The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a new regulation limiting mail ballots in November's election, but it won't go into effect unless the U.S. Supreme Court allows it.

Officials say Kazakhstan’s pro-government Adilet Oarty won a landslide victory in the Central Asian country’s parliamentary elections.

Residents of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District outside of Atlanta will get a new representative to Congress after a special election runoff Tuesday to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, who died April 22.

South Carolina Republicans will return to the polls Tuesday to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on the fall general election ballot.

Oklahoma Republicans will return to the polls Tuesday to settle an expensive nomination fight for governor, while Democrats will pick a nominee for U.S. Senate.

Democrat Christina Bohannan is making a third attempt to win a congressional seat in Iowa's 1st District.

President Donald Trump plans to visit Ireland next month.

Pete Buttigieg was in South Carolina this weekend as he considers a second presidential campaign.

Kazakhstan voted Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to further strengthen President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s grip on power in Central Asia’s largest nation.

Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died.

Just eight of 435 congressional districts backed a Republican in their House race and Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

Ed Martin, a loyal White House ally who held multiple Justice Department posts despite unconventional tactics that sometimes rankled his superiors, is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration.

Fundraising platforms are organizing this month to raise more money for underfunded Black-led nonprofits.

President Donald Trump says the first step toward keeping Darline Graham as a U.S. senator from South Carolina involves helping her win a Republican runoff next week.

Vice President JD Vance has returned to his hometown to campaign for Republican candidates at a steel plant where his grandfather worked.

California state Sen. Aisha Wahab has secured victory in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s House term, which ends in January.

Investigators are seeking to interview law enforcement officials in connection with the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of a Florida-based inquiry aiming to establish a conspiracy against the Republican president.

Democrats have narrowed the list of potential host cities for their 2028 presidential convention to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia as their party looks ahead to a wide-open primary to succeed Republican President Donald Trump.

A Missouri judge has rejected bid to let voters decide whether to use new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump.

She joined News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on The Morning Show to discuss her strategy heading toward the November midterms.

Matt Corrigan, a political analyst from Jacksonville University, joined News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on The Morning Show to put that Senate race and the high-stakes gubernatorial race to succeed Ron DeSantis in perspective.

Florida Democratic voters have delivered an upset by nominating democratic socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon over moderate Alex Vindman, a former national security official.

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general election.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired a senior official amid a corruption investigation involving a deputy head of the presidential office.

Sen. Darline Graham, running in South Carolina's runoff election, stumbled over a foreign policy question during a debate.

The race for Nigeria’s top job began Wednesday as the West African nation’s electoral commission formally opened the campaign season.

The polls are now closed across much of Florida for the state’s 2026 primary election. Republicans and Democrats across the state cast ballots to pick their party’s nominees for governor, U.S. Senate, and other state cabinet offices, as well as in U.S. House, Florida House, and local races.

A mysterious political firm admitted to fabricating multiple election polls this month.

Japan and the Organization of American States have signed a deal to award Haiti a $3 million grant to help it register voters as the troubled country prepares to hold general elections for the first time in more than a decade.

U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman says it’s a “head scratcher” that President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina’s Republican Senate runoff.

Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to confirm that he won’t send troops to polling places during the midterm elections.

Sean Freeder, a political analyst and Head of the UNF Public Opinion Research Lab, joined News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on The Morning Show to discuss the potential impact on the November midterms.

Voters in the Alabama, Florida, and Wyoming primary are deciding which candidates to advance to the general election in races for governor, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House.

John Truscott, a political analyst and CEO of Truscott Rossman, joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton to discuss Michigan’s move from local drama to national emergency for Democrats. The big question: Can a progressive win in a purple state and save the Senate, or will this nomination hand Republicans the map?

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has won the Republican nomination for Florida governor and former Rep. David Jolly has picked up the Democratic nod, setting the stage for a fall campaign to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis and decide the state's future political direction.

Democratic voters have elevated a progressive Senate candidate in Florida, while Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, backed by President Donald Trump, won the GOP nomination as he vies to become the first Black governor of the state.

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general election.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected to serve a second five-year term.

Tuesday morning, polls will open across Florida for the state’s primary election for congressional, state, and local races.

Results in primary elections for Columbia County & Lake City races

A court in Russia has convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and a month in prison in the latest crackdown on dissent ahead of next month’s parliamentary election.

Florida voters will select nominees Tuesday to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and to complete the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s unexpired U.S. Senate term.

Wyoming voters will choose nominees for an unusually high number of open-seat races in a state primary Tuesday.

Alaska voters will narrow down a long list of contenders for a competitive U.S. Senate seat that’s expected to play a pivotal role in determining which party will hold a majority in the chamber next year.

Four months after Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell resigned amid sexual assault allegations that torpedoed his campaign for California governor, his former Bay Area constituents will pick a replacement Tuesday to serve out the rest of his term.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is running for reelection in a new Florida district after Republicans redrew the congressional map.

Brazil's presidential candidates have kicked off their campaigns ahead of a tight October election.

The national redistricting competition between the parties means California's conservative voters are going through the same thing as Democratic voters in Republican strongholds.

A piece of Miami architectural history has sat largely abandoned and covered in graffiti for more than three decades.

Democratic voters are turning out for this year’s primaries at levels not seen in more than 20 years.

Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on in states where Black and Latino voters and union members are key supporters.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his government has triggered an economic reciprocity law against U.S. tariffs.

Congressman Russell Fry says he's supporting Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina's Republican Senate primary runoff.

Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended and then restarted under heightened security over reports of violence against election officials and the theft of ballot boxes.

Nigel Farage has regained his seat in Parliament, beating a field of fringe candidates led by trash-can-wearing comic Count Binface in a special election boycotted by mainstream parties.

Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for Iowa governor, says he's bringing a different message to Iowans.

A judge has dismissed Nevada’s fake electors case.

Former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is scheduled to be the featured speaker at a Labor Day rally in what may be one of his first public appearances since a sexual assault allegation ended his candidacy.

David Jolly, a former Republican now running for Florida governor as a Democrat, is trying to revive the state's political battleground status.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema and his main rival Brian Mundubile have cast their votes in a crucial presidential election that will test whether Hichilema’s economic reforms were enough to overcome widespread frustration over the cost of living.

A special election is taking place Thursday in the seaside town of Clacton, just east of London.

Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party’s voters oscillate between progressive and more moderate candidates.

Republicans in Minnesota see a chance to regain influence after a fraud scandal rocked state government.

Results in Democratic primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut have reiterated that Democratic voters are hungry for change, even as they remain divided over the party’s ideological future.

David Crowley’s razor-thin primary win over a democratic socialist in swing state Wisconsin sets up a match against a congressman who has voted with President Donald Trump 100% of the time.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has survived a leadership vote among his party’s lawmakers less than three months before an election.

Primary elections are taking place in six U.S. states — Alabama, Connecticut, Minnesota, South Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has selected a Republican-turned-independent as her running mate in a tough reelection campaign.

The Democratic Party's ideological divide remained unresolved even as the establishment candidate eked out a narrow win in the Wisconsin governor's primary over a democratic socialist.

Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman have advanced to a runoff in South Carolina’s special Republican primary to replace the late Lindsey Graham in the Senate.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary in the latest victory for an insurgent progressive over the party’s establishment.

Moderate Democrat David Crowley has won the Wisconsin primary for governor.

Early voting in Duval County runs until Sunday, August 16, and the Supervisor of Election reports that turnout percentage so far is 4.40%.

Embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller is staying in the race for his Ohio congressional district.

Russia’s highest court has ordered the only party opposing the Kremlin’s military action in Ukraine to be removed from the ballot in next month’s parliamentary election.

Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts will select U.S. House nominees Tuesday under a new map that eliminates one of the state’s two majority-Black districts currently represented by Democrats.

Fresh on the heels of Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary win in Michigan, Wisconsin voters will decide another high-profile clash between the party’s establishment and progressive wings in a gubernatorial primary on Tuesday.

Minnesota Democrats will decide a competitive U.S. Senate primary Tuesday in another face-off between moderate and progressive candidates that could define the party’s identity heading into the midterm elections.

Two veteran Democratic incumbents in Connecticut face strong challenges in a state primary on Tuesday.

Vermont Democrats will try on Tuesday to do something they’ve been unable to do in five previous attempts: nominate a gubernatorial candidate who can beat Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that certain shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.

Ten Republicans will compete in a special primary election Tuesday in South Carolina to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on the state’s general election ballot.

Progressive candidates for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. Senate in Minnesota are making their final pushes ahead of Tuesday’s election.

President Donald Trump says Will Scharf will be the new White House counsel, replacing David Warrington.

The Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota is heating up and immigration has become a central issue.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says he's spoken with Barack Obama and hopes the former president will campaign with him.

Myanmar’s military-backed government has rejected ASEAN's call for the unconditional release of former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Darline Graham, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, is running in a crowded Republican Senate primary on Tuesday.

The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season.

States are debating whether to crack down on social media influencers making political advertisements without disclosing that they were paid.

Duval County voters continued heading to the polls Saturday during the second day of early voting.

Mississippi does not top the list of hotly contested U.S. Senate races this fall.

Peter Trumbore, chair of the Department of Political Science at Oakland University, joined News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on The Morning Show to sort out the answers to some big questions about control of the Senate after the Michigan primary.

Michigan Democrats are showing unity behind their statewide candidates.

An ongoing corruption scandal involving Hawaii’s lieutenant governor looms over Saturday’s state primary as nine candidates jockey to replace her.

Scott Colom is a Black man and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, a state traditionally led by white conservatives.

Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio is calling on Rep. Max Miller to resign his House seat and abandon his fall reelection bid.

Jeffrey Brandes, founder of the Florida Policy Project, joined us on The Morning Show to talk about ways Amendment 3 needs to be reworded so people know exactly what they are voting for.

Wisconsin is the latest state where the battle over the direction of the Democratic Party will play out.

Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher has defeated Congressman Andy Ogles in a Republican primary.