President Donald Trump sparked controversy by floating the idea of canceling US elections during a speech to House Republicans, though he insisted he was not seriously proposing it and framed the remark as criticism of Democrats.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, says that Venezuela should hold elections soon, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called voting premature following the US’s toppling of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.

President Trump, who returned to the White House to serve a second nonconsecutive term by winning the 2024 election, again claimed election "rigged."

Walz declined to take questions from reporters but in five minutes of remarks affirmed that he was “concerned about fraud in our state government.”

Another year of action and uncertainty in America’s abortion care system is coming to a close, after states that weighed in on abortion rights in the 2024 election continue to grapple with the impact of those votes.

US President Donald Trump on Monday said Venezuela will not hold new elections within the next 30 days and that the country must first be stabilised following the capture of its leader, Nicolás Maduro.

Trump tells NBC News Venezuela won’t hold elections in 30 days after Maduro’s capture, as US weighs an oil-led rebuild overseen by Rubio.

Mike Johnson, the top member of Trump's Republican Party in Congress, said the elections 'should happen' and 'will need to' happen 'so that their economy can remain stabilized and the country can remain stabilized.