Us Elections

Zohran Mamdani's NYC win signals a turn towards the Left in US politics

Progressive Zohran Mamdani's stunning NYC win and key Democratic victories in Virginia, New Jersey, and California signal headwinds for Trump ahead of next year's US mid-term polls

How Wall Street reacted to Zohran Mamdani's New York City mayoral win

Wall Street leaders offered cautious support to Zohran Mamdani after his historic win as New York City's mayor, even as concerns surround his tax plans and economic policies

Trump blames govt shutdown, absence from ballot for Republican losses

After Democrats swept major elections across key states in the US, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to explain the Republican Party's poor performance in the polls

Democrats score historic wins in first major polls of Trump's second term

Democrats secured major victories across key US states and cities, gaining momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms

Zohran Mamdani taunts Trump after NYC mayoral win: 'Turn the volume up'

Newly elected New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani mocked Donald Trump in his victory speech, saying his win over Trump-backed rivals showed how the city can 'defeat political darkness'

Zohran Mamdani quotes Nehru in victory speech: 'Step out from old to new'

Zohran Mamdani quoted lines from Jawaharlal Nehru's famous 'A Tryst with Destiny' speech, which was delivered on August 14, 1947

US elections: Women make history with wins in Virginia, Detroit, New Jersey

In landmark results, women won top races in the 2025 US elections - Abigail Spanberger became Virginia's first female governor, Mary Sheffield Detroit's first woman mayor, and Mikie Sherrill New Jers

Indian-origin Pureval pips JD Vance's half-brother in Cincinnati mayor race

US Vice President JD Vance did not fund or actively campaign for his half-brother, though he posted on X, encouraging voters to support him

New York mayoral polls: When is voting and where Mamdani, competitors stand

Early voting has begun in New York City's mayoral race, with Zohran Mamdani leading against Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa; the mayoral elections will decide if the city gets its first socialist mayor

Obama to lead key rallies as Virginia, New Jersey gear up for polls

Former President Barack Obama will headline rallies Saturday for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, corralling voters ahead of elections that may signal the national mood 10 months into Donald Trump's second presidency and a year ahead of midterm elections that could reshape it. Republicans in those states are stumping as well on the final weekend of campaigning before Tuesday's elections, but without the national star power. And on the west coast, California advocates are making a final push ahead of a statewide referendum over whether to redraw the state's congressional map in Democrats' favour. The effort backed by Gov Gavin Newsom is part of a national redistricting battle that began when Trump urged GOP-run states to help him keep a friendly House majority in 2026. Obama, the Democrat whom Trump succeeded when he first assumed the presidency, will appear first Saturday with Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger in Norfolk. Obama

Trump-backed Van Epps, Democrat Behn win Tennessee special poll primaries

Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's administration, won a crowded Republican primary Tuesday in the special election to replace a GOP congressman who left office this summer. In the Democratic primary, state Rep Aftyn Behn won a four-way contest and will face Van Epps in the general election. Van Epps clinched the victory with an endorsement from President Donald Trump that came after in-person early voting ended. Eleven Republicans were on the ballot for the seat vacated by former US Rep Mark Green. Among them, two candidates, including state Rep Lee Reeves, suspended their campaigns after Trump weighed in, and they likewise endorsed Van Epps. Thank you to the people of Middle and West Tennessee! Our Donald J. Trump-endorsed campaign won in a landslide tonight, Van Epps said on social media. Now, on to December 2nd! We're going to win the general and keep this seat RED! The December 2 general election could gauge the popularity of Trump's aggressive .

I had 'responsibility' to argue against Biden running for 2nd term: Harris

Kamala Harris said Monday evening that she regrets not expressing her concerns about President Joe Biden running for a second term when a majority of Americans felt he was too old for the job. "I have and had a certain responsibility that I should have followed through on," Harris told Rachel Maddow on MSNBC in her first live television interview since the election. The Democratic former vice president's comments expand on a passage in her book, 107 Days, that looks back on her experience replacing Biden as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee after he dropped out of the race. Harris ultimately lost to Republican candidate Donald Trump. In the book, Harris wrote that everyone in the White House would say it's Joe and Jill's decision about running for reelection, referring to the Democratic president and first lady. Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness, she wrote. The stakes were simply too high. This wasn't a choice that should have b

Musk to face lawsuit for defrauding voters over 2024 election sweepstakes

The district attorney in Philadelphia sued Musk and the PAC about a week before the November election to shut down the sweepstakes as an unlawful lottery

Trump moves to use presidential power to help party in 2026 midterms

President Donald Trump has made clear in recent weeks that he's willing to use the vast powers of his office to prevent his party from losing control of Congress in next year's midterm elections. Some of the steps Trump has taken to intervene in the election are typical, but controversial, political maneuvers taken to his trademark extremes. That includes pushing Republican lawmakers in Texas and other conservative-controlled states to redraw their legislative maps to expand the number of US House seats favourable to the GOP. Others involve the direct use of official presidential power in ways that have no modern precedent, such as ordering his Department of Justice to investigate the main liberal fundraising entity, ActBlue. The department also is demanding the detailed voter files from each state in an apparent attempt to look for ineligible voters on a vast scale. And on Monday, Trump posted a falsehood-filled rant on social media pledging to lead a movement to outlaw voting ..

Trump vows to change how elections are run, targets mail voting, machines

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do on his own. Relying on false information and conspiracy theories that he's regularly used to explain away his 2020 election loss, Trump pledged on his social media site that he would do away with both mail voting which remains popular and is used by about one-third of all voters and voting machines some form of which are used in almost all of the country's thousands of election jurisdictions. These are the same systems that enabled Trump to win the 2024 election and Republicans to gain control of Congress. Trump's post marks an escalation even in his normally overheated election rhetoric. He issued a wide-ranging executive order earlier this year that, among other changes, would have required documented proof-of-citizenship before registering to vote. His Monday post promised another election executive order to help

Trump to sign order on mail-in ballots, voting machines ahead of 2026 polls

Trump to sign order on mail-in ballots, voting machines ahead of 2026 polls

Takeaways from report on Democrats lining up for 2028 presidential race

Democrats' political jockeying for the 2028 presidential contest appears to be playing out earlier, with more frequency and with less pretense than ever before. It's only 2025, but several potential candidates are already taking steps to get to know voters in the states that will matter most in the nomination process. And with no clear Democratic front-runner, upwards of 30 high-profile Democrats could ultimately enter the 2028 primary. Here are highlights from The Associated Press' reporting on possible hopefuls' moves in traditional early voting states: South Carolina hot in July Over the span of 10 days this month, three Democratic presidential prospects are scheduled to campaign in South Carolina. The state is expected to host the Democratic Party's opening presidential primary contest in early 2028, although the calendar hasn't been finalized. California Gov. Gavin Newsom was referred to as a presidential candidate at one stop last week, although he insisted he was there sim

Billionaires shouldn't exist: Zohran Mamdani vows to tax New York's top 1%

Zohran Mamdani vs billionaires: President Donald Trump threatens to cut federal funding to New York City if Mamdani is elected

Judge blocks Trump admin from requiring citizenship proof for voter sign-up

A judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal elections are run, including adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form. President Donald Trump had called for that and other sweeping changes to US elections in an executive order signed in March, arguing the US fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections" that exist in other countries. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington sided with voting rights groups and Democrats to grant a preliminary injunction to stop the citizenship requirement from moving forward while the lawsuit plays out. She also blocked part of the Republican president's executive order requiring public assistance enrollees to have their citizenship assessed before getting access to the federal voter registration form. But she denied other requests from a group of Democratic plaintiffs, including refusing to block Trump's order to tighten

19 states challenge Trump election order; 4th lawsuit filed in a week

The executive order, which was signed just a week ago, included stricter regulations and required documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in elections