Election
Democrat’s pivot on transgender issues gets backlash from LGBTQ groups
Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur's attempt to alter her transgender stance has drawn blowback from party members in her Ohio district.
AOC weighs 2028 presidential run vs. replacing Schumer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her potential 2028 presidential run hinges on an "all or nothing" mentality.
Crypto group spends big in Ohio race after Democrats block pro-industry bill
The cryptocurrency industry is opening up its war chest in an important Senate race after Democrats blocked legislation favorable to digital assets.
Self-preservation mode: Vulnerable Republicans carve out daylight from Trump as midterms loom
As the midterm elections draw near, several Republican politicians have put some daylight between themselves and President Trump.
Father of 9/11 hero rips Democrat El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
The father of Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer, who helped overtake terrorist hijackers, narrated a dramatic new campaign ad slamming Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over his association with Hasan Piker, who said America "deserved" the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Alaska’s Dan Sullivan joins candidates in key Senate races calling for a pause on diesel exports
Republican candidates who supported the Iran war are moving quickly to show they hear voters' complaints about high fuel and grocery prices tied to the conflict -- proposing a gas tax suspension and a temporary halt to diesel exports as the midterm elections near.
Appeals court oks Trump-backed Missouri congressional map, but Supreme Court will have final say
A long-running legal fight over Missouri's congressional map took another turn Monday when a federal appeals panel ruled in favor of new districts backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has blocked those districts from being used in the November election.
South Dakota Republican secretary of state endorses Democrat in race to succeed her
South Dakota's Republican secretary of state is breaking with her party and endorsing the Democrat running for the office, saying "the integrity, stability, and professionalism of this office is at stake."
New Hampshire emerges as unlikely battleground in fight to control the U.S. Senate
The GOP's John Sununu is now within striking distance of winning New Hampshire's U.S. Senate race, likely torpedoing Democrats' hopes of netting the four seats they need to take over the upper chamber.
‘Extreme, out of touch’: Dems rush to win back voters alienated by the party’s transgender policies
Democrats in competitive House races are making an abrupt pivot in the transgender culture wars.
WATCH: Midterms could dictate fate of MAHA
If you think the Make America Healthy Again initiative is moving along too slowly, then vote smart this November.
This swing state Republican keeps distancing himself from Trump. It may not save him in the midterms
Mary Ryan may be a registered Republican but she has never voted for President Trump, turned off by his crass style of politics and chaotic approach to governing.
Liberal voter groups scramble as donors pull back weeks before midterms
Several of the nation's largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks just as voting is getting underway in an election that will determine control of Congress for the final two years of President Trump's term.
Potential Democratic candidates race to respond to AI threat amid Trump’s dismissals
Amid growing anxiety over the risks posed by rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology, potential Democratic candidates for president are rushing to show that they're taking the warnings seriously - while Donald Trump brushes off concerns - and acknowledging they need a reluctant Washington to step up.
Vance stumps in Iowa as GOP faces close races in unlikely places
Vice President J.D. Vance urged Iowa voters to stay in the GOP column this midterm season, saying Democrats can't be trusted to safeguard farmland, cut taxes and secure the U.S. border.
Trump refers to Black man from racially offensive 1988 campaign ad while stumping in North Carolina
As President Trump tries to convince voters that Democrats have let crime run amok, he's digging into the country's political past to reference one of the most controversial campaign advertisements that relied heavily on racist tropes.
Retail politics: Trump tariffs rattle Republicans’ usually reliable business vote
The Retail Association of Nevada has yanked its endorsement of Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican it backed in the 2022 election, saying someone needs to pay a political price for President Trump's tariffs that are walloping the business sector.
Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting
The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump's effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week.
Is a gay Republican president more likely than a gay Democrat?
Rep. Derrick Van Orden says Democrats will have a harder time than Republicans electing a gay president because Black voters, a core part of their party's base, aren't yet comfortable with the idea of a gay commander-in-chief.
Democrats try to expand Senate battlefield into red Kansas
Democrats are trying to open up a new front in the battle for the Senate in conservative-leaning Kansas.