election

Speed Reads

Why the GOP is attacking Hakeem Jeffries as an 'election denier'

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Briefing

Could this SCOTUS case push America toward one-party rule?

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Testify!

Graham testifies before Georgia grand jury in election probe

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making history

Karen Bass becomes 1st woman elected mayor of Los Angeles

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2022 midterms

Republicans flip the House

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Briefing

Will Joe Biden run again in 2024?

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Briefing

He's running

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2022 Midterms

Democrat Katie Hobbs defeats Republican Kari Lake in Arizona gubernatorial election

Slovenian President-elect Nataša Pirc Musar.

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Madam President

Slovenia elects Melania Trump's former lawyer as 1st female president

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Briefing

What the midterm results mean for Trump

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Money moves

The 2022 midterms were the most expensive ever

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Briefing

What will Republicans do with a House majority?

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Briefing

Midterm polls: The race for the House and Senate

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waiting game

Election results will likely take a few days or even weeks to be finalized

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Put the R in "Twitter"

Elon Musk urges 'voting for a Republican Congress'

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Briefing

Is democracy on the midterm ballot?

President Biden joins former President Barack Obama in Pennsylvania.

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: November 6, 2022

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Briefing

The Georgia election interference investigation, explained

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Briefing

The 10 closing campaign pitches that could decide control of the Senate

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He's back

Netanyahu wins chance to be Israeli prime minister once again

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Briefing

The Israeli election and the far-right

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Is this loss?

Bolsonaro accepts his defeat without formally conceding

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Briefing

The controversy over Arizona's armed ballot watchers, explained

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Briefing

The biggest 2022 gubernatorial races

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Briefing

Brazil's election: A clash of presidents

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new beginnings

Lula defeats Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential election

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Briefing

The rise of the Swedish far-right

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Briefing

Who's going to win the midterms?

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Devika Rao

Should the U.K. have a general election?

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Briefing

How will the economy affect the midterms?

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Hindsight is 20/20

Obama reflects on a past 'mistake' and Democratic priorities in new interview

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Briefing

What third-party candidate Peter Obi would mean for Nigeria

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More Latinos Lean Right

Dem support among Latino voters cut in half over last decade

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brazil votes

Brazil presidential election: Bolsonaro and Lula head to run-off

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Harold Maass

Are polls getting the midterms wrong?