presidential election

A screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen at her election day headquarters, in Paris

French duel: Macron vs Le Pen fight for presidency

Elections

President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen came out on top in Sunday’s first-round vote of France’s presidential election. They will now battle for the second round runoff on April 24.

Macron

Macron faces the huge task of uniting a fractured, anxious country

Global Politics
Jared Kushner

Trump aide Jared Kushner set up meetings with world leaders. Now, he faces questions about his Russian contacts.

Global Politics
François Fillon (2nd L), a former French prime minister, a member of The Republicans political party and 2017 presidential candidate of the French center-right, and Troyes Mayor Francois Baroin visit Le Coq Sportif factory as they attend a campaign visit

Politics in France are completely upended

Global Politics
Francois Fillon, member of The Republicans political party and 2017 presidential candidate of the French centre-right, attends a political rally in Charleville-Mezieres, France, February 2, 2017.

Can François Fillon still win the French presidency?

Global Politics
Marwah Maasarani and her husband Omar Awad watching Donald Trump's RNC speech in their New Jersey livingroom on Thursday.

Here’s what a Muslim couple in New Jersey made of Donald Trump’s RNC speech

Election 2016

A Muslim couple in Lodi, New Jersey, have been watching the Republican National Convention all week. Last night, they invited a reporter in to watch Trump give his acceptance speech.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971 to Cuban parents.

An El Salvador-born Rubio supporter says his candidate can fix broken immigration system

Global Politics

This Salvadoran American supports Marco Rubio on immigration. “We can’t break laws just because,” he argues.