As if voters didn’t have enough on their plates ahead of next week’s Presidential Election, it’s apparently already time to start thinking about the midterms which will follow.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, the Bay State’s elder but junior senator, on Sunday announced he will seek a third term in office in 2026, proclaiming that at 78 years old ...Read more

As if voters didn’t have enough on their plates ahead of next week’s Presidential Election, it’s apparently already time to start thinking about the midterms which will follow.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, the Bay State’s elder but junior senator, on Sunday announced he will seek a third term in office in 2026, proclaiming that at 78 years old ...Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to return to North Carolina on Wednesday as part of her final push before Election Day, the Harris-Walz campaign told The News & Observer.

Harris will be in Raleigh, while her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will be in Charlotte and Asheville that same day.

The campaign didn’t provide details of what...Read more

Japan faces political instability after a gamble by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to call a snap election backfired with the ruling coalition failing to win a majority in parliament for the first time since 2009.

Voter discontent over a slush-fund scandal has pummeled support for Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party, causing it and its ruling ...Read more

Pittsburgh and its Jewish community are six years removed from the 2018 synagogue shooting and more than a year removed from the shooter's trial in which the events of Oct. 27, 2018, were laid bare in excruciating detail.

Work on the renewed synagogue space at the corner of Shady and Wilkins avenues started in earnest earlier this year. The ...Read more

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is reviewing a petition sent by San Diego County residents and elected officials asking the federal government to evaluate whether the polluted Tijuana River Valley may be eligible for Superfund designation.

County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer spearheaded the effort after a majority of ...Read more

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner are set to lose their majority for the first time since 2009, according to a forecast from public broadcaster NHK, raising questions about the future of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

The LDP and Komeito appear likely to fall short of the 233 seats needed for a majority in the lower ...Read more

After sending more than 100 fighter planes to attack Iran, the Israeli government is seeking to walk a fine line: Officials there believe the attack did significant strategic damage but want to allow Iran to continue dismissing it as unworthy of response.

Orders went out to Israeli officials to stay mum on the details. Yet at a ceremony to ...Read more

Russia continues a slow, grinding advance across the entire front line in Ukraine as a close U.S. election looms whose result will have major repercussions for Kyiv’s ability to fight back.

Moscow’s army will still be able to achieve tactical gains on the battlefield despite new record losses, said western officials who declined to be named...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — Whatever happens in the highly contentious Nov. 5 election won’t change a lingering truth that looms over the city: Oakland is spending more money than it is making.

Despite the expected arrival of $95 million from the city’s Coliseum sale next May, budget director Bradley Johnson said this week that cuts to some city ...Read more

Georgia’s ruling party declared victory in parliamentary elections that opponents said were rigged, and international observers highlighted several shortcomings that they said marred the outcome.

While the election report on Sunday from the observers didn’t challenge the result, it raised concerns about an uneven campaign playing field, as ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Biden and Newsom administrations will soon adopt new rules for California’s major water delivery systems that will determine how much water may be pumped from rivers while providing protections for imperiled fish species.

But California environmental groups, while supportive of efforts to rewrite the rules, are criticizing...Read more

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Libby and Andrew Potter usually ignore the avalanche of Medicare Advantage ads that land in the mailbox at their home in Huntsville, Alabama, each fall as Medicare’s open enrollment period begins.

Libby, a retired middle school librarian, has what she considers good health insurance through the state employee health plan....Read more

Queensland became Australia’s first mainland state to elect a center-right government in more than 18 months, breaking the Labor Party’s hold on power ahead of a national election due by May.

The Liberal-National Party would win at least 48 out of 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, more than the 47 needed for a majority in ...Read more

Japan looks set for one of its closest national elections in years as voters go to the polls Sunday to decide whether to keep the scandal-tainted Liberal Democratic Party in power.

Forecasts by Japanese media outlets suggest the LDP will win the most votes but may lose its overall majority in the lower house of parliament, and possibly even ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The California Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating donations received by Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León's reelection campaign.

The investigation was prompted by allegations, detailed in an anonymous complaint filed with the FPPC last November, involving a nonprofit that distributes food to homebound ...Read more