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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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Jul 22, 2026
Times Opinion convened a panel of experts to help voters make sense of the race.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans managed to push through legislation to fund the government through Dec. 4. But with Democrats opposed, the stage is set for a broader battle.
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Jul 21, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday to request an additional $70 billion to fund the war and replenish weapons stockpiles.
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Jul 21, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of war.
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Jul 21, 2026
State Democrats released a ballot for their nominating convention on Saturday that includes Mr. Jackson and two long-shot candidates with little public support from delegates.
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Jul 21, 2026
Assuming he is confirmed by the full Senate as expected, Mr. Clayton will take command of the Office of National Intelligence from Bill Pulte, a housing official with little national security experience.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It's not that simple.
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Jul 21, 2026
The Pentagon seeks an additional $80 billion to cover the costs of the conflict and replenish depleted weapons stocks.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It's not that simple.
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Jul 21, 2026
Troy Jackson, who is set to become the party's nominee, also said in an interview that he was not sure he wanted the support of Senator Chuck Schumer in the general election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Troy Jackson, who is expected to become his party's nominee in the state's marquee Senate race, has long been an economic populist, but his positions on social issues have changed markedly over time.
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Jul 20, 2026
For the state's progressives, Graham Platner was tempting. Troy Jackson is tested.
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Jul 20, 2026
Ms. Graham, who filled her brother's Senate seat in South Carolina after his death, does not appear to have previous political experience. But she does have President Trump's endorsement.
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Jul 20, 2026
Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.
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Jul 20, 2026
Mr. Jackson, who has emerged as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner, is a Republican turned Democrat who is seen as close to Mr. Platner on policy.
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Jul 20, 2026
There are important lessons in my state's Senate race.
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Jul 19, 2026
Troy Jackson, a progressive, solidified his clear edge in the contest to replace Graham Platner, as Shenna Bellows, Jordan Wood and Nirav Shah ended their bids.
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Jul 19, 2026
Troy Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, showed signs of significant strength, as half the state's counties picked delegates to a convention where they will choose Graham Platner's replacement.
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Jul 18, 2026
The move by Cindy Burbank could clear a path for Dan Osborn, an independent candidate backed by her party's leadership. But Republicans have cried foul, and her effort could face obstacles.
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Jul 18, 2026
This week: the Todd Blanche hearing, Lindsey Graham's legacy and progressive infighting.
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Jul 18, 2026
The state's Democratic Party must pick Mr. Platner's replacement by the deadline of July 27.
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Jul 18, 2026
Graham Platner's campaign for Senate imploded last week. The activists who backed him are seeking a candidate to carry his populist message in the race against Republican Susan Collins.
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Jul 18, 2026
The Trump administration has recently sought to scale back sanctions as adversaries develop workarounds that some believe could erode the U.S. dollar's supremacy.
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Jul 17, 2026
The fund-raising race is tighter than it seems.
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Jul 17, 2026
Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president's claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed.
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Jul 17, 2026
Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president's false claims about voting security while escalating the administration's legally questionable attempts to control state elections.
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Jul 17, 2026
What will the Republican Party look like after 2028?
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Jul 17, 2026
Voting-rights activists said the changes are a blatant attempt by G.O.P. leaders to make it harder for Black voters and students, who tend to vote for Democrats, to cast ballots this fall.
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Jul 16, 2026
Many of President Trump's attempts to curtail mail voting have been blocked by the courts. Before Trump, Republicans actually embraced absentee voting.
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Jul 16, 2026
Dozens of investigations, audits, recounts and court proceedings examined the 2020 election. None found the widespread voter fraud that President Trump claimed tilted the vote.
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Jul 16, 2026
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a key vote on confirmation, had demanded the acting attorney general meet with victims.
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Jul 16, 2026
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.
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Jul 16, 2026
Ken Paxton, a Republican, has not debated in more than a decade. A showdown with James Talarico, a Democrat, could be a key moment in the hard-fought race.
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Jul 16, 2026
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina made the stipulation during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday for witnesses to discuss Mr. Blanche's nomination.
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Jul 16, 2026
In the first half of this year, Democrats raised more cash in every key Senate race except Iowa.
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Jul 16, 2026
The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.
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Jul 16, 2026
To prevail in Michigan's crucial Senate primary, Representative Haley Stevens will need to overcome Democratic voters' skepticism of Israel. Pro-Israel groups are spending heavily to help her.
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Jul 15, 2026
Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, may have the deciding vote on Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general. Even a single Republican "no" vote would block Mr. Blanche's nomination, and the senator said after Wednesday's meeting that he had not made up his mind.
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Jul 15, 2026
During his confirmation hearing, the acting attorney general refused to discuss the termination of an investigation into a commutation issued by President Trump.
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Jul 15, 2026
The party's leaders have a political experiment on their hands.
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Jul 15, 2026
Jay Clayton, President Trump's nominee to lead the nation's intelligence community, was repeatedly questioned by Democrat senators about the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing.
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Jul 15, 2026
To win, they'll have to convince Democrats at a July 25 convention that they're the best candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
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Jul 15, 2026
Even a single Republican "no" vote would block Mr. Blanche's nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.
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Jul 15, 2026
Dr. Erica Schwartz told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incredulous.
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Jul 15, 2026
Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.
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Jul 15, 2026
During his confirmation hearing, the acting attorney general refused to discuss the termination of an investigation into a commutation issued by President Trump.
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Jul 15, 2026
Democrats and gun control advocates are concerned that his comments about Check-Mate Industries, a company led by his mother-in-law that manufactures magazines, reveal a conflict of interest.
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Jul 15, 2026
Republicans should have the decency, patriotism and self-respect to vote against Mr. Blanche.
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Jul 15, 2026
A gamble to become President Trump's personal lawyer has landed Todd Blanche the chance to be the nation's top law enforcement official.
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Jul 15, 2026
Republicans should have the decency, patriotism and self-respect to vote against Mr. Blanche.
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