Elections
The White House is taking on “junk fees,” those extra charges tacked on to plane tickets, hotel rooms, hospital bills and more.
Democrats were already concerned about President Joe Biden’s age, his leadership on the economy and his stalled agenda in Congress.
Malaysian state elections have ended in a return to the status quo, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government and the Islamist opposition each retaining control of three states as expected.
A former Tennessee state senator has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after he unsuccessfully tried to take back his guilty plea on federal campaign finance charges.
Argentina’s national primary election Sunday won’t just help determine which candidates will be running in the country’s October presidential vote but could impact the economy even before then.
Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis is dismissing concerns about his latest staffing shakeup as he returns to Iowa in the midst of a weekslong campaign reset.
The federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against Donald Trump is warning that there are limits on what the former president can publicly say about evidence in the investigation as he campaigns for a second term in the White House.
Who will be on Louisiana’s Oct. 13 ballot — which will have five state offices without an incumbent, including governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and insurance commissioner — is finally solidified, as the last day to sign up for races came to an end Thursday.
Texas judge says no quick ruling expected over GOP efforts to toss 2022 election losses near Houston
Following closing arguments in the first of multiple legal challenges to local election results in Harris County, Texas, a visiting judge said the decision on whether to overturn the outcome based on alleged irregularities is weeks away.
The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election.
Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team have asked a judge to set a Jan. 2 trial date for ex-President Donald Trump in the Washington case charging him with plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Targeting DeSantis, Trump team warns state parties that super PACs can’t act as an arm of a campaign
Donald Trump’s campaign is seeking to blunt the efforts of a super PAC supporting rival Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign by sending a letter to all state Republican parties arguing they cannot work with a super PAC as if it’s representing a candidate.
Iranian authorities have for months done little to enforce the law on women wearing the mandatory headscarf, but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the hijab.
In the past two weeks, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has zig-zagged across the country on an election campaign that pitched the appeal of political stability and his concept of a progressive government.
Louisiana’s gubernatorial race is intensifying as candidates take aim at Attorney General Jeff Landry — the Republican front-runner backed by former President Donald Trump — by calling him a bully and accusing him of backroom deals to gain political support.
President Joe Biden is raising money for his reelection campaign by offering donors the chance to meet himself and Barack Obama, meaning the former president will be entering the 2024 political fray earlier than he did during last year’s midterms or the last presidential election.
The death of an 11-year-old girl in a drive-by robbery caught on grainy security footage in Buenos Aires has shocked Argentina and led all major candidates to cancel their closing campaign rallies ahead of national primary elections Sunday.
A Republican primary challenger has spent months telling people that first-term Mississippi Lt. Gov.
Zimbabwe’s president has urged thousands of his supporters at a rally to deliver a “thunderous victory” in this month’s national election and proclaimed that “no one will stop us from ruling this country.”
Businessman Nelson “Wayne” Carr defeated first-term Southern District Public Service Commissioner Dane Maxwell in Mississippi’s Republican primary.
Special counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump’s account, documents say
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and a judge levied a $350,000 fine on the company for delay in complying.
Donald Trump and officials in Atlanta are bracing for a new indictment that could come as soon as next week in a Georgia prosecutor’s investigation into the Republican ex-president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.
Police in Brazil have arrested the former director of the Federal Highway Police as part of an investigation into possible political interference in last year’s presidential elections.
Abortion wasn’t technically on the ballot in Ohio’s special election. But the overwhelming defeat of a measure that would have made it tougher to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution this fall was the latest indicator that the issue remains a powerful force at the ballot box.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he spoke with Sen. Dianne Feinstein after she fell in her home and went to the hospital for a short time.
Gov. Andy Beshear has proposed another round of pay raises for Kentucky State Police troopers and bolstered training for law officers.
Pakistan’s parliament is dissolved to pave way for elections as Imran Khan seeks release from prison
Pakistan’s president has dissolved the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, a first step in the countdown to a general election by mid-November.
Police say gunmen have attacked police officers providing security for polio vaccination workers during a door-to-door campaign in northwest Pakistan, killing one of them.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is highlighting her public safety platform in a bid to help Democrats retake control of the House.
President Joe Biden says his policies of financial and tax incentives have revived U.S. manufacturing.
Post-GOP walkout, Oregon elections chief says lawmakers with 10 or more absences can’t run next term
Oregon’s elections chief says the 10 Republican state senators who had more than 10 unexcused absences during a walkout in the most recent legislative session can’t run for reelection in 2024.