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Aug 05, 2026
Muslim voters from across the country said they felt hope and anxiety as Dr. El-Sayed moved closer to becoming the nation's first Muslim senator.
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Aug 05, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed narrowly prevailed over Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Senate in Michigan, setting up a nervy race to November for the party.
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Aug 05, 2026
Dr. El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a bitter primary dominated by the politics of Israel.
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Aug 04, 2026
Voters outside Michigan polling stations shared their concerns about health care, employment and affordability in the Senate's Democratic primary.
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Aug 04, 2026
The Rev. Adam Hamilton will be a serious underdog against Roger Marshall, a Republican, but Democrats think the state could be competitive if the November environment is favorable enough to them.
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Aug 04, 2026
The decision by Julian Beaudion, the Democratic nominee, to leave the race was the third recent withdrawal by a Democratic Senate candidate in a red state.
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Aug 04, 2026
The progressive Democrat has consistently had large leads over Representative Haley Stevens, despite debates about which candidate will be more electable in November.
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Aug 04, 2026
Dr. El-Sayed, a progressive candidate, is a vocal critic of Israel. He is known for his rhetorical abilities, which have drawn cheers and criticism.
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Aug 04, 2026
Ms. Stevens, a fourth-term congresswoman, is the choice of Democratic leadership in Washington, D.C., and Michigan.
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Aug 04, 2026
Results from these eight Michigan counties may prove crucial in an uncertain race between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens.
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Aug 04, 2026
Representative Haley Stevens has been backed by tens of millions of dollars, much of it from pro-Israel groups and hidden donors. Her rival, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, has tried to make that support a liability.
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Aug 04, 2026
The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration's request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed "unearned grace" on the Oath Keepers defendants "by wiping their records clean."
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Aug 04, 2026
Todd Blanche's nomination now advances to the Senate floor, where it was not immediately clear whether he would be confirmed given that he can afford to lose only two senators on a party-line vote.
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Aug 04, 2026
Republicans hoped a shove from President Trump would persuade the embattled congressman to drop his re-election bid in the face of abuse allegations. It hasn't happened.
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Aug 04, 2026
Todd Blanche's nomination now advances to the Senate floor, where he is expected to be confirmed, even though several Republicans have not yet committed to supporting him.
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Aug 04, 2026
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Aug 04, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Michigan primary elections.
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Aug 04, 2026
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Aug 04, 2026
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Aug 04, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Virginia primary election.
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Aug 04, 2026
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Aug 04, 2026
Times Opinion convened a panel of experts to help voters make sense of the race.
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Aug 03, 2026
The legacy of Lindsey Graham loomed over the field to replace him in a debate Monday. All eyes were on his sister, Darline, who was endorsed by President Trump.
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Aug 03, 2026
The Democratic Senate primary will pit the old guard against a rising coalition.
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Aug 03, 2026
Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis expressed support after Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, issued a memo abandoning part of a deal the Justice Department had struck with President Trump.
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Aug 03, 2026
Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis expressed support after Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, issued a memo abandoning part of a deal the Justice Department had struck with President Trump.
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Aug 03, 2026
Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president's immunity from tax scrutiny.
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Aug 03, 2026
We're sizing up tomorrow's primary contest.
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Aug 03, 2026
Michigan's primary is crucial for Democrats seeking a Senate majority. Shane Goldmacher, our national political correspondent, explains why they must defend the key seat and why Republicans see an opportunity.
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Aug 03, 2026
Senator Bernie Moreno, Republican of Ohio, broke his silence about allegations of domestic abuse his daughter has made against Representative Max Miller.
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Aug 02, 2026
Senator Susan Collins, who supports abortion rights, endorsed Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court. It has emerged as a major issue in her campaign for re-election.
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Aug 02, 2026
Divisions over Israel and high-profile endorsements have shaped the closely-watched race between a progressive former public health official and a more moderate member of Congress.
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Aug 01, 2026
Senator Mitch McConnell's ongoing hospitalization meant he missed his final chance to attend the signature western Kentucky event while in office.
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Aug 01, 2026
The president vowed to push for the payout fund if Senate Republicans fail to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general, reigniting a dispute over the settlement.
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Jul 31, 2026
There's a lot going right for the Democrats. Here's what could go wrong.
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Jul 31, 2026
The president's comments threw the confirmation of Todd Blanche, his pick to be attorney general, further into doubt.
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Jul 31, 2026
Democrats are demanding that the Kentucky Republican resign. Others who were sidelined for far longer faced no such calls, but times are changing.
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Jul 31, 2026
Todd Blanche's approach has collided with the jury-of-two reality in the Senate that has, thus far, kept him from the prize he covets: the stability and status conferred by a Senate confirmation.
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Jul 31, 2026
Changing one's affiliation is rare in the Senate, but it can have big consequences. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania says he is staying put as a Democrat.
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Jul 31, 2026
In a notable shift, Republican senators voted unanimously against a proposal to expand the military's coverage of fertility treatments.
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Jul 30, 2026
In a three-hour Senate hearing this week, Dr. Fauci invoked his constitutional right to stay silent, leaving people confused about many of the issues raised.
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Jul 30, 2026
Would you rather be famous or infamous?
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Jul 30, 2026
In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump's choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.
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Jul 30, 2026
President Trump's threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.
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Jul 30, 2026
The statement by the nominee, Sarah B. Rogers, signaled a stark reversal of the president's earlier efforts to shutter Voice of America and other federally funded news groups.
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Jul 30, 2026
The bipartisan bill is a long way from becoming law, but it represents the strongest opposition yet from Congress to the administration's agenda.
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Jul 30, 2026
Readers react to Dr. Anthony Fauci's dramatic hearing before a Senate committee. Also: Betting on elections; happy in the muck.
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Jul 30, 2026
Even after winning approval of a measure calling on President Trump to end the war, they continue to call votes to force Republicans to answer for it.
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Jul 30, 2026
A new bipartisan bill comes after years of complaints from the courts that the General Services Administration is a bad landlord.
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Jul 30, 2026
How the politics of raised a's and disappearing g's briefly came to dominate the Michigan Senate race.
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Jul 30, 2026
Some Orthodox Jews oppose a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, and farmers and some sleep experts are also opposed.
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Jul 29, 2026
John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the nominee for attorney general of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump's suit against the agency.
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Jul 29, 2026
A gathering of South Carolina's political elite paid tribute to the late senator's career against a backdrop of a highly competitive race to replace him.
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Jul 29, 2026
Show trials are bad for democracy.
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Jul 29, 2026
Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump's suit against the agency.
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Jul 29, 2026
Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump's suit against the agency.
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Jul 29, 2026
The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.
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Jul 29, 2026
The peculiar dynamic is playing out in Texas, where the fate of the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, will help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.
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Jul 29, 2026
The senator's funeral services are in Columbia, the capital. His remains will be buried Wednesday afternoon in Pickens County, S.C., where he was born and raised.
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Jul 29, 2026
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci accused Senator Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession" with him during a Senate hearing on Wednesday on the origins of Covid-19.
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Jul 29, 2026
A seven-figure settlement is announced two days before a scheduled Senate committee vote on Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general.
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Jul 29, 2026
A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the biggest importers of Russian energy.
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Jul 29, 2026
A poll is a snapshot of a given time in the election cycle. Polls shared months before an election enable our readers to have access to the same information campaigns and political leaders have about public sentiment.
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Jul 29, 2026
One of America's most competitive Senate races features a surprising dynamic: No Republicans are spending money yet.
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Jul 29, 2026
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci testifies before the Senate Homeland Security Committee about the origins of Covid-19.
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Jul 29, 2026
The senator's funeral service will be held in Columbia, the capital. His remains will be buried in Pickens County, S.C., where he was born and raised.
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Jul 29, 2026
Orthodox Jewish leaders have lobbied against the Sunshine Protection Act since it was passed by the House of Representatives in July, joining an unlikely coalition of opponents.
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Jul 28, 2026
As Washington remembered Senator Lindsey Graham, his colleagues cleared away a hurdle to passage of his long-stalled bill to penalize Moscow.
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Jul 28, 2026
President Trump paid tribute to Senator Lindsey Graham in a memorial service at the National Cathedral on Tuesday.
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Jul 28, 2026
Gov. Andy Beshear called on Senator McConnell, who has been hospitalized since June, to prove his capacity to serve, or resign.
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Jul 28, 2026
Senators announced a breakthrough on the long-stalled measure as Senator Lindsey Graham, its main champion, was memorialized.
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Jul 28, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham helped to coordinate a group of lawmakers to rebuke the I.C.C., which was investigating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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Jul 28, 2026
The South Carolinian relished serving as a "bridge" between the institution he revered and the president, but now that bridge is gone.
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Jul 28, 2026
Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed to serve out Lindsey Graham's term after his unexpected death, appeared somber and stoic.
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Jul 28, 2026
Closed ceremonies for the Republican senator, a stalwart ally of President Trump, will be held in Washington on Tuesday before a procession and public funeral in South Carolina the next day.
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Jul 28, 2026
Days before a committee vote on Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general, Democrats demanded answers about the since-withdrawn subpoenas.
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Jul 27, 2026
At the final debate before next week's Democratic primary for Senate, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens showcased their wildly different ideological stances and political styles.
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Jul 27, 2026
Troy Jackson, a former logger, faces the tall task of taking down Susan Collins.
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Jul 27, 2026
A new statement said the senator was not "medically cleared" to leave a rehabilitation facility and would miss a Kentucky political event.
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Jul 27, 2026
Michigan's Aug. 4 primary is a critical front in the fight between Democrats' progressive and moderate flanks and a preview of the 2028 presidential primary.
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Jul 26, 2026
State Representative Josh Turek, the Democrat running to flip Iowa's open Senate seat, cycled with his hands at an Iowa biking event that took place between two cities nearly 60 miles apart.
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Jul 26, 2026
Troy Jackson is replacing Graham Platner, but Republicans are seeking to tie them together as a remade race kicks off with high stakes.
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Jul 25, 2026
Mr. Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, clinched the nomination at a hastily arranged state party convention.
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Jul 25, 2026
Maine Democrats have chosen Troy Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, to replace Graham Platner as their Senate candidate. Jackson was selected at a hastily organized state party convention, which came together after Platner, who faced a rape accusation he denies, dropped out of the race.
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Jul 25, 2026
Three Opinion writers discuss whether the president's Red Scare strategy will work.
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Jul 25, 2026
Despite partisan differences, intraparty feuds and the president's lack of interest, Congress delivered the first major housing bill in a generation.
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Jul 25, 2026
Republicans are pouring huge sums behind the Maine senator through a web of billionaire-funded super PACs. Troy Jackson, the likely Democratic nominee, has a lot of catching up to do.
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Jul 24, 2026
Crossing what was once seen as a political red line, Democrats voted against the usually bipartisan measure, registering dissent about the war in Iran.
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Jul 24, 2026
The president initially backed a little-known congressman. Then he talked to Gov. Henry McMaster and Ms. Graham herself.
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Jul 24, 2026
Morris Katz helped Zohran Mamdani win, and then tried to do the same for Graham Platner. What has he learned?
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Jul 23, 2026
The House Democratic campaign arm has stepped up its interventions in high-profile contested primaries. But this week, it suffered its third primary defeat in two months.
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Jul 23, 2026
A White House spokeswoman said President Trump's patience was running thin. The top Senate Republican said she should try finding the votes.
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Jul 23, 2026
Senator Bill Cassidy, who is believed to hold the deciding vote in the Senate health committee for Dr. Erica Schwartz's confirmation, had declined for days to say whether he would back her.
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Jul 23, 2026
House Republicans narrowly passed two plans that would satisfy the Trump administration's funding demands for the war in Iran and its efforts to rebrand the Defense Department. But their prospects are far dimmer in the Senate.
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Jul 22, 2026
The criminal referral could provide a catalyst for a prosecution of Mr. Smith, who as special counsel became a top target of the president's retribution campaign.
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Jul 22, 2026
Democrats and Republicans are haggling about the Clarity Act, a major bill pushed by the crypto industry, as it moves closer to a Senate vote.
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Jul 22, 2026
Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint, but its prospects were far dimmer in the Senate.
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Jul 22, 2026
Jamieson Greer, the president's top trade negotiator, told the Senate that the United States remained intent on tariffs as it prepared to replace duties the Supreme Court struck down.
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Jul 22, 2026
Jamieson Greer, the president's top trade negotiator, told the Senate that the United States remained intent on tariffs as it prepared to replace duties the Supreme Court struck down.
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