THE episode of “Saturday Night Live” before Election Day features a parody (pictured) of a Democratic get-out-the-vote advert. In it, jittery Democrats look into the camera and swear that their party will win back the…

WASHINGTON—President Trump pledged to retaliate against any investigations launched by majority House Democrats in the new Congress, during a post-midterm news conference in which he repeatedly struck a combative stance while also calling for bipartisanship…

Finances in Ontario, already one of world’s most indebted regions, will get a whole lot worse if the government follows through on its campaign pledges. The budget deficit in Canada’s most populous province is poised…

Get our daily newsletterUpgrade your inbox and get our Daily Dispatch and Editor's Picks. TWO YEARS after a bitter defeat in America’s presidential election, the Democrats have won back control of the lower legislative chamber,…

“AWESOME, JUST awesome; you’re the best; love that.” J.B. Pritzker dishes out quick-fire pleasantries to supporters in a hall usually reserved for Taekwondo in northern Chicago. Casual in baggy trousers and a woollen top, he…

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Republican Brian Kemp declared himself the winner Wednesday in the race for Georgia’s governor, saying he led Democrat Stacey Abrams by 1.6% of votes after all absentee ballots were counted. Mr. Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of…

DIVA AMON, a researcher at the Natural History Museum in London, spotted her first whale skull in 2013, during an expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the tropical Pacific. It sat on beige…