Sweden’s final election result is now expected on Thursday, a day later than previously anticipated, in one of the tightest parliamentary votes in the Nordic nation’s history.

The count of close to 300,000 advance and overseas votes will begin Wednesday, according to a statement from the Election Authority.

The delay prolongs uncertainty ...Read more

Sweden’s final election result is now expected on Thursday, a day later than previously anticipated, in one of the tightest parliamentary votes in Swedish history.

The count of close to 300,000 advance and overseas votes will begin Wednesday, according to a statement from the Election Authority.

The delay prolongs uncertainty after Sunday’...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is adding three more candidates to its “Red to Blue” program for top recruits, including an independent running in red-leaning Alaska and a progressive seeking a battleground seat in Michigan.

The additions bring the DCCC program up to 40 candidates as the party grows ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus Institute is launching a new campaign seeking to turn out low-propensity Black voters and rural voters across the South ahead of the midterm elections.

The multimillion-dollar “SO VOTE” initiative, which is debuting Tuesday on National Voter Registration Day, seeks to go beyond traditional ad ...Read more

Another cry for help came from the billionaires building the artificial intelligence machinery that threatens to upend — if not end — the world: Save us from ourselves before it is too late!

Dario Amodei, the head of Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, posted a 3,800-word essay over the weekend that called for a global ...Read more

Politics nerds have many ideas about how to strengthen American democracy; however, few directly address silent elections. For example, ranked-choice voting does nothing to encourage more candidates to run if there are not enough. Term limits increase turnover, but even newcomers can frequently run uncontested in general elections if they have ...Read more

For 15 years, I worked in financial regulation and consumer protection, most of that time at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. My job involved bringing Republican and Democratic state regulators together to go after payday lenders who were writing loans engineered never to be repaid and debt collectors chasing debts that did not exist.

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Mail voting in the 2026 midterm elections will go on as usual – now that the Trump administration’s major efforts to disrupt how Americans vote by mail have been blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The U.S. Postal Service had recently implemented new rules placing unprecedented restrictions on the practice of mail voting in federal...Read more

DENVER — Outside groups have spent more than $3.3 million this month on two of Colorado’s most contentious congressional races, including more than $1 million that came from a super PAC associated with President Donald Trump.

Most of the money, $2.4 million, has been spent either to support Republican Reps. Gabe Evans and Jeff Crank or to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict voting by mail, ruling it is too late to impose new postal service rules for the November election.

The justices on Monday turned down an emergency appeal from Trump’s lawyers, who argued the government needed a new and untested system of unique bar ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would not run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 if Kamala Harris does so, appearing to offer deference to the former vice president ahead of a race that could draw a historically crowded field of candidates.

"I wouldn't run if she ran," Newsom told CNN's Jake Tapper in an interview ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A coalition of 67 health care industry and advocacy groups is urging Congress to revisit a surprise medical billing law to address an unforeseen problem from its enactment: the ballooning costs of settling disputes when services are performed out of network.

The industry groups sent a letter to congressional leadership on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to restrict voting by mail, ruling it is too late to impose new postal service rules for the November election.

The justices on Monday turned down an emergency appeal from Trump’s lawyers, who argued the government needed a new and untested system of unique bar ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday forcefully rejected calls to slow the development of artificial intelligence, dismissing concerns about its risks as a "hoax" and warning the United States remains locked in a fierce technological race with China.

The president's position has put him at odds with a growing chorus of industry leaders and ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNN he would not run for the presidency, long considered to be his next political move, if it entails campaigning against fellow California Democrat and former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to an excerpt from an upcoming broadcast for the television network.

Newsom and Harris, who lost to President Donald Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director John Brennan’s lawyers told a judge that he faces a “real” threat of prosecution under the Trump administration, saying he’s received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in Florida.

Brennan and his attorneys appeared in Washington federal court on Monday to argue for a judicial order requiring ...Read more

President Donald Trump has endorsed Darren Bailey for governor, a move that undercuts the Republican nominee’s attempts to distance himself from a president unpopular in Illinois and whose backing contributed to Bailey’s loss to Democrat JB Pritzker in 2022.

“I’ve already endorsed him. I’m all for Bailey,” Trump told reporters as he...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Ukraine offered differing accounts of a supposed agreement with Russia to stop attacks on energy infrastructure, as strikes on oil refineries help drive diesel prices to record levels.

Trump on Monday blamed the strikes, rather than the war in Iran, for the surge in diesel prices and posted on social ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A former Missouri election integrity director alleges Secretary of State Denny Hoskins fired him after he reported plans to manufacture a whistleblower complaint and threats against local election officials.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in Cole County Circuit Court, Nicholas La Strada accuses Hoskins of terminating him one ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — State Rep. Jay DeBoyer, the Republican nominee to be Michigan's lieutenant governor, told a group over the weekend that voting in support of a constitutional convention might be a way to put limits on abortion access, according to a recording obtained by The Detroit News.

DeBoyer's remarks during a Saturday event in Battle ...Read more