in the role permanently.

Days after the state’s primary, California voters are in a familiar position -- waiting to find out which candidates will go on to the general election in their most high-profile races, for governor and Los Angeles mayor.

Michael Stansfield never expected to be a major player in California politics when he threw his hat into a congressional race as a Republican agitating for peace in the Middle East.