NEW BERN, N.C. – In the race for control of Congress, Democrats have history and momentum on their side.

But there was no sense of panic among Republican loyalists at a recent campaign rally here in North Carolina’s Inner Banks, where a newly redrawn House seat represents one of the GOP’s best pickup opportunities this year.

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WASHINGTON — The two Illinois Democrats who may challenge Rep. Maxine Waters for their party’s top slot on the House Financial Services Committee in the new Congress would focus on issues that haven’t been traditionally front and center for that panel — namely climate change and artificial intelligence.

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One of the greatest frustrations I had during my 18 years representing the great state of Montana in the U.S. Senate was watching, in real time, the ever-increasing flood of corporate money poison our political discourse.

Washington couldn’t — or wouldn’t — fix the problem unleashed by the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens ...Read more

Lee Hamilton of Indiana served in the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly 35 years and came to believe the most frustrating aspect of congressional service was that members “never have time to put their feet up on their desks, look out the window, and think about the long-term challenges coming down the road.”

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What started as a disjointed speech in Greenville from President Donald Trump ended as a rallying cry from the president to elect struggling Republican candidates on North Carolina’s ballot.

Trump went as far as to promise $5,000 to every adult citizen if Republicans take back the House and Senate — a promise he’s made in the past — ...Read more

“Young Kim, thank you,” President Donald Trump says on a recent mailer sent to voters in California’s 40th Congressional District.

“Young Kim 100% pro-Trump,” boasts another mailer.

Images on the mailers appear to be taken from an April TV ad and a May Instagram post from Rep. Young Kim‘s campaign. But no, the glossy flyers aren’...Read more

With Election Day less than two weeks away, Democrat David Jolly’s campaign for Florida governor got a major boost, both financially and intrinsically, Tuesday in the form of former President Bill Clinton.

Jolly and Clinton joined for an interfaith event at the Koinonia Worship Center in Hollywood, Florida, on Tuesday night, marking Clinton�...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced $8 billion in aid to farmers struggling with high diesel prices while also tying his support for increased ethanol content in gasoline — a boon to Midwest corn growers — to the reelection of a Kansas senator.

Trump made the proclamation Monday while stumping for the embattled Sen. Roger ...Read more

A Michigan congresswoman is among the Democratic lawmakers nationwide who have received threatening letters containing an unidentified white powder, her office announced Oct. 16.

U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., received the concerning mail at her Grand Rapids office, she said in a press release.

Scholten said the letter purported to be ...Read more

President Donald Trump announced that he’d host a “Kansas style rally” to support Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in the midst of a bitter campaign against the pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church Adam Hamilton.

But on the stump on Monday, Trump also lent his support to other candidates that are up for election this ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho ballot measure that would rewrite the state’s strict abortion laws and enshrine protections for other reproductive healthcare is one of the hottest topics of pre-Election Day debate in the Gem State, with millions of dollars flooding in from supporters and opponents.

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WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats and some Republicans are signaling their intention to try to enact legislation to force President Donald Trump to reverse what some of them have called his “pro-Putin agenda.”

The groundswell of bipartisan congressional criticism of Trump’s policy toward Russia, particularly as it relates to Ukraine,...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senior Democratic lawmakers warned the chief executives of the largest U.S. technology firms that their platforms were failing to crack down on disinformation spread by Russia and other actors on their platforms ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

In a letter to the CEOs of Anthropic PBC, OpenAI, Google parent Alphabet Inc, ...Read more

The Trump administration announced $8 billion in aid for farmers to help offset rising fuel costs, a major burden for growers during the harvest.

The move is the administration’s latest attempt to ease financial burdens on growers — traditionally a strong Republican voting base — ahead of midterm elections. The White House earlier this ...Read more

President Donald Trump used the antisemitic “Shylock” slur to defend endangered GOP Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, a medical doctor who sued patients for unpaid medical bills.

The unpopular president, who is barnstorming red states and districts in hopes of fending off a Democratic blue wave in the midterms, used the slur to claim Marshall is ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The candidates competing for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat in the Nov. 3 election tore into each other Monday night during their only scheduled debate of the 2026 campaign.

U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Lexington, called Democratic opponent Charles Booker a “crazy socialist” who wants public funding for healthcare through ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin’s district office in Rockville, Maryland, received a suspicious letter on Monday similar to those sent to his Maryland colleagues, the congressman told The Baltimore Sun in a statement Tuesday.

Raskin’s office said it’s “coordinating with Greenbelt law enforcement and federal law enforcement” on this issue. “I...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hidden within President Donald Trump’s midterms campaign sales pitch is what amounts to a legislative agenda for his final two years in office, priorities that almost certainly would be met with opposition if Democrats win the majority of one or both chambers of Congress.

Trump spent the months leading up to the election cycle�...Read more

Vice President JD Vance has broken with President Donald Trump over the commander in chief’s unusual endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection.

Vance said he’s staying out of the Oct. 27 elections in Israel because he’s laser-focused stateside on boosting Republicans in the forthcoming congressional elections...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — National Democrats are targeting Asian American and Pacific Islander voters as they try to flip a Bucks County congressional seat next month in one of the mostly closely watched contests in the country.

The new 30-second ad from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee features Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija...Read more