Elections

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump pushed for voter identification legislation on Monday while speaking at a House Republican retreat at the Trump-Kennedy Center. 

The National Citizens’ Party (NCP) of Bangladesh, which grabbed headlines in 2024 as part of the worldwide “Gen Z” youth movement against corrupt dynasties, is facing a revolt from many of its members after announcing a political alliance with the Islamic supremacist Jamaat-e-Islami party.

Honduras’ National Electoral Council (CNE) on Wednesday proclaimed conservative and President Donald Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura as the winner of the 2025 presidential election — ending a three-week uncertainty period over the extremely narrow race and controversially slow vote count process. 

Protests in Honduras staged by members of the ruling socialist Libre party this week against the nation’s electoral authorities left at least eight injured, further delaying the slow vote counting process of the November presidential election.

Chilean conservative José Antonio Kast obtained a sweeping nationwide victory in Sunday’s presidential runoff election.

Chilean voters will choose their new president between conservative José Antonio Kast and communist Jeannette Jara in Sunday’s runoff.

President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that it is time for Ukraine to hold a presidential election.

Rixi Moncada, candidate of Honduras’ ruling Libre socialist party, on Sunday called for protests against its yet-to-be defined results and accused President Donald Trump of allegedly “coercing” in the nation’s recent election.

The State Department said on Thursday that America is “comprehensively reviewing our relationship with the Government of Tanzania” due to concerns over the “ongoing repression of religious freedom and free speech.”

UK gov follows up attacking Magna Carta by announcing it is postponing elections and inroducing a nationwide facial camera recognition system.

Matt Van Epps, the Republican candidate for Congress in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, defeated his Democrat opponent, Aftyn Behn, in a special election on Tuesday night.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson over allegations that state election law intrinsically violates the state’s constitution by allowing non-residents to vote in the state’s elections.

President Donald Trump expressed concerns about the now-halted presidential vote count in Honduras in a statement on Monday — stressing that there will be “hell to pay” if the results are altered.

Citizens want fresh elections, they could see Zelensky outed, and they will happen “immediately” after ceasefire, Ukraine’s ousted FM said.

Preliminary results from Honduran authorities indicate that conservative candidate Nasry Asfura is narrowly leading the presidential election.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday suspended the nation of Guinea-Bissau from all decision-making roles after its civilian government was overthrown in a coup.

Communist Jeannette Jara and conservative José Antonio Kast will head to a presidential runoff election in Chile on December 14.

Chile will hold a general election on Sunday to choose the country’s new president and members of parliament, featuring eight candidates vying to succeed outgoing leftist President Gabriel Boric next year.

New Jersey Democrat gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill will be the next governor of New Jersey after defeating her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli.

Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger will be the next governor of Virginia and the first female governor of the state after defeating her opponent, Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R).

New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, and Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), the Democrat gubernatorial candidate, are virtually tied in the state’s gubernatorial race, ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid, who resigned and fled the country in August 2024 amid violent protests, confirmed on Wednesday that she has been living in India since her abdication – and she “would love to go home,” if “law and order genuinely prevailed.”

There may be just a few thousand votes between the two top parties as the very final results come in for the dead heat vote. 

Argentina debuted its new single paper ballot, a massively overhauled and more transparent voting system.

Colombia’s Historic Pact, the ruling leftist coalition led by President Gustavo Petro, chose Senator Iván Cepeda as its 2026 presidential candidate in Sunday’s primary elections.

The Department of Justice announced Friday it will send election monitors to polling locations across California and New Jersey for the upcoming November 4 general election, citing efforts to ensure transparency and compliance with federal voting laws.

During a SCOTUS hearing on Wednesday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson seemed to liken black Americans to Americans with disabilities.

A poll published by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on Monday found that 75 percent of Ukrainians want President Volodymyr Zelensky to leave office after the war with Russia ends.

The U.S. Supreme Court began a new term on Monday and is set to rule on several cases that will impact a wide range of highly consequential issues. 

Christians in the Syrian provinces of Hama and Homs called a general strike, blocked roads, set fire to a security checkpoint, and marched to demand justice after two of their number were murdered and a third was injured by masked gunmen wearing the uniforms of the General Security Service, the national police force of the central government controlled by President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

President Donald Trump mocked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his state visit to the White House on Thursday, saying he is well acquainted with “rigged elections.”

Argentina’s Fuerza Patria (“Homeland Force”) leftist coalition obtained a victory against President Javier Milei’s Liberty Advances party in Sunday’s Buenos Aires Province’s legislative elections, securing a majority in both chambers of the provincial (state) parliament.

Businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over as head of Haiti’s transitional government on Thursday, a few hours after infamous gang boss Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier told residents of Port-au-Prince to stay out of the way while his forces overthrow the government.

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru said on Sunday evening that he intends to remain in office as prime minister, even though his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered an anticipated defeat in Sunday’s elections and lost control of the upper house of the National Diet.

Failed Democrat Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is not ruling out another run for office, the news coming after her party worried she might do so again.

Japan’s upstart populist-conservative party Sanseito is causing major headaches for Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in this weekend’s election, peeling off just enough votes to bring Ishiba’s minority coalition government down.