Many of the most competitive House districts this year, in states from Texas to Florida, California to Pennsylvania, have majority or near-majority Latino…

Mediapart has obtained written exchanges involving the chairman of France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, Jordan Bardella, from the early days of his political career. They reveal the…

Electing younger candidates might not quickly change older Americans' influence in Congress.

China's Culture Ministry said Friday it plans to tighten its scrutiny of foreign artists slated to perform there in response to pop singer Bjork's show of support for Tibetan independence at her Shang...

After years of Republican rule, Wisconsin Democrats are testing whether a democratic socialist is a viable candidate for governor in a swing state.

Tuesday’s primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat is serving as a proxy battle over the Democratic Party’s future. How it all plays out could shape the 2028 presidential race.

Former state Senate President Troy Jackson is on track to become Maine’s new Democratic Senate nominee this weekend. But eleventh-hour candidacies frequently face big challenges.

Up against Norway’s heart and skill and Florida’s heat, England’s talisman got them through – but there is much for Thomas Tuchel to fix

The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign in Maine has state Democrats wrestling with questions over candidate vetting and whether the next nominee should come from the party’s moderate or prog...

Whereas most sports are definitively Western-coded, soccer is reminiscent of the conflict resolution methods of Third World tribal societies.

President Trump is trying to improve on the Obama-era Iran deal after failing to get a military victory.

Star-spangled superfans hope their raucous support might give U.S. soccer a home-field advantage.

South Carolina deferred on redistricting this week – underscoring the complexities and political risks of redrawing maps in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling last month on the Voting Rights Act and m...

An overwhelming majority of Democrats now view Israel negatively – a dramatic shift that is playing out in primary campaigns across the country. It could portend big changes in policy, should the part...

The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.

Policy experts say President Trump’s emphasis on loyalty over dissent, his confidence in military successes, and Iran’s own weakness were likely important factors in his decision to attack Iran.

Criminal cases over a “fake elector” scheme to keep Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss have mostly run aground. In Wisconsin, a case involving three key figures in the effort might be...

A new feature on the social media platform X reveals that many popular accounts featuring inflammatory content about U.S. politics are located abroad. While it’s hard to know who is behind them, exper...

The public falling-out between U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and President Donald Trump has brought splits in the MAGA movement into the open. In Ms. Greene’s solidly Republican district, voters ar...

Gov. Gavin Newsom made green energy a priority. But as President Donald Trump makes oil the focus of U.S. energy policy, even California considers “Drill, baby, drill.”

Fallout over Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, a purveyor of antisemitism, is revealing divides in the conservative movement, shaped by an information environment with far fewer gatekeeper...

From tariffs to the 14th Amendment, the new Supreme Court term is full of cases that will determine whether President Trump’s expansive view of presidential power is constitutional.

The sidelining of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show could signal a wider chilling effect on free speech, under pressure from President Donald Trump and regulators under him.

History shows the loss of a charismatic leader can propel a political movement into something even more powerful – or mark the beginning of its decline. For now, Charlie Kirk’s allies are vowing to co...

The role of outside money in elections has grown exponentially ever since the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that political spending is a form of speech. Now, some advocates of campaign finance reform ho...

An era of abundant low-cost imports faces a reckoning – but not necessarily an end – as the Trump tariffs take hold. America’s long pivot from thrift toward consumption is deeply ingrained. So are the...

Working-class voters are flocking to Reform UK, a new MAGA-like political party that is disrupting the old guard of Labour and Conservatives.

Donald Trump was elected partly on the promise of a factory renaissance. Made-in-America may come back, but not necessarily in the places that led U.S. manufacturing 80 years ago.

Pro-democracy students helped oust Bangladesh’s autocratic leader. Now the country is grappling with how it sees its past – and defines its future.

Top investors in the meme coin $TRUMP will get to dine with President Donald Trump. Some Democrats call his family cryptocurrency ventures “profoundly corrupt,” while his press secretary says he is ab...

The new levies are like a slow-motion wave that’s about to break – causing U.S. consumers to experience higher prices and out-of-stock items.

President Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs buoyed stocks. But the U.S. has come to look like a source of uncertainty more than order.

From tariff policy to DOGE downsizing of government, Donald Trump’s second administration appears certain that mistakes or even a recession are OK if larger goals for the nation are being served.

The Trump administration aims to overhaul publicly funded science. Critics say cuts could undermine U.S. leadership that has fueled significant advancements.

The deletion of photos, video and other content is part of an order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that all the military services eliminate online material not allowed by the Trump administration.

President Trump credits Elon Musk with leading efforts to disrupt, shrink, and overhaul the federal bureacuracy. Mr. Musk has major business interests intertwined with the very government he is remaki...

The hard math of fiscal responsibility: Elon Musk’s disruption of entire federal agencies, even if it works, would leave the biggest drivers of federal deficits untouched.

Trump efficiency czar Elon Musk is taking drastic steps to tame bloated government. Critics say the Constitution is being shredded in the process.

Utah Sen. John Curtis doesn’t always agree with President Donald Trump. But his approach is aimed at consensus – and shows how the Senate GOP has changed.

In Columbus, Ohio, police are rethinking how to manage unruly Gaza street protests. Their “dialogue unit” could become a model for other U.S. cities.