OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is just one seat short of a majority government after a Toronto Conservative lawmaker quit the party Thursday afternoon to join the Liberals. MP Michael Ma ...

A Canadian Conservative lawmaker has defected from his party and joined Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing Liberals TORONTO -- Canada's governing Liberals were one seat short of a simple majority ...

Pennsylvania Democrats defended the liberal majority on the state Supreme Court Tuesday, blocking GOP efforts to flip the balance of power ahead of the next presidential election. Justices Kevin ...

Tuesday’s special election was forced by a court-ordered redistricting to offer Black voters a chance for more representation in the state capital. By David W. Chen Mississippi Democrats won two ...

Zohran Mamdani could become mayor without a majority of support, thanks to Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa splitting the vote – and despite New Yorkers opposing his socialist policies, a poll released ...

Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw, the Democratic nominee in Virginia's special election on Tuesday, is being predicted by pundits to be victorious and fill late U.S. Representative Gerry ...

Republican Sen. Tim Scott's goal in next year's midterm elections is not only to defend the GOP's 53-47 margin in the Senate, but to expand the majority. Scott, the conservative senator from South ...

More than 40% of higher education students are older than 22, and almost 70% are holding down jobs while taking courses, finds a new report on the "new majority" college student. Nontraditional ...

Georgia Senate Republicans elected new majority leader and nominated a new president pro tempore. Sen. Jason Anavitarte (R-Dallas) was elected majority leader, and Sen. Larry Walker III (R-Perry) was ...

This story is adapted from Ari Berman’s new book, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People —and the Fight to Resist It, which will be published April 23. “Today, we’re here to ...

The justices rejected as outdated and mistaken the view that “members of a majority group” must show more evidence of discrimination before they can sue and win. Although the case did not directly ...

University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. With 52% of enrolled voters counted, The Poll Bludger has Labor ahead in 92 of the 150 House of Representatives ...