Seth McLaughlin

Pratt slips to third in L.A. mayor’s race as mail-in ballots leave race unsettled

Nithya Raman, a progressive Los Angeles City Council member, has surpassed reality-TV star Spencer Pratt in the city's mayoral primary, with a surge in her vote count putting her in second place nearly a week after Election Day.

June 8, 2026

Platner’s bid tests how much personal baggage Maine voters will tolerate

Graham Platner is poised to win his party's Senate nomination Tuesday despite a campaign roiled by offensive Reddit posts he wrote years ago, a chest tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, and more recent reports of unsettling behavior toward women -- a trajectory that would place him among a growing number of politicians whose personal failings have not derailed them at the ballot box.

June 8, 2026

Republicans vow to make Talarico ‘unrecognizable’ before summer is out

Republicans say Senate nominee James Talarico, by the end of summer, will not look anything like the surging Democrat who won the Texas primary in March.

June 5, 2026

MAHA tops MAGA in Iowa’s GOP governor’s contest

Republican businessman Zach Lahn defeated Rep. Randy Feenstra in Iowa's GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday, dealing a rare primary loss to President Trump after his late endorsement failed to push his chosen candidate over the finish line.

June 3, 2026

Dem Mayor Karen Bass tops L.A. primary, faces possible general election showdown with Spencer Pratt

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass moved a step closer to winning reelection after securing the top spot in the city's jungle primary -- putting her on a possible crash course this November with former bad-boy reality star Spencer Pratt.

June 3, 2026

Wave of voter discontent carries Spencer Pratt into striking distance of L.A. Mayor Bass

Republican Spencer Pratt is trying to ride the political change wave into a two-person runoff against Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in California's jungle primary Tuesday.

May 31, 2026

From Mayor Pete to President Pete? Buttigieg leads 2028 Dem poll

President Pete? Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is the front-runner to win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, according to an Emerson College poll released Thursday.

May 28, 2026

Al Green loses to fellow Rep. Christian Menefee in Texas congressional runoff

The curtain is closing on Rep. Al Green's time in Congress.

May 27, 2026

Trump-endorsed Paxton knocks out Cornyn in heated Texas Senate runoff

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily defeated four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday in a vicious and expensive runoff election punctuated by a last-minute endorsement from President Trump.

May 26, 2026

DNC Chair Ken Martin faces resignation calls after botched post-election autopsy report

Ken Martin is under fire from a wide swath of Democratic lawmakers, operatives and activists who are demanding he step down as the Democratic National Committee chairman after a post-2024 election report was found to be riddled with errors and glaring omissions.

May 22, 2026

Spencer Pratt’s run for L.A. mayor gives a reality check to California’s political establishment

Spencer Pratt has reinvented himself more than once -- from reality-TV villain to "Pratt Daddy" crystal peddler to viral wildfire survivor when the Palisades Fire leveled his family home.

May 21, 2026

Trump-backed Gallrein defeats Massie in Kentucky GOP primary

Ed Gallrein defeated Rep. Thomas Massie on Tuesday in the most expensive House primary on record, handing President Trump another high-profile victory and cementing the president's standing as the center of gravity in the Republican Party.

May 19, 2026

‘More real than real’: Why deep-fake political ads are fooling older Americans

When Rep. Thomas Massie raised the alarm about an AI-generated attack ad that falsely shows him in a romantic scenario with two progressive Democratic stars, he warned it could mislead and rattle older voters.

May 18, 2026

Hegseth hits trail against Massie, says Kentucky race a choice between ‘warrior,’ ‘obstructionist’

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hit the campaign trail Monday for Ed Gallrein, saying President Trump needs more "war fighters" on Capitol Hill who will fall in line.

May 18, 2026

Iron woman: Collins nears 10,000th consecutive vote, skips Vance’s Bangor stop to keep streak alive

Given the choice between appearing with Vice President J.D. Vance in the Maine city she calls home or preserving her record-setting perfect voting streak in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Susan Collins chose to keep her streak alive in Washington.

May 14, 2026

Massie rejects ‘false’ allegation in late-breaking May surprise before GOP primary

Rep. Thomas Massie on Wednesday denied allegations from a woman accusing him of offering her cash to drop a wrongful-termination complaint against one of his closest congressional allies.

May 13, 2026

Republican candidates orphaned by Trump scramble for redemption in the primaries

President Trump's grip on Republican primaries is so strong that even candidates he hasn't endorsed are working overtime to show they're aligned with the party's dominant figure.

May 12, 2026

Tech entrepreneur bets Silicon Valley wants a Democratic congressman who sounds like Bill Clinton

Ethan Agarwal is something of a Democratic throwback. He talks up NAFTA, backs funding for Israel, is bullish on AI, and wants nothing to do with the billionaire's tax that liberals are pushing in California.

May 11, 2026

Sen. Collins addresses health speculation, says she has benign neurological condition

Republican Sen. Susan M. Collins of Maine has sought to quell speculation about her trembling hands, shaky head and wavering voice, saying she has a condition known as benign essential tremor.

May 7, 2026

State primaries oust Republicans who defied Trump

President Trump is still the dominant force in Republican primaries.

May 6, 2026