Donald Trump could be in the White House for as long as another 26 interminable months, which is beyond depressing. But Democrats are mobilizing to use that time wisely if they win at least one congressional majority in midterm elections next week.

The odds are good that as of January 2027, they will be in charge of the House, and they’re ...Read more

When the Supreme Court heard arguments in the Suncor v. Boulder County climate change case on October 5, it confronted a question that has consequences far beyond Colorado and climate change: Can a state use its laws to make selected companies pay for harms tied to broad societal issues? The answer should be “no.”

Yet that is what the City ...Read more

The Supreme Court heard arguments this month in Suncor v. Boulder, a case that marks the fossil fuel industry’s latest bid to dodge accountability for its outsized contribution to climate change.

The City and County of Boulder, Colorado, sued Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil in 2018 for deceiving the public about their products’ role in causing...Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — Abortion access has taken a back seat to affordability in Alaska's congressional campaigns, despite pointed contrasts between candidates on reproductive rights.

In a split along partisan lines, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich, both Republicans, broadly oppose abortion and have voted to curb public money ...Read more

The Israeli election of Oct. 27, 2026, was among the most highly anticipated votes in the country’s history. It was consequential, if not yet conclusive.

With nearly all the votes counted, it is still unclear who will lead the country following the first national ballot since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack, and the devastating ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Eight months into the Iran war — and less than a week ahead of the midterm elections — congressional Democrats spotlighted the unresolved conflict’s costs.

“Trump’s war will take years to recover from,” said Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, in a statement on Wednesday marking...Read more

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have revised their lawsuit against the Trump administration over press access to the White House to include a request for a court order to allow their journalists into other areas, including the Oval Office and Air Force One.

The updated lawsuit was filed Wednesday, two weeks after U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — A congressional race in Eastern North Carolina is breaking spending records.

The contest for North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District has drawn $52.9 million in total ad spending and reservations, making it the most expensive U.S. House general election on record, according to AdImpact, an advertising intelligence firm ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump intensified his attacks on Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola following a report that her allies secretly recruited candidates, including one with a similar name to Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, to join the state’s Senate race.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that Peltola’s team engaged in a broad ...Read more

With a week to go until Election Day, the campaign in favor of repealing Alaska's election system has raised $2.5 million — less than a quarter of the amount raised by the campaign seeking to protect the state's election laws.

Ballot Measure 2 would repeal Alaska's open primaries, ranked choice general elections and campaign finance reporting...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before Missouri became the first state in the country to overturn a near-total abortion ban in 2024, Republican lawmakers were already signaling a plan to strike down the results.

“People will be given an opportunity to vote again,” Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, an Arnold Republican, said before nearly 52% of voters ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Wednesday headed to Ohio to boost Republican candidates as the ugly attack ad from gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is reportedly backfiring on the GOP ticket.

With just days before Election Day, Trump is continuing his strategy of barnstorming through red states in hopes of bolstering endangered Republicans ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Abortion isn’t on the ballot this year in Florida. But reproductive rights have become an issue in the attorney general race, where staunch anti-abortion Republican James Uthmeier faces Planned Parenthood-endorsed Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez.

In a podcast episode posted earlier this month, Uthmeier sat down with anti-...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice is declining to unseal a search warrant carried out this month at the Washington, D.C., home of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

Homeland Security Investigations agents carried boxes of evidence from Omar’s home on Oct. 12 in connection with federal authorities investigating potential fraud in her family’s ...Read more

President Donald Trump predicted the Senate would unanimously confirm Sen. Ted Cruz for a potential Supreme Court seat because both Democrats and Republicans would love “to get rid of him.”

Continuing his odd streak of putting down some GOP allies, Trump regaled the crowd at a Texas rally by needling Cruz for being famously unpopular with ...Read more

By the time Joe Rogan formally endorsed Donald Trump on the eve of the 2024 election, the nod felt like it had been a long time coming.

All summer, Rogan had used his platform — the world’s most popular podcast — to amplify the chosen themes of the Trump ticket, mocking political correctness and challenging government authority, while ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu edged ahead of opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot in the country’s tightly fought election, though a surge in the Arab vote ensured neither has a clear path toward forming a government.

Netanyahu’s right-wing religious alliance was projected to win 53 seats in the 120-member parliament as of Wednesday ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu edged ahead of opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot in the country’s tightly fought election, though a surge in the Arab vote ensured neither has a clear path toward forming a government.

Netanyahu’s right-wing religious alliance was projected to win 53 seats in the 120-member parliament as of Wednesday ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent much of election day warning his base that Arab citizens were voting in record numbers. He was right.

Results on Wednesday showed the two Israeli Arab parties are likely to have significantly increased their number of seats in parliament to about 17, well ahead of forecasts, after party leaders ...Read more