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A Morning Consult poll revealed that Republican voters are more confident and hopeful than Democrats regarding the 2018 midterm elections.

Gabby Giffords is campaigning in hopes of helping a gun control Democrat win what has been a solid pro-Second Amendment Congressional seat in California 49.

The U.S. State Department on Monday condemned the release of a video appearing to show soldiers in Cameroon killing a woman and infant, among others. As President Paul Biya, 85, prepares to run for a seventh term as president, foreign governments and human rights organizations are increasingly sounding the alarm on growing violence between French and English speakers in the country.

Mexico tried to avoid it. They tried to keep radical leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) out of power. And they succeeded – twice – before ultimately being left with no better options on their presidential ballots.

Leftist presidents around the world congratulated Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on his election victory on Sunday, as the country’s relationship with its traditional allies takes a new turn. 

ANKARA, Turkey — The winner of Sunday’s presidential election will be the first Turkish head of state to govern with expanded powers after constitutional changes were approved in April 2017.

Democratic Congressional candidate Amy McGrath said that the closest she could come to describing the way she felt after Trump’s election was her reaction to 9/11.

The majority of likely voters in 2018 midterm swing districts across the United States say immigration to the U.S. has made American life worse, a new poll reveals. In the latest CBS News/YouGov Poll, which surveyed likely voters in 2018

A right-wing, anti-immigration opposition party led by a former Slovenian prime minister won the most votes in Slovenia’s parliamentary election Sunday, but not enough to form a government on its own, according to preliminary results.

The United States condemned what senior administration officials called the “fraudulent election” of dictator Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela on Sunday, adding additional sanctions against the government in an executive order issued Monday.

A contentious GOP convention to select the party’s nominee in Virginia’s 6th Congressional District ended with a move towards unity when Del. Ben Cline was nominated by acclamation on Saturday.

The issue of illegal and legal immigration is leading the debate of the Idaho gubernatorial race where establishment Lt. Gov. Brad Little, conservative Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), and Dr. Tommy Ahlquist are facing off.

Mike Kennedy chastised Mitt Romney on Breitbart News Sunday, telling host Amanda House, “A Massachusetts Republican is not the same as a Utah Republican.”

“This morning Speaker Ryan shared with his colleagues that this will be his last year as a member of the House,” Buck said in a statement to reporters. He confirmed that Ryan would serve out his full term and retire in January.

Detectives drafted into a diverse London borough at the centre of a number of serious corruption scandals are reportedly looking into 39 new claims of electoral fraud ahead of local elections next month.

Brazil’s leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lost a final appeal on his corruption conviction that could soon land him in prison and keep him out of the 2018 presidential race. While still a heavy favorite to win, signs of opposition are starting to grow, including recent eggings at campaign stops and gunfire aimed at his campaign convoy on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his reelection, according to the White House and the Kremlin.

TEL AVIV – American Jewish groups over the weekend slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s insinuation that Jews may have meddled with the 2016 presidential election, comparing his remarks to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

President Donald Trump urged Americans to move beyond the partisan attacks based on Russian attempts to meddle in the election.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is holding a press conference Friday to announce indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities “accused of violating U.S. criminal laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and political processes.”

BUDAPEST (AFP) – Hungary will hold general elections on April 8, the president said Thursday, with controversial right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban tipped to win a third consecutive term.

MILAN (AP) — The Italian government has set March 4 as the date for the next parliamentary election, formally launching what is shaping up to be a bruising campaign.

“Wait on God and let this process play out,” “May God bless you … it’s not over,” Moore said.

Ken Klukowski joined Stephen K. Bannon on Breitbart News Daily, discussing the political ramifications of President Donald Trump’s “bold decision” to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore vowed to drain the swamp if he is elected to office, making his final argument to win voters in Alabama on Monday night.

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Thursday that he may be setting his sights on a bid for higher office in Arizona.

Dr. Gina Loudon harkened back to the first days of the Tea Party in Alabama as she rallied supporters of Alabama candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore and told the Washington, DC, swamp that Alabamans don’t take orders from them.

“Crooked Hillary Clinton is the worst (and biggest) loser of all time,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

“I just asked him again,” Trump said. “He said he as absolutely did not meddle in our election, he did not do what they are saying he did.”

November 8, 2016, was a historic day as President Donald Trump pulled off one of the biggest political upsets in modern history. But many of the details were lost in the crazy development of the late-night and early morning hours. We asked our Breitbart News staff to share some of their election night memories with our readers.

NEW YORK – One of the leading candidates to head the UN cultural agency UNESCO is a Qatari official accused of being an anti-Semite.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently made a post to social media begging for forgiveness over accusations that Facebook may have influenced the 2016 election.

During a rally alongside Breitbart News Chairman Steve Bannon and Brexit leader Nigel Farage, Alabama Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore blasted the United States Congress for inaction in stopping a temporary amnesty program for nearly 800,000 illegal aliens.

President Donald Trump responded to failed former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s accusations against Facebook for allowing Russia to buy ads in the 2016 presidential election.

An NGO documenting police repression in Venezuela announced on Monday that the government arrested 96 people during Sunday’s vote for a parallel legislature, adding to over a dozen known deaths amid police attacks on protesters Sunday.