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Youngkin defeats McAuliffe in Virginia

Republican Glenn Youngkin upset Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's gubernatorial race, breaking his party's losing streak in the state and giving the GOP a reason to be optimistic heading into the congressional elections next year.

November 2, 2021

Too early to call: Polls close in Virginia gubernatorial race

The supercharged gubernatorial race in Virginia between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin was in the hands of election officials Tuesday an hour after polls closed.

November 2, 2021

‘Tis the season: Trump offering donors ‘Trump Gift Wrapping Paper’

Former President Trump is offering supporters "NEW Trump Gift Wrapping Paper" in exchange for a $35 donation to his political operation.

November 2, 2021

McAuliffe, Youngkin scramble for votes in homestretch of Virginia’s neck-and-neck gubernatorial race

Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin barnstormed Virginia on Monday in their final get-out-the-vote push on the eve of the governor's election -- the first competitive statewide election since President Biden took office in January.

November 1, 2021

Virginia Democrats betting money talks in House of Delegates races

Eighteen candidates running for the Virginia House of Delegates have raised more than $1 million for their campaigns, for a job that pays less than $18,000 a year.

October 31, 2021

Trump cheers Kinzinger exit: ‘2 down, 8 to go!’

Former President Donald Trump celebrated the news Friday that GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger won't be seeking reelection. "2 down, 8 to go!" Mr. Trump said in a statement.

October 29, 2021

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, outspoken Trump critic, won’t seek reelection

Rep. Adam Kinzinger announced Friday that he will not seek reelection, saying tribalism is ripping apart the political fabric of the country and has so dramatically undermined democratic institutions that "government is the problem."

October 29, 2021

Mark Meadows: ‘I would put all my money’ on Trump 2024 bid

Mark Meadows is so convinced that former President Donald Trump will run for the White House in 2024 that he says he would put "all his money" on it.

October 29, 2021

Glenn Youngkin closes out campaign with traditional conservative message

Republican Glenn Youngkin is going back to the future with his closing argument in the homestretch of his gubernatorial bid against Democrat Terry McAuliffe. Looking to coax undecided voters off the sidelines, Mr. Youngkin is barnstorming Virginia with a traditional conservative Republican message anchored in kitchen-table issues.

October 26, 2021

Biden works to turn out Democrats in N.J., Va., as approval, fortunes teeter

President Biden swept into Democratic strongholds of New Jersey Monday, hoping to breathe life into his "Build Back Better" agenda and the reelection bid of Gov. Phil Murphy, who is clinging to a solid but dwindling lead in a contest that will test the party's post-Trump momentum.

October 25, 2021

Youngkin goes solo, McAuliffe leans on surrogates in home stretch of Va. governor’s race

Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin is going at it alone in the home stretch of the Virginia gubernatorial race.

October 24, 2021

Fauci: Children’s vaccine ‘very likely’ ready in early November

Dr. Anthony Fauci says coronavirus vaccines could be made available for 5- to 11-year-olds early next month.

October 24, 2021

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: High inflation should fall in middle of 2022

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the high inflation in consumer prices that is stretching pocketbooks thin will spill over into 2022 before slowing down the second half of next year.

October 24, 2021

Pelosi: Steve Bannon should be prosecuted for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Steve Bannon should be prosecuted for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena for information related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

October 24, 2021

Pelosi: Democrats ‘almost there’ on new spending bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will finalize an agreement on a $2 trillion social spending bill and pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill.

October 24, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Youngkin jumps into lead in Va. governor’s race, new poll shows: ‘This is anyone’s race’

A new poll shows Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin seizing the lead for the first time in the race against Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia.

October 22, 2021

Courting Hispanic vote, Youngkin ditches illegal immigration, MS-13 talk on campaign trail

Republican Glenn Youngkin has embraced much of the Trumpian policy playbook in his bid for Virginia's governor's mansion, with a glaring exception of the illegal immigration issue.

October 21, 2021

Herschel Walker: Trump sending wrong message on election fraud

Herschel Walker, the former football star seeking the Republican nomination for a Senate seat in 2022, said former President Donald Trump is sending the wrong message by warning that Republicans will sit out the coming elections if "we don't solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020."

October 20, 2021

‘Building pressure’: Biden assumes active role in spending negotiations

President Biden is fast approaching the hour of reckoning when his legislative agenda will be either salvaged or blown to smithereens.

October 18, 2021

GOP, Democrats report huge fundraising hauls for midterms

The money chase between Democrats and Republicans in the House is cranking into high gear ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the campaign arm for House Democrats, announced Thursday that it had its best off-year September haul and best off-year third quarter in committee history. Meanwhile, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the campaign arm for House Republicans, also marked its best off-year September haul.

October 14, 2021