U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ progressive star power brought nearly 2,200 people out to The Cuban Club’s courtyard in Ybor City despite a steady drizzle that slowly soaked the audience.

But it was state Rep. Angie Nixon, the Democrat waging a long-shot bid against Republican incumbent Ashley Moody for U.S. Senate, who made the most noise.

The ...Read more

Family text messages are among the information that federal officials are reviewing as they continue their investigation into U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, which came into public view this week with the federal raid of her Washington, D.C., home, according to anonymous sources who spoke to the New York Times.

The messages came from a phone that ...Read more

Michele Tafoya launched a new campaign ad last weekend calling herself a “pro-choice Republican,” a bid to reinforce her image as an independent voice for Minnesota in the U.S. Senate.

She’s not alone in talking about abortion on the campaign trail.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is trying to reach voters who punished Republicans after Roe v. ...Read more

Republican lawmakers, including some of the president’s strongest allies on Capitol Hill, blasted Donald Trump for waiving new tariffs and sanctions on Russia, prompting the president to defend himself against members of his own party.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, in a rare sign of disagreement with Trump, said Sunday he asked for ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — For years, political campaigns have tried to learn everything they can about voters: What they drive. Where they shop. Whether they own a home, a boat or have a particular interest in equestrian sports.

The data helps campaigns make educated guesses about people’s politics, then decide which voters are worth pursuing and what ...Read more

Republican lawmakers blasted Donald Trump for waiving new tariffs and sanctions on Russia, prompting the president to defend himself against members of his own party.

GOP critics said Trump’s decision trampled on the will of Congress, which overwhelmingly passed a sanctions law last month championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, and would...Read more

BALTIMORE — Rep. Sarah Elfreth’s district office in Columbia received “a suspicious letter containing an unknown substance” Friday, prompting an evacuation, according to a statement the congresswoman posted online.

“Threats like these do nothing but inhibit our ability to serve our community. These acts aren’t brave political ...Read more

Republican members of Congress blasted President Donald Trump’s decision to waive a tariff law passed last month to restrict Russian energy exports, arguing that the move will help Moscow wage its war on Ukraine.

The Trump administration has cast the waiver as a way to facilitate a deal with Russia on diesel exports — aimed at lowering ...Read more

Republican members of Congress blasted President Donald Trump’s decision to waive a tariff law passed last month to restrict Russian energy exports, arguing that the move will help Moscow wage its war on Ukraine.

The Trump administration has cast the waiver as a way to facilitate a deal with Russia on diesel exports — aimed at lowering ...Read more

Infighting gripping Donald Trump’s White House spilled into public view this week, with the abrupt exit of his hand-picked press secretary and the president forced to quash swirling questions about his chief of staff’s future.

The palace intrigue threatens to distract the White House at an already fraught moment, with just over two weeks ...Read more

In his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump made the cost of energy a centerpiece.

He blamed President Joe Biden’s environmental policies while vowing to slash gasoline prices to below $2 a gallon. That would herald an economic golden age of low fuel costs at home and U.S. “energy dominance” overseas, he said.

Fast forward to the ...Read more

The Trump administration’s deal to let Russia supply 3 million tons of diesel to the American and global markets is illegal, dangerous and harms U.S. national interests. It undermines our allies, rewards aggression and further cements the position of the United States under Donald Trump as squarely on the side of the bad guys. For all of this,...Read more

WASHINGTON — Few House lawmakers have risen through party leadership ranks as fast as GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain. Now comes the toughest political challenge she’s faced in her short time in office: helping maintain Republicans’ tenuous grasp on the majority.

The third-term Michigan Republican, who took just four years to secure the...Read more

From Alaska to Florida, there once was an important job in government that most Americans rarely thought about: the secretary of state.

That changed after the 2020 presidential election, when secretaries of state in places such as Arizona, Georgia and Michigan were thrust into battles over election results, certification and false ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump waived massive tariffs linked to Russian energy exports mandated in a law that he signed last month, as the measures complicated his push to lower diesel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

Trump invoked a waiver clause under the law, which was championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham as a way to ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Tempers flared Thursday as the leading candidates for Alaska’s hotly contested U.S. Senate seat clashed over the Iran war, the economy and healthcare.

Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola repeatedly accused each other of lying in an hourlong debate, and their bickering at one point ...Read more

President Donald Trump touted his economic policies as bringing a manufacturing boom to Georgia as he sought to rally voters in a state hosting a crucial U.S. Senate race in November’s midterm election.

Trump hailed investment pledges from companies including pharmaceutical company UCB SA, tire manufacturer Pirelli & C. Spa and Hyundai Motor ...Read more

DETROIT — President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Michigan's St. Clair County roughly 10 days out from the Nov. 3 election.

The event, the exact location of which is not yet clear, will take place the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 25, according to information from the Trump 47 Committee. The Detroit News reported earlier this week that Trump ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Michele Tafoya sought to establish her independence from President Donald Trump, while Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan faced questions about party loyalty and her responsibility for Minnesota’s fraud crisis during their first and only scheduled U.S. Senate debate Friday.

The debate came just days after Trump ...Read more

A judge threatened to sanction President Donald Trump for failing to sit for a mandatory deposition in the $10 billion defamation suit he filed against the British Broadcasting Corp.

“The court has admonished plaintiff for his lack of participation to no avail,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett said in a brief order in Miami. “...Read more