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Oct 01, 2026
With midterm elections a month away, the president is turning the audacity up to 11 as he labors to reverse his party's decline in the polls.
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Oct 01, 2026
Democrat Shannon Taylor is narrowly ahead of Rep. Rob Wittman (R) in Virginia's 1st, while Democrat Tom Perriello is modestly behind Rep. John McGuire (R) in the 5th.
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Oct 01, 2026
A Democrat hasn't won a Senate race in the state since 1982, but a young district attorney has a message for party officials and donors: "If we try, we win these voters."
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Oct 01, 2026
A Democrat hasn't won a Senate race in the state since 1982, but a young district attorney has a message for party officials and donors: "If we try, we win these voters."
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Oct 01, 2026
Democrats have money problems all over the country.
But the challenge may be most acute — and unexpected — in Wisconsin.
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Oct 01, 2026
Advocates for U.S. citizens overseas say the changes may spark confusion among eligible voters abroad and local election offices.
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Oct 01, 2026
The project, which would revamp how visitors enter the White House grounds, is one Trump construction effort that has drawn wide agreement.
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Oct 01, 2026
The president's 2024 campaign leaned into crypto to attract young men, a demographic that is deserting Republicans in the midterms.
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Oct 01, 2026
Christa Pike, who was convicted in a brutal 1995 killing, continued breathing after she was given two doses of lethal injection drugs, her lawyers said.
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Sep 30, 2026
Democrats block several pieces of legislation pushed by Republicans looking for victories ahead of Election Day.
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Sep 30, 2026
With few tools to bring down prices in the short run, Trump hopes to focus voters on investments that could pay off in years to come.
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Sep 30, 2026
An appeals court had paused Christa Pike's execution to consider her claim that sexual abuse she faced as a child should impact her punishment.
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Sep 30, 2026
In a fiery speech, the Pentagon chief solicited bids to build a new base, called for more focus on religion and said Elon Musk will help develop next-generation weapons.
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Sep 30, 2026
Trump invited attendees of a Hispanic Heritage Month to be among the first to walk on his ballroom floor.
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Sep 30, 2026
A sweeping bipartisan plan takes aim at the bottlenecks scuttling new infrastructure.
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Sep 30, 2026
The president spoke at a Hispanic Heritage Month event as Latino voters abandon him.
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Sep 30, 2026
Wednesday's event in Quantico, Virginia, occurs a year to the day after the defense secretary gave a highly partisan lecture to the military's generals and admirals.
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Sep 30, 2026
How to read all these midterm polls.
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Sep 30, 2026
Several judges spoke to the New York Times about their concerns around the immigration crackdown. One judge Wednesday defended his decision to speak publicly as "well within the ethical rules."
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Sep 30, 2026
Wednesday's event in Quantico, Virginia, occurs a year to the day after the defense secretary gave a highly partisan lecture to the military's generals and admirals.
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Sep 30, 2026
The Senate nominee's bid to unseat incumbent Susan Collins (R) is critical to Democrats' hopes for reclaiming control of the chamber.
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Sep 30, 2026
Christa Pike was scheduled to die Wednesday morning, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit intervened.
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Sep 30, 2026
Nicole Saphier, a radiologist and former Fox News contributor, is the third person the president has nominated to be surgeon general in his second term.
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Sep 30, 2026
Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to require the State Department to report on Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.
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Sep 30, 2026
The advancing technology offers campaigns the tools to make compelling, lifelike ads. That's leading even seasoned political observers to take note.
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Sep 30, 2026
Troy Jackson is challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a pivotal contest that has been dominated by campaign finance issues.
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Sep 30, 2026
The African nation refused to make an agreement with the Trump administration, which has sought to slash foreign assistance and impose new terms on recipients.
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Sep 30, 2026
The trend says a lot about how candidates see this election, with the midterms just more than four weeks away.
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Sep 30, 2026
Taxpayers spent 21 percent more last year on the program, which helps cover the costs of food and lodging in Washington, a Post analysis found.
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Sep 30, 2026
Several are adopting more conservative rhetoric or publicly opposing transgender girls playing in girls' sports.
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Sep 30, 2026
Taxpayers spent $6.7 million last year on the program, which reimburses lawmakers for food and lodging expenses in D.C., a Washington Post analysis found.
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Sep 30, 2026
The president wants to eliminate the public road that loops around the Hains Point peninsula, allowing the golf course to stretch to the water's edge.
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Sep 29, 2026
Judge James E. Boasberg started the inquiry after Trump officials did not abide by his orders in 2025 to turn back planes carrying Venezuelan migrants.
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Sep 29, 2026
The figure marks an increase of $317 million from last week, according to a Post analysis of data from AdImpact.
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Sep 29, 2026
The former DHS secretary cited "irreconcilable differences" in filing for divorce from her husband.
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Sep 29, 2026
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) argued that past presidents in both parties have aired similar announcements.
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Sep 29, 2026
The arch is still envisioned to be a tourist site, despite the president's announcement that it would be a "military complex," administration officials told advocacy groups.
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Sep 29, 2026
The last Senate race in Texas not to have a debate was in 2000.
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Sep 29, 2026
The defense secretary is expected to announce that the number of top officers will be reduced by as much as 20 percent, officials said.
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Sep 29, 2026
The high court will later hear arguments and make a final ruling on the Trump administration's controversial policy of sending migrants to countries where they are not citizens.
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Sep 29, 2026
The high court will later hear arguments and make a final ruling on the Trump administration's controversial policy of sending migrants to countries where they are not citizens.
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Sep 29, 2026
These races could be competitive in a wave election.
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Sep 29, 2026
The Texas senator was the driving force behind a bill to overhaul regulation of college athletics that passed the chamber Monday night.
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Sep 29, 2026
Christian Ehrhardt, who negotiated the administration's controversial "third country" agreements, is the White House pick for ambassador to Cameroon.
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Sep 29, 2026
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has stepped back from Texas's high-profile Senate race since losing the Democratic primary in March.
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Sep 29, 2026
Jack Smith returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to defend his derailed efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump, telling lawmakers he would not "be silenced by continued threats of prosecution" from the president.
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Sep 29, 2026
Vicente Gonzalez releases a new ad connecting high beef costs to the loss of an important South Texas tradition.
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Sep 29, 2026
The bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials was thwarted in the Senate by an objection from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
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Sep 29, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed unveils a health-focused agenda to persuade Michigan supporters of the Make America Healthy Again movement to back his campaign.
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Sep 29, 2026
Their message accuses Republicans of flagrant corruption, tying the attack to the billions President Donald Trump has made during his second term.
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Sep 29, 2026
Mary Peltola hopes to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in a race all about prices, federal aid and Donald Trump.
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Sep 29, 2026
No modern president has done more to personally reshape the nation's capital.
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Sep 29, 2026
Christa Pike was convicted in a brutal 1995 killing committed when she was 18. Advocates pushing for her life to be spared point to abuse she suffered as a child.
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Sep 28, 2026
Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump's election security czar, resigned from the so-called "grand conspiracy" investigation Monday.
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Sep 28, 2026
The Trump administration had sought to limit anti-terrorism funding for local governments that didn't check the citizenship status of voters.
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Sep 28, 2026
Gov. Greg Abbott, in a tight reelection race, allows for commercial use of diesel normally reserved for agriculture.
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Sep 28, 2026
Administration officials are still pursuing plans to build a permanent fence around the park.
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Sep 28, 2026
Democrats need to win several races in red states to retake the Senate majority, but Republicans could also make some blue districts go red.
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Sep 28, 2026
Democrats need to flip several in red states to win back the Senate majority. Here are their best chances.
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Sep 28, 2026
The D.C. Council member was charged with taking bribes from a city contractor who handed him envelopes of cash during four meetings in 2024, all of them secretly videotaped by the FBI.
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Sep 28, 2026
Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general, was hired for the leadership role about a year ago.
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Sep 28, 2026
The president's first one-on-one meeting with Dario Amodei followed months of tensions.
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Sep 28, 2026
The political environment for the party has led to widespread alarm. "It feels like it could be a wipeout," one strategist said.
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Sep 28, 2026
There is nothing holding back Republican political fortunes this year more than the war that President Donald Trump started with Iran.
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Sep 28, 2026
In their last week in Washington before the elections, GOP lawmakers are pressing their party to do more to address the cost of living.
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Sep 27, 2026
The taxpayer-funded campaign borrows the president's political rhetoric as the White House defends the spots as "public service" announcements.
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Sep 27, 2026
The president, booed at other big sporting events this year, drew mostly cheers at Neyland Stadium. In the parking lots, some of his own voters had misgivings.
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Sep 27, 2026
Pain at the pump for rural Republicans is shifting the political map.
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Sep 27, 2026
Bobby Pulido would be the only member of Congress with a Latin Grammy to his name. That comes with its upsides and downsides.
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Sep 26, 2026
The White House announced plans to cancel funding for refugee services and other domestic programs. Lawmakers say it infringes on their spending authority.
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Sep 26, 2026
News of a probe involving political contributions and federal contracts has some in a shipyard town raising questions about her influence.
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Sep 26, 2026
The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot. Now it's feasible.
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Sep 26, 2026
Prosecutors say the plan was coordinated between men in at least six states almost entirely online, and took shape in mere weeks ahead of the June 14 event at the White House.
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Sep 26, 2026
Prosecutors say the plan was coordinated between men in at least six states almost entirely online, and took shape in mere weeks ahead of the June 14 event at the White House.
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Sep 26, 2026
The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot. Now it's feasible.
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Sep 26, 2026
Trump will attend the Tennessee-Texas college football game on Saturday and the President's Cup golf tournament on Sunday.
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Sep 25, 2026
A draft letter obtained by The Post shows Kennedy's favorable response to a petition that food experts said could lead to significant changes for the industry.
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Sep 25, 2026
The ruling ends a complicated legal fight that has injected uncertainty into November's midterm elections in the state.
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Sep 25, 2026
The presidents praised their relationship over tea and viewed America's founding documents, with few apparent breakthroughs on the issues dividing their countries.
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Sep 25, 2026
An investigation found that Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell sexually harassed a woman and violated state ethics rules. He denied allegations of misconduct, and Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Caldwell had stepped down on Friday.
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Sep 25, 2026
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.
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Sep 25, 2026
The presidents praised their relationship over tea and viewed America's founding documents, with few apparent breakthroughs on the issues dividing their countries.
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Sep 25, 2026
White was charged with accepting $35,000 from a D.C. government contractor in exchange for agreeing to pressure D.C. officials to renew contracts that his companies had obtained for violence-interruption services.
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Sep 25, 2026
Top senators on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees argue the invitation legitimizes the Russian assault on Ukraine.
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Sep 25, 2026
The sobering outlook has compounded concerns from some U.S. lawmakers about President Donald Trump's agreement to assist the kingdom with establishing a civilian nuclear program.
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Sep 25, 2026
And what else happened this week in the Trump administration.
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Sep 25, 2026
President Donald Trump wants to let states use a federal database that includes voters' personal information to check for noncitizens on voter rolls.
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Sep 25, 2026
He's trying to label the technology as "superintelligence" and says he pitched the term to Xi Jinping.
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Sep 25, 2026
The president is expected to hold rallies in Oklahoma and Alabama next week.
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Sep 25, 2026
Another round of interesting midterm polls this week find an electorate dissatisfied with President Donald Trump and mostly souring on Republicans in marquee races.
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Sep 25, 2026
The president has been critical of the organization, but the prestige it holds provides an opportunity to literally speak on the world stage.
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Sep 24, 2026
An investigation found that Dale Caldwell sexually harassed a woman and violated state ethics rules. He has denied allegations of misconduct, and Sherrill said Caldwell had until Friday to step down.
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Sep 24, 2026
AI executives and some of the country's most prominent CEOs were on the list for the state dinner honoring Xi Jinping, which showcased the complex ties between the world's two largest economies.
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Sep 24, 2026
In a public appearance, Jackson said the high court's use of the emergency docket was "problematic" and called for more restraint from her colleagues when using it.
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Sep 24, 2026
What does the TV president look like without press corps footage?
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Sep 24, 2026
AI executives and some of the country's most prominent CEOs are on the list for tonight's state dinner honoring Xi Jinping, which showcases the complex ties between the world's biggest economies.
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Sep 24, 2026
The state's Democratic and Republican Senate candidates have not squared off yet.
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Sep 24, 2026
A lower court blocked the policy, which has sent thousands of migrants to countries where they are not citizens.
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Sep 24, 2026
Darializa Avila Chevalier was among several progressive elected officials and nominees who protested Netanyahu's speech at the U.N.
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Sep 24, 2026
The Israeli prime minister, in his address to the U.N. General Assembly, called Mamdani "the antisemitic mayor of New York."
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