Lula wins reelection in Brazil, defying Latin America’s rightward shift

The leftist defeated Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro who had pledged to join President Donald Trump’s security initiative. Bolsonaro called for the election to be annulled.

Tracking the 2026 early vote

Witkoff’s Praise of Putin as ‘Humanitarian’ Tracks With U.S. Approach to Russia

The U.S. envoy’s remarks in Russia sparked fury among Ukraine’s supporters, but they follow President Trump’s strategy for ending the Ukraine war.

Takeaways from the Senate debate in Kansas, an unexpected midterm battleground

Kansas voters have not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932, but the contest between Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton, a Methodist minister, has been forecast as a...

Senate Democrats start spending in Mississippi

Senate Majority PAC, Democrats’ main Senate super PAC, is putting in $1.2 million to try to defeat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Exclusive | Democrats Make a Million-Dollar Bet on Florida Governor’s Race

National Democrats have largely withheld major funding for Democrat David Jolly, but are seeing a late-race opportunity.