Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Vice President JD Vance appear together during a rally ahead of the Hungarian parliamentary election in Budapest, April 7, 2026. Credit: Beata ...

Five days before an election that threatens to unseat the longest-serving and most corrupt government within the European Union, Vice President J.D. Vance kicked off a campaign speech in Budapest ...

After 16 years in power in Hungary, his Fidesz party is trailing in the polls by double digits behind a new opposition party. Ad Policy Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán arrives at the informal ...

Viktor Orbán has conceded Hungary’s race for prime minister, ending his party’s rule after 16 years, despite attempts to by U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance to put him over ...

Hungary’s prime minister, once a liberal activist, has governed for the past 16 years as a champion of “illiberal democracy.” By Aurelien Breeden Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, 62, is the ...

President Trump is encouraging Hungarians to “get out and vote” for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s reelection as the country prepares to head to the polls on Sunday. Trump praised his close ally as a ...

An upstart opposition party in Hungary ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years in a historic election that will redefine the country’s relationship with the European Union, Russia and the US ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Hungary’s much-watched national election—a competition between Trump and ...

Many MAGA Republicans view Viktor Orban's Hungary as a model for their own policies, and Vice President J.D. Vance has gone to Hungary to help the increasingly unpopular Orban stave off electoral ...

President Donald Trump praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after Vice President JD Vance called his boss from the stage of a political rally in Budapest. Polls show Orbán is set to lose his ...

A last-minute release of a nonfiction film may have sealed the fate of the MAGA-allied leader. By Steven Zeitchik Senior Editor, Technology and Politics And a documentary may have helped make it ...