Elections
For generations, the political face of Rhode Island was often Italian or Irish American. But that is changing.
Prosecutors have indicted a man on attempted murder and other charges over an explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April.
Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is warning that former President Donald Trump’s “daily” statements risk tainting a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Guatemala’s prosecutor for electoral crimes has asked the Supreme Court of Justice to strip five magistrates of the country’s top electoral authority of their immunity so they can be investigated on fraud allegations made by the loser of the Aug. 20 election.
A state judiciary disciplinary panel has rejected several complaints lodged against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz alleging that she violated the judicial code of ethics for comments she made during the campaign.
Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson has formally announced her campaign for U.S. Senate in 2024. The Democrat skyrocketed to national fame after narrowly surviving a Republican-led expulsion effort in the state Legislature.
Former White House aide Gabe Amo could become the first person of color to represent Rhode Island in Congress after winning a crowded Democratic primary for the state’s 1st Congressional District special election Tuesday in the heavily Democratic state.
The end of Labor Day would typically mark the start of a furious sprint to the Iowa caucuses as candidates battle for their party’s presidential nomination.
Huntington Mayor Steve Williams says he plans to run for West Virginia governor. That makes him the first — and so far only — Democratic candidate in the field eight months before the primary election.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says last month’s elections are a sign of the country’s “mature democracy.” He was speaking at his inauguration.
Several campaigns are placing a huge emphasis on South Carolina, where the Republican primary is traditionally the last chance for many White House hopefuls to break through before Super Tuesday.
The front-runners for their party’s presidential nomination, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, are barely campaigning in crucial early-voting states as the primary season enters the fall rush.
The U.S. Justice Department says a Texas man has pleaded guilty to threatening Georgia officials following the 2020 election.
Rudy Giuliani has pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along with former President Donald Trump and others, to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.
As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection to Mississippi’s sprawling welfare scandal, Gov.
A crowded field of candidates will be on the ballot in Rhode Island with an eye on replacing former Democratic U.S. Rep. David Cicilline.
Three candidates will compete in a special primary election in Utah for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Rep.
Election workers have gotten death threats and warnings they will be lynched, the US government says
More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a special Justice Department unit.
Liberal groups are trying to end Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House by arguing he’s ineligible to be president after trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has rallied Malaysians to unite and reject racial and religious bigotry, as the country marked its 66th year of freedom from British rule with fireworks and colorful street parades.
Voters in one Iowa county have rejected a GOP-appointed auditor who had previously made social media posts that questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, among other conspiracy theories.
Liberals argued in a legal filing this week that Republicans were trying to nullify the election of a Democratic-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court justice by asking her to recuse herself from hearing redistricting lawsuits that could result in drawing new legislative electoral maps.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has formally endorsed Attorney General Josh Stein to succeed him. Stein’s campaign released a video Wednesday with Cooper giving the fellow Democrat his support, saying Stein “leads with integrity and grit.”
Judge holds Giuliani liable in Georgia election workers’ defamation case for withholding information
A federal judge has held Rudy Giuliani liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who say they were falsely accused of fraud.
Pennsylvania is considering an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to avoid voting on Passover
Pennsylvania lawmakers are advancing legislation to hold the state’s 2024 presidential primary earlier.
The only person who spent time behind bars as a result of the indictment related to efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia has been released from jail.
Election skeptics from across Wisconsin are pushing for the GOP-controlled state Senate to fire the state’s top nonpartisan election official.
Guatemala’s Aug. 20 presidential election has been bogged down in court and legal challenges despite the fact the results were clear: Progressive candidate Bernardo Arévalo won about 61% of the vote to conservative Sandra Torres’ 39%.
Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is expected to soon announce a bid for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat next year.
With more than a year until the 2024 presidential election, a candidate has dropped out of the crowded Republican field.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has demanded fresh elections supervised by neighboring countries. The Citizens Coalition for Change party dug in on its rejection of last week’s election that saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa win re-election and his ZANU-PF party retain its majority in a vote heavily