CHICAGO — President Donald Trump took to social media Thursday night with an Illinois-focused post that was notable for what it didn’t include: invective-laced attacks on Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Instead, the post was a get-out-the-vote message encouraging Republican turnout. It even urged supporters to...Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — With less than two weeks until Election Day, political groups have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars highlighting that the top vote-getting Democrat on the ballot in Alaska’s U.S. House race is serving a 20-year prison sentence in New York.

Two political action committees have spent more than $380,000 since the August ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s largest campaign donor this election cycle is Lenir Pérez, an industrial titan in Central America charged with environmental crimes in Honduras.

He has been accused of overseeing a mine and an ore processing plant that, under his leadership, illegally exploited mineral and forest ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The candidates for Central Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District held their only debate of the campaign Thursday night, and the surprise of the evening was Republican Ralph Alvarado putting some daylight between himself and Republican President Donald Trump.

Facing what’s expected to be a close contest Nov. 3 with ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House Republicans are enlisting the help of GOP former Gov. Rick Snyder in their bid to defend the caucus' most vulnerable seats in the final week of a campaign that will determine whether or not Republicans retain the majority in the lower chamber.

The More for Michigan Tour will start Monday in Oakland County and ...Read more

EDINBURG, Texas — Clad in pressed jeans and cowboy hats, dozens of riders on horseback and drivers in pickups kicked up dust along a dirt road in Edinburg, near the southern tip of Texas. They were there for a cabalgata, a traditional horse procession, with a political message: Send Tejano singer Bobby Pulido to Congress.

Some were lifelong ...Read more

Wall Street strategists who recommended loading up on Brazil assets after Flávio Bolsonaro emerged as the frontrunner for president are about to see if they led clients astray or to profits ahead of Sunday’s too-close-to-call runoff.

Bolsonaro’s first-round lead over incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spurred firms from UBS Global Wealth...Read more

On a Monday night in September 1964, television viewers watched a little girl counting petals on a flower. Her voice gave way to a man counting down, and then a nuclear blast filled the screen.

The ad ran as a paid spot only once, in support of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s reelection campaign. It never mentioned his opponent, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Patty García’s path to Congress was paved long before Election Day. The challenge now for the first-time candidate: Shaping how the voters she wants to represent see her.

Her pitch was clear as she spoke to campaign volunteers in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood in September.

She was raised by an immigrant father, a ...Read more

From the opening statements, Gov. Ned Lamont and Republican challenger Ryan Fazio came out swinging in their first debate Thursday night as they clashed on everything from taxes and electric rates to President Donald Trump’s policies.

They disagreed on solutions to difficult problems as Lamont, a two-term Democrat, is seeking his third term ...Read more

Donald Trump and World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency venture he co-founded with his sons, were sued by a shareholder in a rival crypto firm over claims the president illegally profited from his office in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

J. Benjamin Greenberg, a shareholder in Circle Internet Group Inc., claims illegal competition ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said Thursday that he expects Republicans to attempt another budget reconciliation package in the lame-duck session with a boost to defense funding — along with action to lift the debt ceiling, either in a bipartisan fashion or as part of that package.

Lawmakers are facing a short runway to get any ...Read more

Three members of Congress on Thursday expanded their scrutiny of VIP gambler benefits by demanding answers about the scope of rewards programs offered by a half dozen companies, including DraftKings and Fanatics, and the prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket.

“As repeated stories from exploited gamblers and media reports have vividly ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Boca Raton resident was arrested Thursday after making an alleged threat against U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, the congressman announced.

Just after 2:30 p.m., Moskowitz wrote in a post on X: “A constituent of mine has just been arrested in Boca, just a few miles from my house, for threatening my life. He is currently...Read more

DENVER — The U.S. Department of Justice plans to send federal election observers to Adams and Douglas counties on Election Day, according to letters confirmed by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office and the state clerks association.

The DOJ characterized the monitoring as routine, but it quickly drew concerns from election officials ...Read more

Donald Trump and World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency venture he co-founded with his sons, were sued by a shareholder in a rival crypto firm over claims the president illegally profited from his office in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Benjamin Greenberg, a shareholder in Circle Internet Group Inc., claims illegal competition from ...Read more

A judge ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. after he missed an earlier date he’d agreed to.

The date was set Thursday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett in Miami, who last week threatened to sanction Trump if he didn’t follow through on the...Read more

DETROIT — The U.S. Department of Justice plans to send election monitors to polling places in seven Michigan cities this fall, as voters in the battleground state prepare to pick a new governor and decide a series of races that could sway control of Congress.

Less than two weeks before the midterm election, the federal department within ...Read more

NEW YORK — Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has received a much-needed boost of at least $500,000 from Elon Musk in the closing days of his reelection fight even as the world’s richest man reportedly has undercut Ukraine by throttling or cutting off access to the Starlink satellite system used to defend against Russian attacks.

The endangered ...Read more

Just minutes into their final TV debate on Wednesday, the candidates jockeying for U.S. Senate in Kansas immediately faced questions about the two issues that have dominated TV ads in recent weeks.

The first question posed to U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican, centered on his history of suing patients as a rural physician. The Rev. Adam ...Read more