Scottsdale voters showed their dissatisfaction with the city by dumping all three incumbent council members running for reelection, opting instead to elect two staunchly conservative challengers and ...

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in ...

Democratic strategist David Axelrod pushed for U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel to become the new chair of the ...

The Republican Party secured control of the House, giving the G.O.P. a governing trifecta in Washington to enact Mr. Trump’s ...

Republican senators will gather behind closed doors to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch McConnell and ...

New Orleans actor, philanthropist Wendell Pierce has been named to a prestigious list. Pierce is No. 26 on The Root 100 list.

President-elect Donald Trump is moving to build out his national security team, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and ...

A record 13 women will serve as governor next year after the election of New Hampshire Republican Kelly Ayotte, breaking the ...

As Democrats work to figure out what went wrong in 2024, they are also preparing for who will be at the top of the ticket ...

He is also expected to give an inaugural address where most incoming presidents highlight their goals and vision for the next ...

Both the Republican and the Democratic parties scored key victories on Tuesday that they will try to build on as they shift the focus to state races.