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President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed reported warnings by US intelligence that Russia is meddling in this year's elections as a "hoax" planted by his Democratic rivals.

Vindictive politiko (VP) isn't done settling scores with political rival (PR) after winning the 2019 elections.

President Rodrigo Duterte ribbed his former aide, Senator Bong Go, for making an extra effort to look good especially after winning in the 2019 elections.

Governments around the world are increasingly using social media to manipulate elections and monitor their citizens, in a worrisome trend for democracy, a human rights watchdog said Tuesday.

Elections are often described as a horse race but when Donald Trump seeks his second term in 12 months, it's going to look more like a monster car demolition derby.

Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo has secured her win in the May elections after a court dismissed the election protest against her.

MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday extended by one day the election candidates’ filing of Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) since the end of the 30-day deadline falls on a holiday.

With nearly 97 percent of the election returns transmitted, Senator Nancy Binay is apparently wondering if she can keep her 12th ranking in the partial vote count or can still be overtaken by her nearest rival. Binay, in a Facebook…

Amid imminent defeat in the party-list elections, former Palace official Mocha Uson has thanked her supporters and vowed to remain the voice of ordinary Filipinos. Uson took to Facebook to express gratitude to her supporters through a…

Former Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte has won a congressional seat in Davao City's first district and thanked his supporters for their trust and support. "Sa mga katawhan sa unang distrito sa Davao, dako akong pasalamat sa inyong…

Senator Joel Villanueva has demanded an explanation from the Commission on Elections about its transparency server problems that led to the delay in unofficial media counts. Villanueva said the nation deserves an answer from the poll…

Senator Francis Pangilinan is not giving up on the Otso Diretso senatorial candidates as the counting of ballots in the midterm elections started. "Kapit lang. No retreat. Never surrender," he tweeted, after administration senatorial…

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has a lot of explaining to do about the alleged irregularities in the midterm elections including the delay in the counting of ballots. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has joined the growing list of…

Duterte signed Proclamation 719 declaring May 13 a special non-working day in the entire country to allow the public to vote.

President Rodrigo Duterte has appealed to Filipino voters to choose "responsible" leaders in the coming elections.

The race to become one of the country’s new senators is heating up ahead of the campaign season, with five politikos locked in a tough fight to be part of the so-called “Magic 12” list of winning candidates.

Facebook said Tuesday it will tighten rules for political ads in countries with elections scheduled in the first half of the year, building on transparency efforts already underway in the United States, Britain and Brazil after a series of…

President Rodrigo Duterte has called for urgent action to stop "political terrorism" and to ensure free and fair elections next year.

Republican volunteer John Lombardo sets himself an ambitious target when going door-to-door on the campaign trail in battleground state Pennsylvania: a hundred door knocks every two hours.

An incoming member of Mexico's Congress was kidnapped at gunpoint Tuesday, an official said, the latest violent episode surrounding the July 1 elections, the bloodiest in the country's history.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has failed to shed light on alleged irregularities in the 2016 poll elections.

Facebook said Tuesday it shut down 32 fake pages and accounts involved in an apparent "coordinated" effort to stoke hot-button issues ahead of November midterm US elections, but could not identify the source although Russia is suspected of…