A clerical error in Fort Bend County’s voting system during a runoff election caused a two-hour outage, temporarily preventing some voters from casting ballots and necessitating manual updates to voter roll data at all polling locations.

Other southern states are advocating for South Carolina to remain the first to vote in the Democratic presidential primaries.

Michigan Democrats have turned their first statewide televised Senate debate into a fiery clash, exposing the party’s deep divide over how to rebuild after its 2024 losses.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start talks on Iran’s nuclear program.

A federal judge is declining to halt President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to create a national list of eligible voters and limit mail voting.

The crowded race for California governor still has no clear front-runner with only days left for voters to decide which two candidates to advance to the general election in November.

Stop AAPI Hate is an organization that rose to national prominence for its meticulous reports on anti-Asian hate incidents at the height of the pandemic.

Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment establishing a 40-hour, five-day workweek.

Texas Democrat James Talarico has launched his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Now that Election Day is over, polling locations have closed and votes have been counted, candidates vying for the support of voters now know where they stand.

Texas' Ken Paxton and James Talarico focus their energies — and attack ads — on each other as the fight for U.S. Senate narrows to two.

Paxton’s blowout win on Tuesday compelled an alliance by necessity, if not natural synergy, between the attorney general and the Washington groups that spent months trying to elect John Cornyn.

Rep. Christian Menefee has defeated veteran Rep. Al Green in a generational Democratic primary runoff for a newly created congressional district following Republican redistricting.

Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, despite a lower court's ruling the map intentionally discriminates against Black people.

President Donald Trump has been showcasing his influence in Republican primaries, recently endorsing Ken Paxton in Texas.

Penpa Tsering has been sworn in for a second term as the president of Tibet’s government-in-exile based in India.

Win or lose, billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer will leave a mark in the history books in his bid to become California’s next governor.

President Donald Trump is congratulating Texas Sen. John Cornyn for having a “great career” while also congratulating the man who beat Cornyn in a primary with his endorsement.

The boundaries of the 35th Congressional District in South Central Texas were redrawn in 2025 to favor GOP candidates as requested by President Trump.

Fort Bend County Commissioner Dexter McCoy won the Democratic runoff election for Fort Bend County judge Tuesday night, defeating Rachelle Carter by a wide margin and setting up a November showdown against interim County Judge Daniel Wong.

The Austin lawmaker now faces an uphill battle against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the state’s second-highest executive, in November.

With their Republican nominations in hand, the two are favored to win their GOP-leaning seats in November to replace outgoing Reps. Jodey Arrington and Wesley Hunt.

State Rep. James Talarico will be holding a campaign rally in Houston on Wednesday.

Voting in Fort Bend County has been paused after a system bug caused all voting centers in the county to go down Tuesday afternoon.

The South Carolina Senate has rejected President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts in hopes Republicans could gain an extra seat.

Maine's secretary of state says an initiative intended to limit transgender students’ ability to participate in sports has been removed from the ballot because of invalid signatures.

Federal judges have temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to use new congressional districts that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the midterm elections.

John Cornyn is trying to fend off Ken Paxton. Both parties are picking attorney general nominees. And an oil and gas regulatory race has become uncharacteristically costly.

Texas 2026 primary runoff election results for U.S. Senate, attorney general and more

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

Texas voters head to the polls Tuesday in several closely watched runoff elections, including a high-profile Democratic congressional matchup in Houston and the Republican U.S. Senate runoff drawing national attention.

Texas voters will pick a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff election on Tuesday.

Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid says the U.S.-Iran deal fails to meet Israel's goals and is criticizing Prime Minister Netanyahu for allowing Washington to negotiate with little Israeli input.

Texas Republican Senate candidates Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton are going to be scarcely visible in public on the last day of campaigning ahead of Tuesday's runoff.

Cypriot YouTuber and TikToker Fidias Panayiotou says he’ll hold onto his European Parliament seat despite winning one in Cyprus’ House of Representatives.

Democrats are increasingly critiquing each other over their personal stock trades as the party looks to hone its anti-corruption message against President Donald Trump in the midterm elections.

Police have stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition CHP party, using tear gas and rubber bullets.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is facing new calls to resign from within his own party.

2026 Primary Runoff Election results for Texas.

2026 Texas Primary Runoff Election results for Harris County Judge.

2026 Texas Primary Runoff Election results for Fort Bend County.

Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, saying she needed to leave office as her husband battles cancer.

President Donald Trump’s political revenge tour met its potential match this week as angry Republican senators finally said no, even if temporarily.

Ken Paxton is playing up President Donald Trump's endorsement as the Texas attorney general heads into the final days of U.S. Senate primary runoff against incumbent John Cornyn.

The clash embodies the tension for Democrats who rely on large fundraising hauls to remain competitive, even as they denounce the outsized political influence of corporate cash.

Middleton helped fund the Legislature’s swing to the right, and an internecine challenge to Ken Paxton. But that’s nothing next to the money he’s spent on himself.

Serbia’s university students are gearing up for a major rally this weekend, pushing for political changes under President Aleksandar Vucic.

President Donald Trump has begun testing his midterm message, focusing on the economy.

The Democratic National Committee has released a controversial autopsy report on the 2024 election.

Colorado Democrats have voted overwhelmingly to censure the state's governor for commuting the prison sentence of an election conspiracy theorist.

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin has released a critical study of the party’s performance in the 2024 campaign.

Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says he is suspending his campaign for Michigan governor, citing an increasingly “toxic” political climate due to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran and skyrocketing gas prices.

Senate Republicans have departed Washington for the Memorial Day recess without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies.

President Donald Trump's repeated false claims about his 2020 election loss is almost certain to play a role in Georgia's four-week runoff campaign as Republican voters choose nominees for governor, secretary of state and the U.S. Senate.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government.

A small but growing group of Republican lawmakers is showing independence from President Donald Trump.

Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman from Kentucky, has lost his primary bid for reelection.

A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom is facing growing opposition from Republicans ahead of an expected vote this week.

Vice President JD Vance’s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.

Primary elections have been held in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Idaho and Pennsylvania.

The South Carolina House has endorsed a plan to redraw its congressional districts to favor Republicans at the urging of President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff.

The development, coming partway through early voting, is a searing blow for John Cornyn, who finished first in the March runoff but was unable to convince Trump to endorse him.

Rep. Mike Collins and Derek Dooley will compete for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in a June 16 runoff, as neither received at least 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary to win outright.

Hungary's new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is visiting Poland, a traditional ally that can offer plenty of lessons on political transformation and restoring democratic norms.

President Donald Trump has scored another win against a Republican rival, purging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill.

Oregon voters have rejected a gas tax increase passed last year by Democratic lawmakers.

Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has lost his Republican House primary after a concerted effort by President Donald Trump to oust him through challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein.

Democrats in Pennsylvania backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro won their primaries to shape a congressional slate in which they hope to flip the state’s four swing districts and, ultimately, capture a U.S. House majority.

Another election is here for Houston-area voters, and for some residents, it’s starting to feel like the campaigns never stop.

Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins is positioning himself as a strong supporter of Donald Trump in his bid to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.

Our series of explainers and guides will help you get ready to vote in the upcoming runoffs. Early voting begins May 18.

It was a hurdle too high for Bill Cassidy to clear.

Joe Panzarella, a progressive community organizer, is projected to win the Houston City Council District C runoff, securing 64.7% of the votes against Nick Hellyar.

The Trump administration has run the names of at least 67 million voters through government databases as it looks for noncitizens and people who've died.

Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in U.K. politics.

The shutdown of North America’s largest commuter rail system has continued into a second day with no end in sight after unionized workers went on strike.

Britain’s government is in turmoil, and some see Andy Burnham as the one to save it.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming have advanced to a runoff in Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is commuting the sentence of a former county clerk and election conspiracy theorist following pressure from President Donald Trump.

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee is ending his bid for reelection.

Houston City Council District C voters will choose between Joe Panzarella and Nick Hellyar in a runoff election on Saturday, May 16, to fill the seat vacated by Abbie Kamin until January 2028.

The 2020 election continues to haunt Georgia's political landscape, especially in the Republican primary for secretary of state.

Louisiana voters will participate in a revamped and stripped-down state primary Saturday and decide the political fate of an embattled Republican U.S. senator targeted for defeat by President Donald Trump.

Britain's government faces uncertainty as the Labour Party grapples with internal turmoil.

Voting rights groups are arguing that a federal judge should stop President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail voting because he doesn’t have the authority to do so.

A top California Democratic political aide has pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal campaign funds from Xavier Becerra when he served as the federal health secretary.

PACs have accounted for 89% of ad spending in Texas’ congressional runoffs as crypto, AI and mystery groups flood the contests.

State senators in Louisiana have passed a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous one.

Vice President JD Vance is highlighting the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in a visit to Maine ahead of the state’s primary elections for several high-profile races.

The incumbent senator and his allies have massively outspent the pro-Paxton side, though polling points to a tight finish in the May 26 election.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight.

Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have erupted into open rebellion within his party.

Denise Powell has won the Democratic primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in a contest focused on the state’s “blue dot” status in presidential elections.

Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats' efforts to reverse Trump-era changes to consumer protection laws.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is losing the confidence of some Democratic officials, who are concerned about the direction of the party's political machine barely a year into his term.

Texas voters have listed immigration and border security among their top issues for years, but recent polling found they are less of a priority than at any point in recent history.

“The Hills” reality television show villain Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles, positioning himself as a savior and promising to tackle the city's disorder and dysfunction.

From U.S. Senate to Railroad Commission, the TribCast dives into the most contentious races we'll be watching on May 26