Every day, hundreds of voters come to cast their mail-in ballots at Philadelphia City Hall (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The USPS says it's been delivering all first-class mail in an average of two and a half days.

Amy Coney Barrett joins the Supreme Court, and one week remains until election day.

Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather outside the TCF Center in Detroit, where ballots are being counted, chanting to demand for a recount of the votes (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

A top aide of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov, calls for sanctions on top Russian oligarchs as the United States follows the EU in imposing sanctions on some officials (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Verification of votes begin at count for the Batley and Spen by-election at Cathedral House in Huddersfield.

Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie vote in the Scottish Parliament elections.<b<br/>r/>

Both leaders cast their ballots in Glasgow.

Ballot boxes began to arrive at count locations shortly after 10pm including at the P&J Live arena in Aberdeen, where one of them broke as it was being unloaded.



The box, from an Aberdeenshire Council polling station,...

The ballot question is to decide whether to replace the local police department with a new Department of Public Safety.

Kenyans celebrate the announcement made by politician Raila Odinga that he will make his fifth bid for the presidency in next year's election (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Votes are verified and counted in Worthing for the local election. <b<br/>r/>

Worthing is<b<br/>r/> a top Labour target.

Ahead of polling day the party was level pegging<br/> with the Conservatives, on 17 seats apiece.

Sir Keir Starmer has said that “if the Tories had any decency they would get out the way for the next Labour government”, as he celebrated the party’s by-election win in Wakefield.



The Labour leader met campaigners at Ossett...

Labour candidate Simon Lightwood arrives at the Wakefield by-election count, plus footage of the count floor.

Boris Johnson will seek to focus on efforts to tackle the NHS backlog built up during the pandemic as he bids to draw a line under the damaging row over lockdown parties in Downing Street. The Department of Health and Social Care...

Update on UK politics, as Boris Johnson has faces criticism over his handling of the partygate scandal, and the prospect of a leadership challenge moves closer.



It was another bruising day for the Prime Minister as more Tory...

Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt have maintained their places at the front of the Tory leadership race as Suella Braverman was eliminated.



Foreign Secretary Liz Truss came in third but will hope to pick up votes from Ms...

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has come out on top in the second round of voting in the Tory leadership contest, with trade minister Penny Mordaunt once again in second place and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in third.



Suella...

CLEAN: Exterior views of Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee speaking to the press on Abingdon Green at Westminster as he confirms that the new Prime Minister will be announced on 5th September on 11 July 2022 in London,...

British Attorney General Suella Braverman fails to gain enough votes to progress into the next round in the Conservative Party leadership race, as former finance minister Rishi Sunak comes out on top in the latest round of voting by Tory...

Rishi Sunak say he would back the return of grammar schools, has never used drugs, says MPs lost confidence in Boris Johnson, says he wouldn't move the House of Lords North, calls for smarter sanctions on Russia and denies stabbing Boris...

A crowded field of contenders is vying to replace Boris Johnson as the next Tory leader and prime minister. Here are the MPs who have secured enough nominations to go through to the next round of the process.



Candidates who...

All the latest facts behind the day's political headlines as voting in the Tory leadership contest closes at 5pm on Friday and the winner will be announced on Monday.<br/>

Activists claiming fraud marred the presidential election in Arizona two years ago watch drop boxes in the Phoenix area as voters deposit their early ballot ahead of the midterm election in this battleground state (Footage by AFPTV via...

The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has installed 18 mail ballot drop boxes with fire extinguishers mounted on them and cameras around to monitor them (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)