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Nov 07, 2026
Recent months have shown the most effective tool for accountability may be public opinion.
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Nov 07, 2026
Voter turnout reached its second-highest peak in more than a century, driving surprise victories for Democrats.
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Nov 07, 2026
NASA's race against China to return to the moon depends on Axiom Space, a start-up with an uneven record and a Prada partnership. Its investors include a firm where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner.
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Nov 07, 2026
The race for House minority leader is a rematch between two longtime rivals: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan.
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Nov 06, 2026
Watchdog groups said the defense secretary's self-promotional messaging as he fights to keep his job probably violated federal law.
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Nov 06, 2026
Voters also chose Allison Montgomery as the first openly transgender person elected to the state legislature.
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Nov 06, 2026
Local leaders and first responders who opposed the amendment warned it could lead to painful cuts in services.
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Nov 06, 2026
Florida's status as the only major state to mostly withstand the Democratic sweep will be a core part of his argument, an adviser says.
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Nov 06, 2026
Rep. James Comer told News Nation that there are "a lot of questions" about the defense secretary after the GOP's midterm rout and that "no one's happy about Iran."
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Nov 06, 2026
A doctor said the Connecticut Democrat has made "tremendous progress" and is expected to make a full recovery after rehabilitation.
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Nov 06, 2026
The staffing shake-up comes as Trump remains angry over Tuesday's midterm losses, and it means his policy agenda will probably move further to the right.
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Nov 06, 2026
Jason Reding Quiñones and John Eisenberg are the latest high-profile officials to depart the Justice Department following Tuesday's midterms rout.
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Nov 06, 2026
Joe Gruters "will do an incredible job in 2028," the president wrote on Truth Social.
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Nov 06, 2026
Less than two years ago, the New York Democrat faced a deluge of criticism from the party's base. His party won back the Senate decisively in Tuesday's midterms.
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Nov 06, 2026
Wiener defeated Democrat Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor. He will step into the seat held by former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, who endorsed Chan.
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Nov 06, 2026
Islamophobic rhetoric against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed backfired on Republicans in a state with one of the country's largest Arab and Muslim populations.
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Nov 06, 2026
Inflation is outpacing wages, but the labor market remains resilient.
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Nov 06, 2026
L. Douglas Wilder, the first African American elected governor of any state since Reconstruction, is shocked to see Mississippi on the verge of electing a Black senator.
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Nov 06, 2026
The oil fortune heir was elected to five terms in the Senate, where he became known for championing and defending society's most vulnerable.
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Nov 06, 2026
Patrick Yaroch acknowledged using the proceeds to pay off mounting personal debts as he made plans, based on advice from ChatGPT, to retire to Portugal.
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Nov 06, 2026
Records show that Elon Musk's company was given nearly $1.2 million in Pentagon awards.
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Nov 06, 2026
Over the last few years, Democratic leaders have tried to find a way to challenge the narrative that the party is hostile to peoples of faith. This year, religious Democrats won up and down the ballot.
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Nov 06, 2026
The president has full control of the Republican Party with two years left in office, and he's not letting go anytime soon.
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Nov 06, 2026
U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan blocked the planned 250-foot project, which opponents say is illegal and needs to be approved by the current Congress.
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Nov 05, 2026
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have linked voters' disapproval of the conflict to Republicans' midterm losses.
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Nov 05, 2026
Neither President Donald Trump nor Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the governor-elect, have made moves to get the defense secretary a Senate seat in Tennessee.
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Nov 05, 2026
Over the past year and a half, Republicans redrew congressional maps to tilt seats in their favor. That did little to cushion a grim election outcome that saw them lose control of Congress.
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Nov 05, 2026
The legal force of his proclamation to prevent changes is unclear, and future presidents could have the authority to overturn it.
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Nov 05, 2026
Early voting tallies sealed wins for Ossoff, Talarico and Cooper.
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Nov 05, 2026
New members of Congress are expected to help shape the health agenda next year.
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Nov 05, 2026
Several Republicans have put forth their own diagnoses, implicitly suggesting that they could be in the best position to fix the problems.
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Nov 05, 2026
Complaint alleges that Aidan Rowan, a Republican operative, forged ballot applications on behalf of three people and submitted a fourth.
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Nov 05, 2026
The departure of the conservative attorney and Trump loyalist marks the first shake-up in the Justice Department since Democrats swept the midterm elections.
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Nov 05, 2026
Democrats Shannon Taylor and Elaine Luria unseated House Republicans in Virginia, while Rep. John McGuire narrowly kept his seat.
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Nov 05, 2026
In North Carolina, Republican Reps. Addison McDowell, Brad Knott, Richard Hudson and Tim Moore all lost. Reps. Greg Murphy, Virginia Foxx and David Rouzer may be next.
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Nov 05, 2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Wednesday that he would not make a bid for minority leader.
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Nov 05, 2026
Democrat Scott Colom is on the verge of a historic upset in the Mississippi Senate race. Some other Democrats saw his potential early on.
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Nov 05, 2026
His outreach came as Democrats still debate the merits of reaching out to MAGA.
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Nov 05, 2026
For decades, victory was out of reach. This time, Democrats benefited from strong candidates, years of organizing and a little help from President Donald Trump.
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Nov 05, 2026
With Democrat Scott Colom narrowly ahead of GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, a disputed result could land in court — or in the Senate itself.
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Nov 05, 2026
The president says that this week's early sunsets show why the Senate must pass the Sunshine Protection Act.
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Nov 05, 2026
Republican candidates were hurt by President Donald Trump's war in Iran and tariffs, which pushed up the price of diesel, fertilizer and farm supplies.
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Nov 05, 2026
Former congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) and progressive activist Nomiki Konst are leading the effort.
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Nov 05, 2026
Though President Trump has continued to support Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Republicans' electoral drubbing leaves him and other key military leaders vulnerable, officials say.
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Nov 05, 2026
This week's midterm elections were a big test for pre-election polls.
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Nov 05, 2026
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed called Vice President JD Vance "habibi" following his Michigan Senate win. Here's what the term means.
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Nov 05, 2026
Teresa Benitez-Thompson's win is one of the biggest upsets in Nevada political history and will mean the state's delegation is entirely Democratic.
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Nov 05, 2026
The Republican senator for Texas, who was not up for reelection this year, said he had congratulated Democrat James Talarico on his win.
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Nov 05, 2026
"We do have a big list, and we are going to be ambitious," said one lawmaker in Wisconsin, where the party now controls the government.
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Nov 05, 2026
The lame-duck session before January will probably be President Donald Trump's last chance to get a high court nominee confirmed by the Senate.
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Nov 05, 2026
State legislative race results are still being tallied, but it's already clear that Democrats had a historic night.
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Nov 05, 2026
Conversations with more than a dozen top Democrats, including several openly considering running for president in 2028, showcase a euphoric party that is slightly divided on the way forward.
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Nov 05, 2026
Democrats dismissed Republicans' arguments as a contorted attempt to justify an expensive and controversial remapping offensive that did not accomplish what it set out to do.
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Nov 05, 2026
Democrats and Republicans may be deeply split after the midterms, but a growing number agree on one big idea: The era of unquestioned U.S. support for Israel needs to end.
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Nov 04, 2026
Talking with Democratic Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed, who says he wants to end the influence of money in politics: "It unspools everything else."
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Nov 04, 2026
After the Trump administration and the U.S. DOGE Service oversaw an enormous reduction in the federal workforce, some former employees are returning as elected politicians.
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Nov 04, 2026
A campaign that put a distracted President Donald Trump front and center, and a war no one asked for, led the party into a wall of voter anger.
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Nov 04, 2026
The younger voters chose Democrats by more than 30 percentage points, polling shows, with the youngest, aged 18 to 24, selecting Democrats by more than a 2-to-1 margin.
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Nov 04, 2026
After winning majorities in both chambers of Congress on Tuesday, the party is figuring out how to approach the Republican president.
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Nov 04, 2026
Images from election battlegrounds capture the emotion and the jubilation of
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Nov 04, 2026
Early exit polling shows that Asian Americans overwhelmingly rejected Republicans in this election, reversing gains President Donald Trump made in 2024.
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Nov 04, 2026
Two other GOP lawmakers — Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan — have plans to run.
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Nov 04, 2026
Vice President JD Vance, a potential 2028 contender, acknowledged some failures of the administration's policies.
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Nov 04, 2026
Anti-Trump Republicans, including several former GOP lawmakers, saw Tuesday's blue wave as a vindication.
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Nov 04, 2026
After Vice President JD Vance and others in the GOP blamed the war for Tuesday's rout, the president agreed — but said he would do it again.
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Nov 04, 2026
President brushes aside criticism that he's too focused on construction projects, says Republican candidates "couldn't transfer that love" from his supporters.
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Nov 04, 2026
Amid a blue tidal wave, candidates from both parties managed to achieve victories that shattered precedents and made history.
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Nov 04, 2026
Trump declared himself on the ballot — or urged supporters to pretend he was — 63 times before Election Day, a Washington Post analysis found.
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Nov 04, 2026
The same groups that were pivotal to Trump's successful White House bid two years ago proved key to Republicans' downfall on Tuesday.
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Nov 04, 2026
A nationwide survey of voters by NORC examines how different demographic and political groups voted for Congress and in key Senate elections.
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Oct 14, 2026
Outside group money accounts for more than half of all ads in more than 70% of competitive Congressional races.
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Oct 14, 2026
The agency has historically avoided taking public action in investigations involving politicians in the weeks before elections.
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Oct 14, 2026
An Ohio congressional race has become one of the nation's most competitive.
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Oct 14, 2026
The 1980s law prohibited video stores from disclosing what their customers rented. What does it mean in the streaming era?
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Oct 14, 2026
Democrats are trying to unseat Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) in one of several competitive races to focus on Social Security concerns, a Post analysis shows.
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Oct 13, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security declined to move forward with an investigation years ago based on similar allegations, said one person, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss information that has not been made public.
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Oct 13, 2026
With Republicans all but writing off their chances of winning Senate races in states such as North Carolina and Georgia, Alaska has become a crucial battleground this fall.
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Oct 13, 2026
Ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats have won the trust of independents when it comes to the question of which party can guarantee economic prosperity, Gallup finds.
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Oct 13, 2026
The president reposted a video of a man being attacked by a tiger on his social media account, amplifying graphic footage of a person's final moments at a British wildlife park.
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Oct 13, 2026
It has the makings of political intimidation, say some legal experts.
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Oct 13, 2026
President Donald Trump claimed Katie Zacharia is an "attorney," but her bar credentials are unclear.
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Oct 13, 2026
The Michigan Democratic Senate candidate's "AI Under Control" proposal would freeze development of powerful artificial-intelligence systems and data centers.
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Oct 13, 2026
Cook Political Report changed Alaska's governor race rating from toss-up to lean Democrat; and Nebraska, Vermont and Oklahoma governor's races from solid Republican to likely Republican.
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Oct 13, 2026
In her opening statement, Zacharia repeatedly praised Trump's energy and touted the crowd sizes at his rallies, where scores of seats have been unfilled in recent days.
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Oct 13, 2026
The high court's acceptance of the case means it will probably be argued early next year.
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Oct 13, 2026
Guilfoyle said the role has been "the honor of a lifetime." She has faced allegations she asked a political donor for $100,000 to pay her personal American Express bill.
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Oct 13, 2026
With Republicans all but writing off their chances of winning Senate races in states such as North Carolina and Georgia, Alaska has become a crucial battleground this fall.
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Oct 13, 2026
The weekly podcast, "High Stakes," will aim to dissect the election and its aftermath, Vox Media said.
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Oct 13, 2026
Guilfoyle, the ambassador to Greece, has faced allegations she asked a political donor for $100,000 to pay her personal American Express bill.
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Oct 13, 2026
Across the country, candidates are trying to burnish their bipartisan bona fides.
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Oct 13, 2026
Kelly Johnson's faith-based counseling services are the centerpiece of an organization that does not disclose its donors.
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Oct 13, 2026
The Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee received contributions from parties in cases he was involved in, some predating his current competitive race.
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Oct 13, 2026
Kelly Johnson's counseling services are the centerpiece of an organization that does not disclose its donors.
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Oct 13, 2026
Kelly Johnson's counseling services are the centerpiece of an organization that does not disclose its donors.
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Oct 13, 2026
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed unveiled a proposal to freeze development of advanced AI models and data centers,
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Oct 13, 2026
Kelly Johnson's counseling services are the centerpiece of an organization that does not disclose its donors.
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Oct 12, 2026
Shannon O'Brien is the latest state Democrat to endorse independent candidate Seth Bodnar over embattled party nominee Alani Bankhead for Montana's open Senate seat.
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Oct 12, 2026
Ambassador Guilfoyle is accused of asking a donor to pay her personal American Express bill. "We're not happy," the president told reporters.
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Oct 12, 2026
"We've got to think through the policy implications," the House speaker told CBS News, commenting on plans to live-stream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter.
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Oct 12, 2026
The socialist candidate says the effort is "deceiving" voters.
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