Flávio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are locked in a close race ahead of Brazil’s runoff election, according to a new poll.

Bolsonaro would take 51% of valid votes, excluding blank and null ballots, to Lula’s 49%, according to a Datafolha survey published Thursday. The gap is within the survey’s 2-point margin of ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn federal judge on Thursday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit to end New York City’s sanctuary protections for undocumented immigrants.

The lawsuit, filed in July 2025, sought a “permanent injunction” to eliminate local laws that bar city resources from being used in immigration enforcement and prevent city ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan Democratic U.S. House candidates outraised Republicans in several key districts over the past three months, though some GOP contenders held a cash advantage heading into the final weeks of the campaign, according to new public disclosures.

The outpouring of money comes as Democratic candidates try to keep pace with deep-...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a debate Wednesday for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, Rep. Nick Begich and challenger Bill Hill faced off over the cost of living, healthcare and education.

Begich, a Republican vying for his second term, said he’s worked across party lines to get a record number of bills passed into law, and highlighted two ...Read more

SEATTLE — Three Seattle-area corporate giants, Microsoft, Amazon and T-Mobile, collectively donated $20 million to fund President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, according to an internal spreadsheet obtained by The Washington Post.

The donations put them among the top donors of the project, estimated to cost $330 million.

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WASHINGTON — Key Democrats on Thursday unveiled legislation that would force federal regulators to disclose financial records related to Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.

The measure also would require regulators to investigate banks and their executives for potential related legal violations.

The disgraced financier conducted substantial...Read more

President Donald Trump plans campaign in Clemson for U.S. Sen. Darline Graham on Wednesday, Oct. 21, the Republican National Committee announced.

The exact location of the rally has yet to be released, but Trump is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

It will be Trump’s second stop in South Carolina this year after he campaigned for ...Read more

Voters in California’s 47th Congressional District have a choice between Republican Jenny Rae Le Roux and Democratic incumbent Rep. Dave Min.

After last year’s mid-cycle redistricting, the 47th Congressional District includes Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest and Tustin.

Min, 50, and Le...Read more

BALTIMORE — A suspicious envelope intended for the Maryland State Board of Elections was intercepted before delivery Thursday, State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.

Federal authorities are investigating reports of letters containing suspicious substances sent to congressional and election offices ...Read more

Around 40 minutes into the televised debate between Republican Rep. Scott Perry and Democrat Janelle Stelson, the moderator said he would pivot to the “highly polarized state of politics” in the country and the congressional district.

But by that point, mudslinging during the hour-long showdown on Harrisburg’s abc27 had already been well ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress expressed relief Thursday after President Donald Trump overturned a Pentagon plan to livestream the execution of a man convicted of a deadly 2009 shooting spree at a Texas Army base.

On Oct. 8, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a broadcast interview, announced the department’s plan to air the Dec. 3 ...Read more

The race for the U.S. Senate seat in Kansas is coming down to the wire. Recent polling shows Democratic candidate Adam Hamilton with a slight lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall in the reliably conservative state.

The New York Times reports that recent polling shows Hamilton, a middle-of-the-road Democrat, with a 1% to 3% lead ...Read more

California sued the Trump administration for the 100th time in under two years Thursday, challenging the practice of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting people for alleged civil immigration violations at or near state courthouses.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said such arrests have long been barred because they ...Read more

WASHINGTON — On the 25th anniversary of anthrax attacks that shook Capitol Hill in 2001, authorities are investigating “multiple letters containing suspicious substances that were mailed to various addresses nationwide, including multiple Congressional offices,” according to a notice from the Senate sergeant-at-arms.

“Law enforcement ...Read more

MIAMI — Kai Trump’s freshman year at the University of Miami isn’t exactly starting off with a bang.

The 19-year-old Division 1 golfer documented her rocky beginning on her YouTube vlog, showing her packing up her life in Jupiter before moving to her apartment at UM, in Coral Gables.

President Donald Trump’s eldest granddaughter ...Read more

The Trump administration had long signaled it was building a case against Rep. Ilhan Omar over alleged immigration violations. Monday’s raid of her Washington, D.C., home marked an extraordinary step in those efforts.

Led by agents from Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, the court-approved search ...Read more

INKSTER, Mich. — Democratic Michigan U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib said the Oct. 12 predawn federal raid on the home of fellow U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota "was hard for me to see her family targeted" and was a politically motivated attack.

Tlaib had earlier described the raid of Omar's Washington-area home by U.S. Department of Homeland ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rep. Mike Lawler was trashed by his Democratic opponent for “mansplaining” to her about the legal issues surrounding the Cornell gang rape probe during their crucial final debate as the midterm fight for the suburban New York 17th Congressional District enters the home stretch.

Democrat Cait Conley lashed out at Lawler when he ...Read more

DENVER — There may not be much drama around Colorado’s U.S. Senate race, but Wednesday’s debate between a Republican state lawmaker and U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper at least provided some contrast.

For Hickenlooper, his focus was on President Donald Trump. From the stage at Metropolitan State University of Denver, he repeatedly linked his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The agency at the center of the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home this week, Homeland Security Investigations, isn’t exactly a household name.

But some Republicans hailed HSI last spring, as they sought to end a shutdown of its parent agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, following the fatal shootings of two U.S. ...Read more