The sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., stumbled badly in a debate in the GOP primary to replace him when she was unable to answer a straightforward question about Taiwan.

Darline Graham, who is favored in the Aug. 25 primary runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman, was flummoxed by the softball question about the strategic importance of ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Early returns in the Congressional District 14 race to fill former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s term showed state Sen. Aisha Wahab with a slight lead over BART Board President Melissa Hernandez.

As of Tuesday night, Wahab was in the lead with 51.04% of the vote, with Hernandez at 48.96%. The final results could give the winner a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has returned to floating a bid for a legally forbidden third term, offering supporters and critics hints that he might try to remain in the White House in January 2029 — but he always stops short of explaining how he might do it or declaring what would be a Constitution-disregarding candidacy.

The pattern...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Starting exactly a week before polls close in South Carolina, Republican U.S. Senate candidates began their debate Tuesday by both being cut off in their opening statements and ended in an attack.

The debate highlighted both candidates similar conservative positions on issues like the national debt and data centers, but one ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Wildfire smoke drifting into Washington, D.C., from the Western U.S. and Canada this summer made it hard to ignore the national threat stronger wildfires pose to lawmakers’ constituents across the country.

As a result, a bipartisan coalition led by Western lawmakers has a better shot this year at enacting legislation targeting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Democrat Xavier Becerra pledged on Tuesday to participate in more than one debate against Steve Hilton, his GOP rival in the California governor's race.

"We will have debates, and between now and Nov. 3, we will continue to go out there and meet with folks to make sure they have an opportunity to see the candidates," Becerra ...Read more

After Luigi Mangione was arrested in December 2024 in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the internet did what it often does: It turned something serious into a joke.

Nearly two years later, on Aug. 14, 2026, Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges and admitted to shooting Thompson. He’s ...Read more

Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has issued over 270 executive orders.

That includes two orders issued in August 2026 addressing birthright citizenship, a subject seemingly settled by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision. In June, the high court struck down Trump’s effort to deny citizenship to ...Read more

I know what it’s like to walk out of prison believing your debt has finally been paid.

I served time, as I should have. And in a twist of remarkable fate nearly a decade ago, I went back to prison after earning my release. At the time, my unique situation didn’t fall through the cracks of our legal system, like many do. It became a national...Read more

Democrat U.S Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Republican Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, won their parties’ nominations for Florida’s 25th Congressional District — which analysts across both aisles consider a toss-up.

As the winner in the five-way GOP race, Singer will be the Republican Party’s candidate in the November general ...Read more

MIAMI — A federal judge on Tuesday compared the criminal roles of former Congressman David Rivera and political consultant Esther Nuhfer, both convicted in May of failing to register as foreign agents for the Venezuelan government under former socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

“I think this really was the David Rivera show,” U.S. ...Read more

MIAMI — Democrat Eliott Rodriguez and Republican incumbent U.S. Rep Maria Elvira Salazar, two Cuban American former South Florida TV news anchors, will face off in November to represent Miami-Dade in Congressional District 27.

Heavily Latino District 27 includes downtown Miami, Coral Gables, Virginia Key, Pinecrest, Kendall, Palmetto Bay and ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz cruised to victory on Tuesday, easily defeating four other candidates in the Democratic primary and all but guaranteeing a 12th term in Congress.

At 7:30 p.m. with early votes and some mail votes counted, unofficial returns showed Wasserman Schultz with 50.3% of the vote.

She was ...Read more

MIAMI — Democratic powerhouse Debbie Wasserman Schultz will return to Congress for her 12th term after clinching the Democratic primary for her new, blue-leaning district.

Her victory continues the powerful Democrat’s 20-plus year reign in D.C., and also marks the first time a white person has represented the district since it was ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Fox TV 35 anchor Ryan Elijah — a political newcomer who grew a well-financed campaign — defeated embattled U.S. Rep. Cory Mills and two other opponents in the GOP primary for the U.S. House District 7 seat on Tuesday.

Elijah, 54, will face Democrat Bale Dalton, of Sanford, in the Nov. 3 general election.

Dalton, a ...Read more

MIAMI — Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz beat democratic socialist Oliver Larkin, indicating that Florida Democrats are not quite comfortable leaning left of center.

Moskowitz will go up against a Republican opponent for the competitive District 25 seat in the November election. The coastal district includes cities in Palm ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A substitute teacher at Beverly Hills High School announced Tuesday morning that she's suing the school district that fired her, alleging her First Amendment rights were violated when she was terminated for writing Facebook posts criticizing President Donald Trump.

In November 2024, Joanie Garratt started a monthlong substitute-...Read more

In their first general election debate Monday evening, U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Rocklin, and former state Sen. Richard Pan offered competing explanations for the problems facing voters in California’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District. Kiley pointed to Sacramento, while Pan pointed to Washington.

Their records in office became central ...Read more