Far-right leader José Antonio Kast was sworn in as Chile’s new president on Wednesday, marking the Latin American nation’s ...

Belarusian journalist Pavel Dabravolski was convicted Monday of treason and sentenced to nine years in a maximum-security prison, activists said, the fifth media worker to be jailed in two weeks in a ...

Abigail Davis Spanberger was sworn in as Virginia's 75th and first female governor. Spanberger's inauguration was part of a Democratic sweep that included the state's first Black attorney general and ...

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...

Ben Smith was sworn in as the new Leader of the Opposition in a ceremony at Government House this afternoon, pledging to dedicate his efforts to securing a better future for the young people of ...

Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, a central New York Republican, will step down from his post in the coming days and will not seek reelection this fall, he announced Thursday. Barclay, of Pulaski ...

Rep. Christian Menefee (D-TX) was sworn in Monday to represent the voters of Texas’s 18th Congressional District, bringing Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) already razor-thin margin even narrower.

Democrat Christian Menefee, a former Harris County Attorney, won the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, ending a long vacancy and narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s ...

Del. Trenton Barnhart takes the oath of office Wednesday afternoon, becoming the next state senator for the 3rd Senatorial District succeeding former state senator Donna Boley. The oath of office was ...

U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, who represents the Lehigh Valley in Congress, met with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado this week, as uncertainty about Venezuela’s long-term future persists ...

Mikie Sherrill was sworn in as New Jersey’s 57th governor Tuesday, delivering an inaugural address in which she portrayed President Donald Trump as a tyrannical king and doubled down on her campaign ...