Elections

3+ day, 23+ min ago   (215+ words) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has told associates that he has no intention of leaving political life or stepping down as Likud chairman even if he fails to form the next government following the upcoming elections, according to a report by…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (699+ words) The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said that any future Supreme Court nominees should get a vote, regardless of which party controls Congress. WASHINGTON (CN) — With the midterm election on the horizon, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday…...

28+ min ago   (206+ words) The Democratic Party holds a significantly smaller edge over the Republican Party now than it did in 2018 when Democrats flipped the House of Representatives during President Donald Trump’s first term. Democrats hold just a five-percentage-point lead over Republicans about a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (857+ words) "Any foreign journalist who's in Saxony-Anhalt this weekend will feel like [the late ABC World News Tonight correspondent] Peter Jennings in 1989 when he broke the news that East German authorities were opening their borders to West Germany." That is what…...

44+ min ago   (211+ words) Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has emerged as the strongest party in another state election, deepening pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz and exposing the growing strength of a political movement that was once confined to the margins of the…...

40+ min ago   (178+ words) Minnesota Senate candidate Michele Tafoya dragged her Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Gov. Peggy Flanagan, over alleged welfare fraud in the state under her watch — as new polls predict an incredibly close match-up. Tafoya, a former NFL reporter who won a crowded…...

58+ min ago   (907+ words) The European Council president spoke to POLITICO after visiting 25 capitals, and urged EU governments to soften red lines to secure a budget deal. DUBLIN — Governments will be more likely to back new EU taxes for the bloc’s next seven-year budget…...

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (479+ words) Russia’s ruling United Russia party has been leading the country’s first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin is set to retain his political dominance after the three-day vote saw little opposition, initial figures released Monday…...

53+ min ago   (200+ words) “Tucker Carlson, the influential far-right podcaster, lives in Maine and spent more than three decades defending the Republican Party before leaving it this year over his opposition to the war with Iran. He is known for his nativist rhetoric and…...

2+ day, 44+ min ago   (416+ words) "OIG officials told GAO that case complexity and limited staff affected some case time frames, and that they have focused more on investigation quality and thoroughness than timeliness," the watchdog said in the report. The Government Accountability Office finds a…...