India's governing Congress party suffered a bruising blow Sunday, losing four keenly watched state elections in what is seen as a semifinal for the national vote next spring. The country's main opposition, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, won power in all four states, even ...
The Diet and government should immediatly start working out a way to drastically reduce disparities in vote values.
Can Christie lead GOP back to White House?
Since Chris Christie's landslide re-election as governor of New Jersey earlier this month, which has seen him confirmed as an early favorite for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, the question of the precise nature of his political personality, and its appeal, has loomed as ...
U.S. left gravitates toward 'scourge of Wall Street'
Not many political "rock stars" inspire audience members to knit, but, even by Washington's sedate standards, the darling of America's new left is a quiet revolutionary. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a former Harvard professor turned Wall Street scourge, is one of a clutch of unlikely radicals ...
Labour MP aims to be first black mayor of London
Labour member of Parliament David Lammy has declared his interest in becoming the first black mayor of London during a fact-finding mission to several U.S. cities. Speaking from Chicago before visiting Boston and New York last week, the London-born representative for Tottenham said that the ...
U.S. initiative spending booms past $1 billion over past 18 months
Corporations and some of the wealthiest Americans spent more than $1 billion over the past 18 months on ballot initiatives in just 11 states, according to campaign finance data, an explosion of money used to pass new laws and influence the public debate. The initiative ...
In L.A., supporters of a 2016 Clinton run ready to get on board early
Hillary Rodham Clinton stood on another stage, facing another overflowing ballroom. This time the locale was the University of Southern California, where the elegant Town and Gown hall was jammed to capacity Saturday morning with more than 400 members of the country's Latino political and ...
For divided GOP, election proves no end to debate
Tuesday's elections, which produced a resounding Republican victory in New Jersey and a dispiriting loss for the GOP in Virginia, highlighted the challenges ahead for a badly divided party — and will probably intensify an internal debate about how to win back the White ...
Prosecutors investigating election fraud involving the support base for Takeshi Tokuda have questioned the House of Representatives member on a voluntary basis, investigative sources said Tuesday. Monday's questioning apparently focused on whether the 42-year-old Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker knew that the Tokushukai hospital and welfare ...
In Britain, era of 'green Tory' withers
Prime Minister David Cameron once dog-sledded across a shrinking Norwegian glacier to showcase his concern for global warming. Now, environmentalists say, his pledge to lead a new era of the "green Conservative" is in danger of melting away. Cameron's troubled road on the environment illustrates ...
New York readies for a left turn at City Hall
After two decades under the leadership of Michael Bloomberg and Rudolph Giuliani, New York appears headed for a sharp left turn when voters select a new mayor in November. "I'm a progressive," said Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate and dominant front-runner in the ...
Top-two primary systems could counter American extremist tendencies
The latest game of political chicken that drove Washington to a government shutdown and the very edge of the debt ceiling gave new life to the omnipresent complaint of elder statesmen and centrist wise guys: If only congressional districts weren't so gerrymandered in the ...
