WASHINGTON — House and Senate Republicans picked their new campaign chiefs Tuesday, tasking Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno and Georgia Rep. Brian Jack with leading the GOP campaign arms for the 2028 election cycle.

In their new positions, both will spearhead Republicans’ push to win back majorities on Capitol Hill after Democrats seized control of...Read more

MIAMI — Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar was declared the winner Tuesday in the tight race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District against Democrat Eliott Rodriguez following a contentious recount that lasted nearly two days and took a brief detour through federal court.

The Miami-Dade Canvassing Board, after recounting 247,952 ...Read more

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump can proceed with his $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. over a misleading edit of a speech he gave to supporters before they attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Miami on Tuesday denied the BBC’s request to dismiss Trump’s ...Read more

MIAMI — Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar was declared the winner Tuesday in the tight race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District against Democrat Eliott Rodriguez following a contentious recount that lasted nearly two days and took a brief detour through federal court.

The Miami-Dade Canvassing Board, after recounting 247,952 ...Read more

House Republicans on Tuesday successfully blocked an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his handling of the Iran war and other alleged “high crimes” against the nation, handing President Donald Trump and his embattled defense secretary a win.

“The Democrats’ attempt to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans blocked the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for U.S. military actions in the Middle East and Latin America, effectively killing the effort until Democrats take over Congress in January.

GOP leaders forced a procedural vote to block quick consideration of the impeachment measure introduced on Monday...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rep. Doris Matsui, a Sacramento Democrat, has defeated challenger Mai Vang and is headed back to Congress for another term.

The Associated Press called the race for Matsui on Tuesday afternoon with her leading Vang about 53.3% to 46.7%. About 88% of the estimated vote has been counted in California’s 7th Congressional ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx narrowly trails her Democratic challenger as county election boards review and count more ballots.

The lead flipped back and forth Tuesday, but as more results came in, Chuck Hubbard’s lead stretched to 196 votes as of 5:45 p.m., extending his 99-vote lead from election night.

The results ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy, who clung to a razor-thin lead on election night, is trailing after provisional ballots tipped the race in favor of Democrat Raymond Smith Jr.

But the results are not final, with more votes to be counted.

Murphy, a physician, has represented the 3rd District in Eastern North Carolina since ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans blocked the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for U.S. military actions in the Middle East and Latin America, effectively killing the effort until Democrats take over Congress in January.

GOP leaders forced a procedural vote to block quick consideration of the impeachment measure introduced on Monday...Read more

WASHINGTON — Members of the Kennedy family are seeking to intervene in the legal fight to block construction of a triumphal arch in Washington championed by President Donald Trump, saying it would interfere with memorial gravesites of family members — including JFK’s eternal flame.

In a motion filed Tuesday, attorneys representing the ...Read more

MIAMI — Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar was declared the winner Tuesday in the tight race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District against Democrat Eliott Rodriguez following a contentious recount that lasted nearly two days and took a brief detour through federal court.

The Miami-Dade Canvassing Board, after recounting 247,952 ...Read more

Every level of government failed to prevent Jeffrey Epstein from sex trafficking minors for over a decade, according to a report released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee, the most recent effort by elected officials to further an investigation into his sex crimes.

Those failures began in South Florida with the Miami U.S. Attorney’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Florida Rep. Darren Soto, the most vulnerable House Democrat running for reelection, narrowly won a sixth term Tuesday in a district that state Republicans redrew in their favor.

Soto was leading Republican Navy veteran Dan Green by less than a point when The Associated Press called the race for Central Florida’s 9th District a...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wanted to know how Jensen Huang was holding up after admitting to an affair with a woman who may have been a Chinese spy. So on Monday, he spoke with the Nvidia Corp. chief executive officer — and came away satisfied with what he heard.

Recounting the conversation to reporters, the president said that ...Read more

The massive Democratic majority in the U.S. House and Senate that was ushered in by a historic blue midterm vote is an ideologically diverse one.

Candidates spent much of the past year differentiating their positions from the mainstream Democratic coalition. The result is a freshman class filled with as many progressive liberals as ...Read more

As U.S. House members pushed for a potential vote Wednesday on whether to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his handling of the Iran war and other alleged “high crimes” against the nation, Hegseth prepared for a fight — with President Donald Trump squarely behind him.

“In the 250 years of our American republic, no secretary of...Read more

The 2026 midterm rout that awarded Democrats decisive majorities in the Senate and House has also sparked interest in the future of the U.S. Supreme Court.

With Democrats securing at least a 54-seat majority in the Senate on Jan. 3, 2027, the window is rapidly closing for President Donald Trump to appoint a new Supreme Court justice ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The leaders of an effort to overhaul how the House deals with sexual misconduct hope their proposal will see action before the end of the 119th Congress, though they’re split on the odds.

Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., chair of the Republican Women’s Caucus, said legislative text is done and is being looked at by the relevant ...Read more

Although it’s difficult to imagine, the Supreme Court looks poised to eliminate the ability for citizens to bring legal action against U.S. Immigration and Customs agents and other federal officers who violate their constitutional rights. Following a hearing for Nielsen vs. Watanabe on Monday, there is every reason to fear that the court’s ...Read more