Commenting on her election in 1916, Rankin said, "I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won't be the last."

On the question of political participation, 66 per cent of AAPI voters said they were highly engaged, but always felt exhausted when thinking about politics.

District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction barring the US Postal Service (USPS) from carrying out a plan that critics say would restrict distribution of mail-in ballots.

Netanyahu, after decades of describing Iran's cleric-run state as an existential threat, in late February launched a joint attack on Iran with the United States.

Trump made clear he wants lower gas prices at the pump for Americans and asked executives how to increase refining capacity, according to a White House official who provided details on condition of anonymity.

Democrats have a clear lead among AAPI voters in both Senate and House races. For the Senate, 60% prefer Democratic candidates and 24% prefer Republican candidates. 

"The Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places during the 2026 elections," Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Asked about an NBC News report that the Pentagon chief has discussed a potential White House run, Trump said Hegseth is doing a "fantastic job, but it's very early to talk about that."

The Supreme Court's conservative majority didn't decide the legality of Trump's order, instead ruling that states who sued did not have the legal right to challenge it.

Trump has been insisting on passing the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which seeks stricter citizenship requirements to vote in US elections.

Making a strong case for stricter electoral laws in the US, Trump praised India's electoral apparatus.

The Congress leader's remarks came after Donald Trump publicly invoked India's electoral model in a bid to push the SAVE Act.

Trump noted that not even one per cent of voters in India used postal ballots in the recent general elections, and every voter had a valid photo identity document.

Arizona State University recently launched a new bachelor's degree in content creation, offered through its Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Then Musk said he planned to help Republicans in the November midterm elections and that he intended to spend at least $100 million on a voter-turnout operation designed to help Republicans hold on to Congress.

China is heavily invested in Zambia's copper sector, while the United States has shown new interest in the country as part of President Donald Trump's focus on critical minerals to ease China's dominance in that area.

Citing Ukrainian intelligence, Zelensky said that Putin plans for this mobilisation after Russia's parliamentary elections in late September.

Trump named Will Scharf, his former personal lawyer and ex-NCPC chair, as new White House counsel starting September 1, replacing David Warrington.

The crypto industry spent more than $119 million backing pro-crypto candidates in the 2024 election hoping to advance the Clarity Act and stablecoin law.

Trump is caught between an emerging interim deal being negotiated by Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over the Strait of Hormuz it never possessed before the war

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, overcoming more than $60 million in outside spending.

Facing heat from far-right coalition partners ahead of upcoming elections, Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed back on a US Gaza draft plan - though experts say Israel has little room to reject its key ally.

The United States has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador, a State Department official said Tuesday, in a mounting diplomatic row just months before elections in Latin America's largest nation.

Another reason to believe that the 2027 assembly election will attract more young voters is the fact that students have deferred bachelor's degree programmes at international universities because these degrees no longer guarantee work permits.