Bloomberg Democrats voted to dramatically reduce the influence of superdelegates on the party’s presidential nomination process as part of an effort to move past the fissures of the 2016 election as candidates gear up for the next one. The measure passed by a voice vote at the party’s summer conference in Chicago, with a small fraction voting against it. “Today ...

Bloomberg John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee and Vietnam War hero who was a senior voice on defense and foreign policy in the US Senate, has died. He was 81. McCain died at 4:28 pm on August 25, his office said in an emailed statement. His wife Cindy and his family were with the senator when he passed away ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched his bid for a historic third-straight term as ruling party president, attempting to put months of scandal behind him and become Japan’s longest-serving premier. The widely anticipated announcement kicked off what was expected to be an easy campaign for leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party. Media surveys of lawmakers and party members who will ...