PHILADELPHIA — The Justice Department’s plan to send monitors to polling places in four Pennsylvania counties is being overseen by a lawyer who joined the agency earlier this year, and whose background includes stints at private firms working on municipal law, corporate issues, and labor and employment matters.

James T. Catania, a trial ...Read more

President Donald Trump is expected to make another stop in Michigan before the Nov. 3 midterm election, as part of his national push in support of Republican candidates, according to four sources with knowledge of the plans.

The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss publicly a travel schedule ...Read more

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Rep. Ryan Mackenzie’s legal team is calling on his opponent, Bob Brooks, to take down a campaign ad that Mackenzie asserts is “false” and “defamatory.”

Brooks’ campaign said in a statement that it stands by the ad and will not remove it from the air.

Mackenzie’s cease and desist letter comes just over one week ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Until the evacuation, it had been an ordinary day in the office, as far as working for a member of Congress goes. Phones were ringing. Mail was being opened.

“I looked over and saw white powder,” said a staffer for a House Democrat. “That’s when it hit me that, oh, this is really happening.”

Police put up caution tape,...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israelis voted in close to record numbers in the country’s first election since the October 2023 Hamas attack, effectively a referendum on the war-dominated rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Turnout stood at almost 74% as of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the central elections committee, the highest level at ...Read more

DENVER — Melat Kiros is already planning her victory celebration on election night.

After defeating longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in the June Democratic primary, the 29-year-old democratic socialist has mostly focused her campaign on helping other candidates and supporting or opposing certain statewide ballot initiatives. In a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — If history is any guide, President Donald Trump's low approval rating in Michigan could spell trouble for Republican candidates in the state's critical midterm elections.

Public opinion of Trump already hit a record low in battleground Michigan earlier this year, and the GOP president's numbers have not meaningfully improved ...Read more

DENVER — A shadowy new group is sending misleading mailers to voters in a closely contested Colorado congressional district as part of a nationwide effort to boost third-party candidates and attack their Republican opponents.

The group, called Our Heritage Matters, was registered just after a federal reporting deadline earlier this month, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The U.S. Department of Justice will again send election monitors to Prince George’s County on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting requirements for providing election materials and language assistance in languages other than English, Maryland’s State Board of Elections said Tuesday.

The federal Voting Rights ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Justice Department plans to send monitors to polling stations in Philadelphia and three other Pennsylvania counties for Election Day, according to a letter obtained by The Inquirer.

The Oct. 22 letter addressed to Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt says the Justice Department intends to send monitors to ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s campaign speech in Mississippi was interrupted by a heckler opposed to his plan to build a glitzy new ballroom at the White House.

The president was most of the way through his speech late Monday to a crowd of MAGA loyalists when the heckler briefly forced him to pause.

“Shove that ballroom up your a--,” the ...Read more

A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to transform a historic Washington, D.C. public golf course, but he insists the massive renovation will go ahead regardless.

District Judge Ana Reyes issued a preliminary injunction that bars the government from removing or damaging any additional trees on the East Potomac...Read more

Rep. Jimmy Gomez's reelection bid, once helped by his high-profile fight against President Donald Trump's immigration policies, is in peril as he tries to recover from allegations of sexual misconduct.

The accusations, which Gomez denies, have left the 51-year-old Eagle Rock Democrat vulnerable to an upstart challenger from Highland Park who ...Read more

Israelis voted in their highest numbers for more than half a century in the country’s first election since the October 2023 Hamas attack, effectively a referendum on the war-dominated rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Turnout stood at 31.5% as of 12 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the central election committee, the highest level at ...Read more

Before most Americans step into the voting booth in November, they will already know their choices at the top of the ballot, in races for governor, the Senate and House of Representatives. But a race near the bottom of the ballot – for the chief prosecutor in their local district – will probably affect the voters’ lives more directly....Read more

When Americans hear of child soldiers, they may imagine tragic images of children wielding rifles on distant battlefields.

But the conditions that help warlords recruit children into armed conflict abroad also help gang leaders draw young people into violent organizations in the U.S.

In cities across the country, gang violence...Read more

Israel is holding its first election since the October 2023 Hamas attack that traumatized the nation and triggered the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, a vote many consider to be the country’s most consequential in decades.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 77, is seeking reelection on Tuesday, bolstered by the endorsement of U.S. President ...Read more

BRICELYN, Minn. — Last summer, President Donald Trump’s signature tax law cemented his administration’s policy legacy, driving down taxes for individuals and businesses and cutting social welfare benefits for people with no kids or low incomes.

A year later the tax law barely registers on campaign commercials ahead of November’s ...Read more

On Tuesday, Israelis will head to the polls for an election that the international press has described as Israel’s most consequential in decades — if not ever. The outcome will determine whether Israel continues its march to the ultraright, in which extremist political parties increasingly serve as kingmakers, or whether it reorients to the ...Read more