MINNEAPOLIS — Months after thousands of federal agents descended on Minnesota, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown remained a powerful force in the state’s election. It shaped voters’ choices, mobilized volunteers, took Republicans by surprise and reached far beyond the communities where the crackdown unfolded.

An NBC ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx said Friday she’s requested “nonpartisan election observers” to be present for vote counting across North Carolina’s 5th District as she trails in the election.

Foxx, 83, has served 11 terms representing the district, which today encompasses rural parts the northwestern section of the ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is offering the role of White House press secretary to UFC chief Dana White, asking him to “please take the job.”

It wasn’t clear if the offer was sincere. Trump said he had asked the “violent Fighter and Warrior” to bring “assistants,” attaching the names and photographs of famous cage fighters in ...Read more

Several Senate Republicans are pushing to delay the party’s leadership elections scheduled for next week following the GOP’s midterms defeat, a move that may open the door to a potential challenge against John Thune.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott expressed support for holding a meeting to discuss postponing next week’s vote, saying that ...Read more

President Donald Trump blasted Democrats for threatening to investigate his administration and Republican donors, saying he ordered the Department of Justice to launch its own probe against them.

As Democrats prepare to take control of both chambers of Congress in January following their decisive victory in the midterm elections, they have ...Read more

MIAMI — Elliot Rodriguez, the Democratic candidate for Florida’s 27th Congressional District, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to bar Miami-Dade’s Republican supervisor of elections from taking part in an expected recount of his close race against GOP Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, accusing the elections chief of having a stake in the outcome ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is offering the role of White House press secretary to UFC chief Dana White, asking him to “please take the job.”

It wasn’t clear if the offer was sincere. Trump said he had asked the “violent Fighter and Warrior” to bring “assistants,” attaching the names and photographs of famous cage fighters in ...Read more

Crypto’s extraordinary run of political good fortune in Washington has come to an abrupt halt. With Democrats set to control Congress following their midterm sweep, the industry faces the prospect of tougher rules and closer scrutiny of its ties to President Donald Trump.

For two years, the industry enjoyed something few businesses ever get ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump’s appointment of Stephen Miller — the architect of the administration’s extreme crackdown on immigration — to White House chief of staff is sparking alarm among immigrant advocates and politicians across California.

But this week’s sweeping Democratic victories are giving immigrant communities ...Read more

With coalition-haggling just getting underway, it may be days or weeks before the shape of Israel’s next government becomes clear. But one thing is already obvious: Peace with the Palestinians won’t be its priority. The U.S. and its partners shouldn’t let it become an afterthought.

Ahead of last month's record-setting election, support ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Fifteen years working as an emergency room nurse has convinced Kim Bogan that the only way to fix the American healthcare system is to tear it down and start over.

Her patients arriving for triage are sicker than ever. They can’t afford many of the prescriptions they get in the ER. And sometimes when patients die, she ...Read more

After Democrats’ midterm sweep that gave them control of the House and Senate, the investigation into the Epstein files is likely to receive new attention.

That’s welcome. The Epstein victims have gotten no real justice under a Trump administration that obfuscated rather than releasing all the documents. But Democrats cannot afford to ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — President Donald Trump flew into Kennedy Space Center on Friday night to join aerospace industry leaders and tout newly announced plans to hold an annual and lucrative expo to rival the likes of those held in Paris and England.

“Make America great again, that’s what we do. Our calling is to explore, our purpose is ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County’s election update on Friday afternoon narrowed the gap between Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, and challenger Mai Vang, but the incumbent is still on track to retain the seat.

The latest results have Matsui leading Vang by about 55.6% to 44.4% for California’s 7th Congressional District. Roughly 66%...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — For Richard Ojeda, one of the new Democrats elected to Congress in North Carolina, it’s important that people know about his family’s immigrant background.

It’s integral to how he got where he is today and who he is.

Ojeda, 56, will become North Carolina’s first Hispanic member of Congress in January after defeating ...Read more

In a handful of holdout states, Democrats appear ready to use their newly won statehouse dominance to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

In at least four states — Georgia, Kansas, Texas and Wisconsin — the midterm election results have tilted the political calculus toward expansion, though lawmakers have yet to lay out details. ...Read more