Politics & Governance
Vice President JD Vance has given serious consideration to not running for president in 2028 after last week’s calamitous midterm elections, CNN’s Alyana Treene reports.
In six states across the Deep South, a drastic swing to the left this election was driven by high Black voter turnout and compounded by a sharp decline in voting rates across Republican-heavy areas.
The NSW premier has conceded to hand-picking candidates in crucial seats before the state election, despite a brewing backlash among rank-and-file party members.
A Democratic leadership tilt between a 70-something Chuck and a 60-something Chris hardly screams of the torch-passing moment many activists crave.
Labor might be splashing the cash on online ads, but analysts say Liberal and One Nation content is cutting through on social media as voters become fed up with a deluge of political and AI content.
Business & Economy
An Ohio man says he lost $5,000 on a Kalshi contract predicting Vivek Ramaswamy would win the 2026 governor race.
World News
Van Hollen's entry into the race follows Democratic sweeps in elections and challenges veteran leader Schumer.
World News
Workers faced off with police during Spain’s first nationwide strike since 2012, held amid a housing crisis and less than three weeks before a snap election.
Victorian Labor has promised to permanently freeze the emergency services tax rate for farmers, while the Coalition and One Nation have committed to scrapping it altogether.
Spanish parliament passes new laws limiting evictions but their duration depends on the upcoming snap election outcome.
Liberal leader Jess Wilson was spotted pouring beers in Wodonga last night, while the Carroll government has promised to freeze a tax on farmers if re-elected.
A week after John Kanga caused a sensation by nominating for the Flemington board, the final election field is still taking shape.
Voters have delivered their verdicts on which party they think is best to manage hospitals and health services, the education system and housing.
Australia & Pacific
This election – the first real test for One Nation and the Coalition’s to lose – is one of the most complicated and consequential this century.
With a raft of promised projects either scrapped, delayed or ignored, Geelong could be a test case for whether voters turn against governments who do not fulfil their election pledges.
A parliamentary inquiry also heard on Thursday that the prime minister’s honorary golf membership was worth $1100 a year, not $5 as he had previously claimed.
Politics & Governance
Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday he would run to be the Senate majority leader, challenging Senator Chuck Schumer.
Politics & Governance
Scott Colom will be the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1982, and Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction.