Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, has been the presumptive favorite in the election since soundly beating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary in June.

The BJP's protracted hunt for a new party boss - a search many feel is being overseen by its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - has drawn a jab from Mohan Bhagwat.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday President Donald Trump will chair a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and added that Washington expected Israel's war in the Palestinian territory to be settled by the end of the year.

Community groups with close ties to Beijing have been working behind the scenes in New York City to influence who gets elected and who does not, according to a report in a leading US daily.

John Bolton, whose home and office were searched by federal agents on Friday, has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump since serving as a national security adviser in Trump's first administration.

Elon Musk was ordered by a federal judge to face a lawsuit by voters accusing the world's richest person of defrauding them into signing a petition to support the US Constitution for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway.

US President Donald Trump wants to ban mail-in ballots in federal elections, a form of voting popular with many Americans.

Donald Trump pledged on social media that he would do away with both mail voting, which remains popular and is used by about 1/3rd of all voters, and voting machines, some form of which are used in almost all of the country's election jurisdictions.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agrees with him that letting voters send in ballots by mail puts honest elections at risk.

Bilateral meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterparts were a regular occurrence early in his 25-year tenure.

When US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki in 2018, the pair alarmed allies with a friendly encounter where Trump sided with the Russian leader over his own intelligence agencies on election interference.

President Donald Trump's repeated threats to impose his will on Washington has brought its unique status back into the spotlight.

US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance is "most likely" to secure the Republican party nomination for president in 2028.

Donald Trump is pulling hard on the levers of power to strengthen Republicans through redistricting in Texas and other states, the latest offensive in escalating moves by both sides to shape the battlefield of US democracy for the midterm elections.

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance is "most likely" his heir apparent to serve as the Republican nominee in 2028, the furthest he has gone in backing Vance as a future presidential candidate.

The test is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2028 and will be known as FTI-X, short for Flight Test Integrated.

Billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Yass along with crypto industry donors helped President Donald Trump raise $236 million for his political operation in the first six months of 2025 - an unprecedented sum for a second-term president.

A former CIA official who led the intelligence assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election has slammed Tulsi Gabbard's claims of a "treasonous conspiracy" against Donald Trump, calling them false and uninformed.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) demanded that Kamala Harris and several top American celebrities be prosecuted for allegedly receiving and paying millions of dollars for endorsements during the 2024 presidential election.

A man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in South Florida last year was back in court this week, asking a federal judge to let him represent himself, as prosecutors tried to block him from introducing irrelevant evidence.

Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for helping later serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein recruit young girls for sexual abuse, is reportedly planning to meet with federal prosecutors this week.

Russia allegedly had damaging intelligence about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "psycho-emotional problems" during her 2016 presidential campaign against Donald Trump, according to a newly declassified intelligence report.

As the national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard is responsible for guarding America's secrets and discovering threats from overseas. But when she made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Wednesday

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, on Wednesday released a slew of documents that she said implicate members of the Obama administration for weaponising US intelligence.