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Roy Moore receives backing of Alabama GOP’s Steering Committee

The Alabama GOP announced Thursday it is sticking with Roy Moore in the special election to fill Jeff Session's old seat, pushing back against national Republicans who have called on Mr. Moore to pull the plug on his bid.

November 16, 2017

Mitch McConnell is out to ‘steal this election’ from Alabama voters: Roy Moore

GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore said Thursday he won't stop fighting for what he believes in until "they put me in the ground" and doubled down on his calls for Mitch McConnell to be ousted as Senate Majority Leader.

November 16, 2017

Donald Trump ‘troubled’ by Roy Moore allegations, won’t call for him to quit Senate race

President Trump believes the allegations against Roy More are "troubling," the White House said Thursday, but stopped short of calling for him to get out of the U.S. Senate race in Alabama.

November 16, 2017

Judge declares mistrial in Bob Menendez corruption trial

A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey after jurors failed to reach a verdict -- but his peers in the Senate said he'll still have to face an ethics probe there.

November 16, 2017

Paul Nehlen, Paul Ryan’s primary opponent, accuses him of playing ‘Russian roulette’ on immigration

A primary challenger to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is hitting him from the right on immigration, blaming the Wisconsin Republican for supporting a lottery program that he says has made the nation more susceptible to terrorist attacks.

November 16, 2017

Roy Moore accuses Mitch McConnell of trying to ‘subvert the will of Alabamians’

As the accusations pile up, Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore has followed the same campaign strategy as then-candidate Donald Trump, taking to Twitter to circumvent a hostile media and deliver his message directly to voters ahead of next month's special election.

November 15, 2017

Doug Jones ad: Republicans are running away from Roy Moore

Democrat Doug Jones is out with a new television ad that plays up the idea that Republicans are abandoning Roy Moore ahead of their special Senate election showdown in Alabama next month.

November 14, 2017

Roy Moore battles Mitch McConnell, other Senate Republicans

Republicans in Washington went to war Monday with Roy Moore, their party's Senate nominee in Alabama, in the latest instance of going to the verge of blowing a winnable Senate seat.

November 13, 2017

Joe Biden 2020 campaign prospects excite Democrats

Of all the Democrats riding high after last week's election, perhaps nobody got more of a boost than former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, who seemed to do everything just right.

November 12, 2017

Terry McAuliffe’s run for president in 2020 rumored

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe hears the buzz around a possible 2020 presidential run and is in no rush to silence the chatter.

November 8, 2017

Terry McAuliffe: Virginia will be next state to expand Medicaid

Virginia will be the next state to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, Gov. Terry McAuliffe predicted this week, saying the massive wins by Democrats in the commonwealth on Tuesday make it all but certain the GOP will have to cave on its long-standing opposition.

November 8, 2017

Trump: Gillespie blew it because he ‘did not embrace me or what I stand for’

President Trump took to Twitter to say Ed Gillespie fell short in the Virginia governor's race because the Republican candidate tried to distance himself from the president.

November 8, 2017

Tim Kaine: Ralph Northam’s win transforms Virginia from red to blue

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said Ralph Northam's win in the Virginia governor's race, combined with the overwhelming success Democrats had in down-ticket races, proves the state has fully transformed from red to blue.

November 7, 2017

Corey Stewart: Ralph Northam win in Virginia not a rejection of Trump

Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart said Tuesday voters should not misread the outcome of Virginia's gubernatorial election as a rejection of President Trump.

November 7, 2017

Donald Trump opponents swarm Virginia election sites

As voters funneled into an elementary school in Prince William County on Tuesday to cast votes in Virginia's elections, the party volunteers passing out sample ballots got sidetracked in a debate over the validity of the infamous anti-Trump dossier from last year's presidential campaign.

November 7, 2017

Danica Roem beats Bob Marshall, Virginia’s first openly transgender House member

Democrat Danica Roem made history Tuesday by becoming the first transgender member elected to the Virginia House of Delegates after knocking off incumbent Republican Bob Marshall in the 13th District.

November 7, 2017

Ralph Northam wins 2017 Virginia governor race

Democrat Ralph Northam won the Virginia governor's race Tuesday, easily outdistancing Republican nominee Ed Gillespie in a race that became a referendum on President Trump after a year in office.

November 7, 2017

Virginia governor’s race too close to call as polls close

Polls closed in Virginia Tuesday night with a governor's race too close to call, and President Trump's early electoral legacy on the line.

November 7, 2017

Ed Gillespie, Donald Trump world apart on Virginia election eve

Republican gubernatorial nominee Ed Gillespie barnstormed across Virginia on Monday in a final get-out-the-vote push, while President Trump was on the other side of the globe in Asia.

November 6, 2017

Ed Gillespie, Ralph Northam: Virginia centrists reaching out in polarized state

The blazing anger at the political class that shone through in the presidential election is still alive a year later in Virginia, where voters who are preparing to go to the polls Tuesday once again seem less than enthusiastic about the choices on offer.

November 5, 2017