Getting campaign text messages ahead of midterms? There could be an AI bot behind it
Taught to sound like a candidate, bots are engaging voters with personalized text messages making AI-generated texting conversations the latest tool p...
Berlin’s mayor abandons reelection campaign after ‘tennis-gate’ outcry
Kai Wegner admits poor communication in handling of power blackout overshadowed his other political workBerlin’s embattled mayor has abandoned his cam...
Reform byelection campaign risks a replay of the Johnson error
In triggering an entirely optional byelection, Nigel Farage has given opponents weeks to repeat the claims about his financesTo some, Nigel Farage app...
Campaign staffers keep trying to bet on races despite push to curb insider trading
Kalshi says it has blocked "dozens" of trades from campaign insiders, but experts say the company's approach leaves lots of potential loopholes. NPR h...
Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation
Democratic marines veteran and oyster farmer has been dogged by controversy since entering contest last yearWoman accuses Maine Senate candidate Graha...
Police investigate £37,500 donation to Jenrick leadership campaign
Met confirms inquiry after elections watchdog referred allegations that donations in 2024 were from foreign sourcePolice have launched an investigatio...
Le Pen Launches Presidential Campaign, in a Twist for French Politics
The day after a court decided the far-right leader Marine Le Pen could run for office again, cheers and boos met her campaign kickoff in a rural stron...
Maine Democrats say Platner's campaign is trying to influence replacement process
The state Democratic Party accused Platner's campaign of trying to "put their thumb on the scale" of the process to replace him if he drops his bid fo...
Marine Le Pen launches France presidential campaign after court decision to shorten ban
France’s far-right leader plans to take part in 2027 vote after court of appeal upholds her conviction for embezzlementThe French far-right leader Mar...
Austrian campaign aims to save writer Stefan Zweig’s Salzburg villa after Porsche tunnel row
Supporters hope to stop 17th-century Villa Europa passing into private hands after Wolfgang Porsche unexpectedly put it on marketAustrian cultural fig...
Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow ends US Senate primary campaign
Lawmaker’s exit gives voters choice between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and centrist Haley Stevens in must-win seatMallory McMorrow, a Michigan Democra...
Even as It Bombards Kyiv, Russia’s Wider Military Campaign Has Largely Stalled
Moscow can still inflict serious damage, but its forces are suffering higher casualties than their Ukrainian counterparts and losing ground, analysts ...
New campaign urges public to reduce water use as UK emerges from heatwave
Exclusive: £75m publicity drive will ask people to treat water as precious resource and cut daily use by 28 litresThe biggest ever campaign to encoura...
Nigel Farage’s anti-WHO campaign moves to US with allies added to board
Relocation of Action on World Health raises questions over why Reform UK leader is involved in a US pressure groupNigel Farage’s campaign against the ...
Andrew Hastie to get extra security, citing One Nation campaign against him
Hastie tells colleagues home affairs minister did not disclose the threats made against him, but he has been targeted online for his views on Ben Robe...
‘Canaries in the coalmine of populism’: an oral history of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front row seat
How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation shaped the UK’s futureD...
