Wyoming voters will choose nominees for an unusually high number of open-seat races in a state primary Tuesday.

Abdul El-Sayed made history this month in Michigan by becoming the first Muslim nominated by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S. Senate.

Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party’s voters oscillate between progressive and more moderate candidates.

Republicans in Minnesota see a chance to regain influence after a fraud scandal rocked state government.

The Democratic Party's ideological divide remained unresolved even as the establishment candidate eked out a narrow win in the Wisconsin governor's primary over a democratic socialist.

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, has been sworn in as attorney general after a bruising confirmation fight that exposed bipartisan concerns about the Justice Department’s direction under the Republican president.

Michigan Democrats and Republicans held dueling campaign kickoff rallies this week, pitching their nominees and arguing that the state’s November vote could help shape national politics.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says he’ll vote for Todd Blanche as attorney general, likely paving the way for Blanche to be confirmed to lead President Donald Trump’s Justice Department.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he’s been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery from home.

Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher has defeated Congressman Andy Ogles in a Republican primary.

Tennessee’s senior U.S. senator eyes a job change in a state primary on Thursday.

House Democrats are adding a dozen Republican-held seats to their list of targets for the November midterms.

Maryland voters will decide in November whether to clear the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats in all eight of the state’s U.S. House districts.

Kansas Republicans will narrow down a crowded field for governor in a state primary Tuesday as they look to retake the state’s top office after eight years of Democratic rule.

St. Louis-area congressman Wesley Bell faces a Democratic primary rematch Tuesday with former congresswoman Cori Bush, who lost the seat to Bell in 2024.

Kansas voters will decide Tuesday whether to elect state Supreme Court justices rather than have the governor appoint them.

President Donald Trump has for months pressured the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates, claiming it would be “Rocket Fuel!”.

President Donald Trump says his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is “dead” while also continuing to defend it.

Missouri voters are deciding on a measure that could make it much harder to amend the state constitution.

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell to prove he is fit to continue serving in office or resign.

Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to Republican congressman Rob Bresnahan, saying “we are not for sale” in a TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania district.

Democrats casting in-person absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s chaotic Democratic primary for governor are divided over whether a democratic socialist can win in the swing state’s general election.

The office of GOP Senator Mitch McConnell has released an update on his health.

South Dakota Republicans will decide in a primary runoff Tuesday whether to nominate Gov. Larry Rhoden for a full term or to instead tap businessman Toby Doeden to represent the party on the ballot in November.

House leaders are sending lawmakers home for the August recess after one of the rockiest sessions in recent memory to campaign for reelection.

A federal judicial panel has allowed a new Tennessee congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis.

The Senate health committee has delayed a vote planned for Thursday on whether to advance the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, is focusing on data centers as a key issue in her campaign against Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Amish Shah has won the Democratic primary for an open congressional seat in Arizona.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are walking a cautious election-year line on the Iran war as the future of the conflict seems increasingly uncertain and as polls show that most Americans oppose it.

The House has approved legislation that would bar members of Congress from purchasing individual stocks.

The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities.

The House has adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over objections from Democrats and a few GOP holdouts in a final push before the midterm elections.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields says he won't not seek reelection to his redrawn Louisiana congressional district.

The House has moved to head-off a potential government shutdown before this fall’s critical midterm elections.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion so far.

New Jersey's governor says about 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens were nonetheless registered to vote in the state because of a Motor Vehicle Commission system error.

Former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox announced Friday he is ending his campaign for governor, saying President Donald Trump’s endorsement of U.S. Rep. John James reshaped the Republican primary race.

House Republicans have unveiled a $95 billion plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter registration rules.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is confronting skeptical questioning at a Senate confirmation hearing about the creation of a fund to compensate allies of President Donald Trump and a tax immunity deal for the president.

Senate Republicans are returning to Washington with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally of President Donald Trump.

As Democrats scramble to contain a political disaster in Maine, the Republicans on the front lines of the GOP’s fight to hold the U.S. Senate majority are breathing a sigh of relief.

President Donald Trump has reshaped the U.S. Senate map by sidelining some Republican incumbents and promoting loyalists.

President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress.

The Supreme Court has erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that's more than 50 years old.

It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the world again awaits another round of some sort of talks as President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree over what and even how they’ll communicate.

Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home.

Colorado voters won't get to decide this November on whether to change the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow has won Louisiana’s Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections.

The House has given final approval to a broad bipartisan bill aimed at lowering the cost of housing, with lawmakers in both parties eager to show progress on affordability issues ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

Republican senators say they hope that a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump is about unity, not disagreement.

The Senate has passed a bipartisan housing bill that aims to bring down home prices and increase supply.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore seeks the Democratic nomination for a second term in Tuesday’s primary for federal, state and local offices.

The question hangs in the halls at the Capitol: Was the war with Iran worth it.

The relationship between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans seems to be nearing a breaking point.

Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles will compete to become Maine’s next governor.

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran.

President Donald Trump is trying to stop the confirmation process for his own nominee to head the nation’s intelligence agencies.

President Donald Trump’s preferred candidates are having mixed results in Tuesday’s primaries, securing the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma but not for Georgia governor.

Georgia Republicans delivered a split decision for Donald Trump in Tuesday runoffs.

An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries.

Republicans on Capitol Hill say they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced Sunday by President Donald Trump.

Alabama voters will return to the polls Tuesday to pick a Republican nominee for an open U.S. Senate seat.

Georgia Republicans return to the polls Tuesday to pick nominees for U.S. Senate and governor in a state primary runoff election.

A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it failed in bipartisan fashion.

Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan’s opposition leader as she travels to Washington this week.

The Florida Supreme Court has allowed the use of a new U.S. House map drawn by Republicans in the midterm elections.

A lapse in a law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad has grown more likely as President Donald Trump is resisting calls from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to immediately name a permanent director of national intelligence.

The Pentagon’s recent revision to its list of Christian religions has reignited a long-standing debate about whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian denomination.

House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office.

A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is wading into more than a dozen House and Senate contests across the country.

Senators are warning that a key U.S. surveillance authority could expire this week after bipartisan opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence community derailed an extension effort.

Maine voters will choose nominees for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor in a state primary on Tuesday.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face six Republican challengers in a state primary on Tuesday, while state Attorney General Aaron Ford, Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill and four others will compete for the Democratic nomination to reclaim the seat in November.

South Carolina voters will choose nominees for governor and other state and federal offices in a primary election on Tuesday.

North Dakota’s Republican congresswoman Julie Fedorchak faces a partial rematch of her 2024 nomination race in a state primary on Tuesday.

A national redistricting battle is about to enter a new phase.

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The Senate has passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, sending it to the House.

The House has passed a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy.

One of three remaining criminal cases stemming from efforts by President Donald Trump’s supporters to overturn the 2020 election appears headed back to a grand jury in Arizona.

Senate Republicans are working toward passage of legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies.

Republicans have won a partisan redistricting battle for Congress.

The two biggest conferences in college sports say they do not support the current version of a bipartisan bill designed to regulate an industry struggling for answers in a quickly changing era in which some players make millions.

President Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday.

The retirements of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa have had ripple effects throughout Tuesday’s state primary, creating competitive nomination contests to replace them and a chain reaction of open seats down the ballot.

A standoff between the White House and the Senate remains unresolved as Republicans return to Washington after defiantly leaving town 10 days ago without passing legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies.

The many candidates running for California governor rushed to deliver their closing arguments to voters in the race’s final days before the June 2 primary.

The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another six months and marking a rare reprieve to any of the people protected by temporary measures which have been harshly criticized by Republicans.

Louisiana lawmakers have passed a new congressional map to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with one of its two majority-Black House districts.

Democrats gathering this weekend in South Carolina are feeling jubilant following the failure of a GOP-led effort to redraw House district lines more favorably to Republicans.

A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, the latest sign that spiking gas prices and higher food costs are squeezing Americans’ finances.

Texas Democrat James Talarico has launched his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, despite a lower court's ruling the map intentionally discriminates against Black people.

The South Carolina Senate has rejected President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts in hopes Republicans could gain an extra seat.

Federal judges have temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to use new congressional districts that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the midterm elections.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

Texas voters will pick a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff election on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump’s emerging deal to end the Iran war is drawing heavy criticism from some fellow Republicans.