Democrats have run California for years.

Democrats are trying to win back the Senate.

A Missouri judge has allowed the use of new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has signed a promised executive action to pay Transportation Security Administration employees after a bid to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security abruptly fell apart in Congress.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks.

President Donald Trump says he will sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration workers.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to rename César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations against the Latino labor icon.

Florida state Rep.-elect Emily Gregory is the latest face of Democrats' optimism after she won a special legislative election in President Donald Trump's home state House district.

The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says it may have to shut down operations at some airports if the budget impasse drags on as travelers are experiencing record waiting times.

A Missouri court has upheld a mid-decade redistricting plan that gives Republicans a chance to win an additional congressional seat in this year’s midterm elections.

Armed federal immigration officers in tactical gear moved through terminals at some of the busiest U.S. airports Monday, standing near security lines and checkpoints after President Donald Trump ordered their deployment during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted air travel nationwide.

Rahm Emanuel is proposing a far-reaching measure to crack down on betting in predictive markets in Washington as part of an effort to call attention to what he sees as a culture of corruption gripping the nation’s politics.

Democrats are starting to treat Vice President JD Vance, not Donald Trump, as their number one focus among Republican leaders.

President Donald Trump says he'll order federal immigration officers to take a role soon in airport security unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security has failed to advance in the Senate amid growing concerns about long lines to get through screening at some of the country’s biggest airports.

More Democrats are openly running on faith, as progressive clergy and other religious candidates push back on the idea that Christianity belongs to the right.

The Senate debate over voting legislation is airing out differences on voter ID.

There's a small sign of progress in efforts to end the Homeland Security shutdown.

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime personal attorney testifies to a House committee that he was unaware of the late financier’s sexual abuse of underage girls at the time it was happening.

Proposals to prohibit federal immigration agents from wearing masks are gaining new life in states.

Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security.

Illinois Democrats ushered in a new generation of lawmakers Tuesday night, picking five new nominees for Congress in open seats that are favored to remain in Democratic hands this fall.

Republicans have launched an unprecedented effort to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won’t pass — an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November’s midterm elections.

An advocacy group is providing support to candidates who want to expand support for child and elder care in the midterm elections.

Two weeks into the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has increasingly been knocked back on his political heels.

A Wisconsin legislator has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct in connection with a bitter feud with her caucus over resolutions honoring Hispanics.

Senate Republicans plan to launch a full debate next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements.

Long-serving South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn says he's running for an 18th term in Congress.

Some residents in Oakland County were left frustrated and confused Monday night after being barred from both Democratic and Republican caucus meetings held by the County Board of Commissioners.

Democratic-led states alarmed by the prospect of federal immigration officers patrolling the polls during this year’s midterm elections are taking steps to counter what they see as a potential tactic to intimidate voters.

The signs that Illinois is having one of its most frenzied primaries in years are everywhere.

Former President Barack Obama is promoting a Democratic effort to redraw congressional lines in Virginia, the latest front in a nationwide redistricting battle ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security is stalling out again in Congress.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrapped up two days of scrutiny in Congress, appearing for the first time in front of lawmakers since the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis at the hands of immigration enforcement officers.

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective party nominations for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat.

State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas' closely watched Democratic Senate primary.

The Supreme Court has sided with Republicans in ruling that the boundaries of the only GOP-held congressional district in New York City do not not need to be redrawn for the 2026 elections, despite a court ruling that the district is unfair to Black and Hispanic residents.

Moderate Democrats are pushing back on the party’s progressive energy.

Two hotly contested U.S. Senate primaries in Texas will help officially kick off the 2026 midterm election cycle Tuesday.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has endorsed Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in Texas’ Democratic Senate primary, giving Crockett a big boost as she faces concerns about electability.

The first primaries of the 2026 election season will offer an early read on voter mood in President Donald Trump’s second term and on how both parties are adapting.

President Donald Trump says he's “pretty much” made his decision on whom to endorse in Texas’ heated Republican Senate primary, but he still refuses to name his pick publicly.

Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone.

A DHS official is promising top state election administrators that immigration agents will not be at polling places during November's midterm election.

A federal court ruling means the new Utah voting districts that give Democrats an improved shot at winning a U.S. House seat can be used in this year’s election.

Governors have gathered for the annual National Governors Association dinner after a tense week.

Virginia Democrats have passed a new congressional map that aims to flip four U.S. House seats, but the courts and voters still must have a say before the maps are official.

A partisan battle to redraw U.S. House districts is raging in some states, even though campaigning is underway.

State Republicans redrew their congressional map over the summer to make five Democratic-held seats winnable, in line with the explicit expectation set by President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump has long spread conspiracy theories about voting that are designed to explain away his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

A Virginia judge is temporarily blocking Democrats’ plan to hold an April referendum on new congressional maps that could seriously impact the midterm elections.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.

Wisconsin Republicans who long blocked a bipartisan measure to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage plan to pass the measure following pressure from Democrats.

The National Governors Association is pulling out of an annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s two presidential runs and his life of activism inspired leaders across generations.

Democrats’ top priority as the 2026 session of the Minnesota Legislature gets underway is reining in the power of federal law enforcement to conduct immigration crackdowns.

Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise over the holiday weekend in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

A shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has gone into effect.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken his anti-Trump routine to Europe.

The Trump administration spent at least $40 million to deport roughly 300 migrants to countries other than their own, according to a report compiled by the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now.

New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd.

Democrats are denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of lawmakers who last year urged U_S_ military members to resist “illegal orders.”.

The build-out of electric vehicle charging in the U.S. has not stopped since President Donald Trump returned to office.

How many Democrats are too many.

A grand jury in Washington has refused to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “illegal orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter.

Congressional Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to hijack plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and using the nonprofit National Park Foundation to solicit money from private donors for some of the president’s pet projects.

The heads of three Trump administration agencies have appeared before Congress to discuss immigration policies.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to withhold public health and transportation funds from several Democratic-led states.

Republican lawmakers are decrying what they said are invasive tactics in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Former congressman Tom Malinowski has conceded to Analilia Mejia in New Jersey’s Democratic primary for the U.S. House special election.

The National Governors Association annual conference is unraveling after President Donald Trump did not invite some Democrats to events.

Democrats are focusing on health care in the November elections and making it a key issue.

The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee is requesting records related to firms partially owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar.

Officials in Georgia’s Fulton County have asked a federal court to order the FBI to return ballots and other documents from the 2020 election that it seized last week, The move escalates a voting battle as President Donald Trump says he wants to “take over” elections from Democratic-run areas with the November midterms on the horizon.

Voters in northern New Jersey will select nominees in a special congressional primary to replace Democrat Mikie Sherrill in the U.S. House now that she's governor.

Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement.

Two Utah Republican Congress members are asking a federal court to block new U.S. House districts that could help Democrats win a Salt Lake City seat.

Republicans and Democrats in some states are redrawing U.S. House districts to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections.

Voters in Texas' 18th District have had little break in a series of elections as the result of the Republican-controlled state Legislature's redrawing of congressional districts last year.

A small contingent of security forces with Syria’s interior ministry has entered the city of al-Hassakeh.

President Donald Trump is imploring the House to end the partial government shutdown.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it'll be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote in the House.

President Donald Trump acted quickly to negotiate with Democratic senators on a deal to avert a government shutdown.

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have announced a new agreement with Syria's central government in Damascus to stabilize a ceasefire.

The Senate has voted to fund most of the government through the end of September while carving out a temporary extension for Homeland Security funding, giving Congress two weeks to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country.

Democrats and the White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement.

A partial government shutdown is looming at week’s end.

President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s open race for governor.

A Virginia judge has ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment letting Democrats redraw the state’s Congressional maps was illegal.

The shooting deaths of two American citizens at the hands of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis have upended the politics of the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.

A candidate for Michigan's Secretary of State recently made waves by claiming he found 15 non-citizens registered to vote, and the current Secretary of State is now investigating.

Two Minnesota special elections in heavily Democratic Twin Cities-area state legislative districts will decide control of the state's House of Representatives for the third time in less than a year.

Moderate Democratic Sen_ Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, saying that her “attempt to mislead the American public” about the fatal shooting of a 37 year-old protester in Minneapolis is “deeply shameful.”.

Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota.

Slotkin joins a number of Democrats announcing a “no” vote on the bill, which includes $64.4 billion for the department, with $10 billion for ICE.

A federal judge says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states.

President Donald Trump's budget office is telling government agencies to compile data on federal money sent to a group of 14 mostly Democratic-controlled states and the District of Columbia.

Vice President JD Vance says he came to Minneapolis to help “lower the temperature” in the city.

The House has passed this year's final batch of spending bills.