politics

The hard-right Reform Party led by Brexiteer Nigel Farage is on track to win a higher-than-expected number of seats, as it cuts deeply into the Conservative’s vote share.

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is expected to succeed Rishi Sunak as the U.K.’s next prime minister.

Calls for Biden to drop out from the presidential race were triggered by a shaky debate performance against former President Donald Trump last week.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for early parliamentary elections in an effort to quell rising extremist views—but experts say it may backfire.

No prominent Democrats have called for Biden to step aside, and party leaders have rallied around him in the wake of the report that questioned his mental faculties.

If Trump were sentenced to a year or less, he would serve out his sentence in a city jail, such as Rikers Island, and would likely be eligible for parole after serving two-thirds of the sentence

Former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records Thursday, becoming the first former or sitting president to ever be convicted on criminal charges—though it remains uncertain if he’ll be sentenced to prison.

Tax cuts and a $300 energy rebate are among the core focuses of Jim Chalmers 2024-25 Federal Budget – that is projected to deliver a $9.3 billion surplus for this financial year. Here’s a breakdown of some of the key winners and losers from Tuesday night’s announcement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have won reelection, Russian officials announced Sunday, reelecting him for another six-year term as democracy experts describe the victory as a sham and elections in the country are neither free nor fair.

Pundits have long ago called what seems like a foregone conclusion – that the upcoming 2024 American general election will once again be a matchup between the 45th President Donald Trump and 46th President Joe Biden. And people are not happy with the same old – with about 2/3rds of Americans ‘tired of seeing the same candidates’ as demonstrated by an early January Reuters/Ipsos poll.