Japan has a female candidate among the front-runners to become prime minister in a vote this month, raising the possibility that a nation known for lagging on diversity may appoint its first woman leader before the U.S.

While Kamala Harris battles with Donald Trump ahead of the November election that could make her the first female U.S. ...Read more

Donald Trump pledged to lift a cap on the state and local tax deduction valuable to many New York homeowners that he imposed as president.

“I will cut taxes for families, small businesses and workers, including restoring the SALT deduction, saving thousands of dollars for residents of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other high-cost ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities on Wednesday accused Iranian hackers of emailing stolen information from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to President Joe Biden’s campaign team, as well as to journalists.

The operation, which occurred over the summer, appeared to be an effort by Iranian hackers to dupe people working for the president�...Read more

WASHINGTON — Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith warned the danger of foreign interference in the U.S. election will surge in the final two days of the presidential campaign.

“The most perilous moment will come, I think, 48 hours before the election,” Smith told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

Smith said that was the �...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congressional Gold Medals were bestowed on a group of Black women who dared to boldly go where no woman had gone before: the labs and offices of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration where pioneering mathematicians and engineers figured out how to slip the surly bonds of Earth.

Congress honored Katherine Johnson, ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former President Donald Trump endorsed Nick Begich in Alaska's congressional race on Tuesday, three months after he put out a statement accusing Begich of costing Republicans the seat in 2022.

Trump originally endorsed Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom in Alaska's U.S. House race. Both Begich and Dahlstrom sought to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania voters no longer prefer former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris on the economy in a poll that shows the Democratic presidential nominee all but erasing the deficit on which candidate can best handle the top issue for voters this fall.

In a Quinnipiac University poll of likely Pennsylvania ...Read more

After polling their membership and finding the majority support the reelection of former President Donald Trump, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has chosen to skip an endorsement this election cycle.

According to a series of straw polls and surveys conducted by the union, when held against the 45th President, support among union ...Read more

Can we say awkward?

Amid split rumors, Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr. are scheduled to co-host a political event this weekend.

A post on Guilfoyle’s Instagram includes the flier for the Patriot’s Day Freedom Fest, held at a farm in Morning View, Kentucky.

“You don’t want to miss the Eagles Tribute Band and a huge fireworks ...Read more

MIAMI — The first day of former Florida state Sen. Frank Artiles trial on charges of election campaign violations opened with testimony from the political operative who paid him. It ended with a lobbyist telling jurors she heard Artiles boasting how he helped a Republican candidate win a key South Florida Senate seat by the narrowest of ...Read more

An effort in one North Texas city to rename a public street after former President Donald Trump has so far hit roadblocks, but supporters aren’t giving up.

Some Republicans in Wise County have sought to change the name of Airport Drive in Decatur to “Trump Way.” The quarter-mile road leads to the Decatur Municipal Airport on the northern ...Read more

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, long a stalwart in presidential races, on Wednesday declined to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris or former Donald President Trump, citing a lack of commitment to workers’ rights from either presidential candidate.

It’s the first time since 1996 the union has withheld an endorsement for ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Jupiter resident who was arrested in July after making threatening social media posts about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential nominee JD Vance entered into a pretrial diversion program Tuesday, potentially avoiding a formal conviction.

Michael M. Wiseman, 68, was arrested by ...Read more

NEW YORK — A report of explosives outside Donald Trump’s planned rally on Long Island was bogus, officials said Wednesday.

Hours before Trump, 78, was scheduled to arrive at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, social media rumors spread about explosives being found in a car outside the arena.

“No. Ridiculous. Zero validity,” said Christopher...Read more

WASHINGTON — Ahead of a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week on the dangers of crime from illegal immigrants, the panel’s social media account posted a computer-generated photo of former President Donald Trump, in a lake, with a duck and kitten in his arms.

“Protect our ducks and kittens in Ohio!” the post said, among the first ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael D. Crapo, top Republican on the tax-writing Finance Committee, hinted Tuesday at a possible workaround for the ballooning price tag attached to extending the 2017 tax cuts and enacting new tax breaks former President Donald Trump has floated on the campaign trail.

Republicans shouldn’t offset the roughly $4 ...Read more

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked in a tight race in Georgia, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Wednesday that shows how close the contest has become less than two months until the election.

The Republican drew 47% support in the poll while Harris was at 44% — within...Read more

Three months after his worst election performance to date, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing another challenging vote: this time in the fragile region of Jammu and Kashmir, where separatist sentiment is strong and voters are angry with their loss of autonomy.

Jammu and Kashmir will hold local elections in three phases starting ...Read more