Arizona voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose party nominees in races that could help determine who controls the US House of Representatives and whether Republicans can flip one of the country’s most competitive Democratic governorships. Once considered reliably Republican, Arizona has swung between the two parties in recent election cycles. Democrat Joe…
Burnham’s bid cannot be challenged by fellow MPs, as he now has the support of almost the entire parliamentary party. Published On 13 Jul 202613 Jul 2026 The former mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, is set to become Britain’s next prime minister as early as next week after securing the backing of more than…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) talks to reporters after speaking on the floor of the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has passed away, his office said Sunday. “On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed…
Graham Platner withdrew from the Maine Senate race on Friday, ending his tumultuous political saga and allowing Democrats to begin the process of selecting an alternate nominee. “I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate,” Mr. Platner wrote in a letter to the Maine secretary of state. “Please consider this notice as…
When Andy Burnham arrived in Parliament on Monday as the Labour Party’s great hope for political redemption, the only thing missing was the white steed. The former mayor of Greater Manchester swept into the chamber for his swearing-in with the flourish and charisma that his fellow party members are praying will deliver them from electoral…
The biggest city in the country is led by a democratic socialist, and another is in the running to lead the second biggest. Seattle has a socialist mayor. And in 2027, a democratic socialist will almost certainly be taking the reins of the nation’s capital. With her convincing victory in the Democratic primary in Washington…
State Auditor Matt Dunlap, a progressive Democrat, won the Democratic primary in northern Maine’s battleground House district early Friday, according to state election officials. The race call came 10 days after voters went to the polls. Election officials tabulated second-choice votes under the state’s ranked-choice system after no candidate won more than 50 percent of…
At an internal OpenAI policy meeting last month, employees pressed executives on donations that one of the company’s founders had made to Leading the Future, a super PAC that favors lighter regulation of artificial intelligence and has become a powerful force in the midterm elections. Top policy executives tried to distance OpenAI from the activities…
President Trump rescinded his endorsement of a right-wing pastor for a House seat in Oklahoma on Wednesday after a texting scandal shook up the Republican primary, throwing his weight behind the pastor’s opponent the day after both candidates advanced to a runoff. Minutes later, the pastor, Jackson Lahmeyer, withdrew from the race. “I do not…
Four years ago, Dan Cox won the Republican primary for governor of Maryland thanks to more than $1 million in television advertising on his behalf funded by the Democratic Governors Association. Now Mr. Cox — a devotee of President Trump who wrote on social media during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol that…
