U.K. Conservatives Hold Their Breath: How Bad Will Local Elections Be?

Voters in England and Wales will choose local officials on Thursday. The results could demonstrate whether the governing party’s dire poll ratings are reliable, analysts say. Read More

Joe Biden Has Stunning 9-Point Lead Over Donald Trump Among Actual Voters

Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump among previous voters ahead of the presidential election, a new poll has revealed. According to a Public Opinion Strategies poll for NBC News, the Democratic ... Read More

News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds

Americans have a message for news organizations as they prepare to cover the 2024 election: About half of Americans say they're concerned that outlets will report inaccuracies or misinformation ... Read More

Poll: Election interest hits new low in tight Biden-Trump race

Donald Trump race, the share of voters with high interest in the election has hit a 20-year low at this point in a presidential contest. Read More

Chris Mason: What this week's local elections mean for national politics

It means the Tories have a long way to fall this time, if that is the electorate's collective judgement. These results matter for their own sake. They will decide the decision makers over all sorts of ... Read More

Florida’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Now Law, With Political Implications

The ban, which took effect on Wednesday, was part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s push into cultural conservatism. But Florida politics is rarely that simple. Read More

Trump's first criminal trial is a test run

America’s mainstream news media and its pundits have ... is far easier to continue to pretend that these are normal times and to focus on political personalities and polls and “independent and ... Read More

Japan's succession drama puts future of world's oldest monarchy in doubt

Public feel 'sense of crisis' and politicians debate changing rules as Emperor has no male children and only three heirs ... Read More

Ruling: Iowa state auditor must provide more evidence to justify withholding emails

The state auditor's office must do more to justify its decision to withhold from public release emails between his office and two journalists, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. Read More