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Apr 23, 2026
The findings in a new report by a commission appointed by the government were at odds with details from human rights groups, which estimate that hundreds and possibly thousands of people were killed.
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Apr 23, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Kansas U.S. Senate election.
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Apr 23, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Mississippi U.S. Senate election.
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Apr 23, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Colorado U.S. Senate election.
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Apr 23, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Oklahoma U.S. Senate election.
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Apr 23, 2026
In four days of congressional testimony, the health secretary sought to please the White House and his MAHA base at the same time.
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Apr 23, 2026
Republicans pushed through a budget plan with a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement after an overnight session in which they beat back Democratic proposals aimed at lowering costs.
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Apr 23, 2026
Big parts of the Rio Grande Valley turned against the party in recent years. One candidate is trying to win it back, one quinceañera at a time.
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Apr 23, 2026
Big parts of the Rio Grande Valley turned against the party in recent years. One candidate is trying to win it back, one quinceañera at a time.
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Apr 23, 2026
Republicans pushed through a budget plan with a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement after an overnight session in which they beat back Democratic proposals aimed at lowering costs.
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Apr 23, 2026
Republicans pressed to pass a budget plan with a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement. But first, in an overnight session, they beat back Democratic proposals aimed at lowering costs.
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Apr 23, 2026
A former Georgia state lawmaker, he supported Black communities in the House and drew attention for his refusal to retire despite health problems.
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Apr 22, 2026
Northern Virginia carried the measure to victory even as turnout in Democratic areas lagged and nearly all of the state shifted right from last year's governor's race.
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Apr 22, 2026
A victory for Democrats in Virginia has left Republicans grumbling about their strategy and looking to the next phase of a coast-to-coast battle.
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Apr 22, 2026
House leaders abruptly canceled a vote on the measure when support started to look shaky.
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Apr 22, 2026
Attention now turns to Florida, and the Supreme Court.
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Apr 22, 2026
House leaders abruptly canceled a vote on the measure when support started to look shaky.
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Apr 22, 2026
The former Georgia state lawmaker was an advocate for issues that affected Black communities. He drew attention for his refusal to exit politics amid health problems.
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Apr 22, 2026
A decades-old law allows the president to wage war without congressional approval for 60 days, then limits his options for continuing. President Trump may seek to get around it.
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Apr 22, 2026
A decades-old law allows the president to wage war without congressional approval for 60 days, then limits his options for continuing. President Trump may seek to get around it.
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Apr 22, 2026
Track the latest polls in Ohio's 9th Congressional District.
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Apr 22, 2026
Track the latest polls in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District.
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Apr 22, 2026
The Treasury secretary said that currency swap line would benefit both the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
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Apr 22, 2026
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" premiere. Day-in-my-life videos. And a smoking ban in Britain.
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Apr 22, 2026
Republican majorities are at odds on big issues as the Senate resorts to extraordinary measures to pass homeland security funding over a Democratic blockade.
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Apr 22, 2026
We look at the dysfunction on Capitol Hill.
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Apr 22, 2026
Virginia's approval of an aggressive gerrymander could give Democrats up to four additional House seats as they seek to win back Congress.
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Apr 22, 2026
Virginia voters approved a new map that could flip four House seats away from Republicans going into the 2026 midterm elections. It was the latest fight in the national redistricting war.
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Apr 21, 2026
With Virginia's vote on Tuesday, Democrats pulled close to even with Republicans, who may have further cards to play in the race to gain extra House seats.
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Apr 21, 2026
Democrats now hold six of the state's 11 seats in the U.S. House, but the new map could allow the party to win 10 of them.
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Apr 21, 2026
The party now holds six of the state's 11 seats in the U.S. House, but the proposed map could allow Democrats to win 10 of them.
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Apr 21, 2026
The map, as extreme a gerrymander as exists in the United States, could let Democrats win 10 of the state's 11 House seats as the party tries to win back the chamber.
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Apr 21, 2026
American cities — densely populated and overwhelmingly Democratic — have been powerful tools in helping Republicans and Democrats propose aggressive gerrymanders.
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Apr 21, 2026
The resolution would pave the way for Republicans to push through a $70 billion infusion to pay for immigration enforcement for the remainder of President Trump's tenure.
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Apr 21, 2026
The issue threatens to renew chaos at airports as lawmakers remain divided over a deal to end the two-month shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Apr 21, 2026
The resolution would pave the way for Republicans to push through a $70 billion infusion to pay for immigration enforcement for the remainder of President Trump's tenure.
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Apr 21, 2026
Voters in Virginia are deciding whether to adopt a new gerrymandered congressional map that benefits Democrats. Nick Corasaniti, a politics reporter, explains the role Virginia's new map is playing in the nationwide redistricting battle and its potential implications for the midterm elections.
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Apr 21, 2026
Kevin M. Warsh has enough support to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, but a criminal investigation into the central bank stands in his way.
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Apr 21, 2026
The election on Tuesday is part of a coast-to-coast fight between Republicans and Democrats ahead of the midterms.
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Apr 21, 2026
The election on Tuesday is part of a coast-to-coast fight between Republicans and Democrats ahead of the midterms.
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Apr 20, 2026
The party is seeking an extra edge in Virginia at a time when its thinking has changed on the partisan drawing of political maps — in large part, leaders say, because of President Trump's tactics.
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Apr 20, 2026
In urging victims to step forward, the secretive panel in charge of investigating charges of misconduct by members of Congress acknowledged limits that could allow offenses to go unaddressed.
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Apr 20, 2026
In a letter, the 11 senators questioned the defense secretary's decision to gut programs intended to protect civilians and said his orders endangered U.S. troops.
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Apr 20, 2026
Readers discuss Eric Swalwell and sexual abuse in Congress. Also: Waning MAGA pride; ice cream and a lap cat as distractions.
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Apr 20, 2026
Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.
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Apr 20, 2026
With Virginians voting Tuesday to accept or reject redistricting, candidates from both parties await the voters' judgment to decide whether — or where — to run for Congress.
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Apr 19, 2026
Weighed down by President Trump's approval ratings, some Republican incumbents are struggling to raise money while Democrats look for targets like a Tennessee seat south of Nashville.
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Apr 19, 2026
As Democrats try to find a way back to power in Washington, some see tax cuts as a quick and easy way to address affordability. The wonks are freaking out.
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Apr 18, 2026
Dozens of Democratic doctors are running for office in the midterms, including some spurred by opposition to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his anti-vaccine stance.
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Apr 17, 2026
Several moves suggest Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy could revive his campaign to question the safety and effectiveness of the shots after the midterm elections.
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Apr 17, 2026
Our readers in the state tell us about its high-stakes Senate race.
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Apr 17, 2026
Democrats may win a vote to give their party more House seats, but they are growing anxious — in part because of dueling TV ads that might confuse voters about where the former president stands.
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Apr 17, 2026
The Senate would need to also approve the stopgap measure that passed the House early Friday. Libertarian-leaning House Republicans had balked at a long-term extension.
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Apr 17, 2026
El presidente de EE. UU. arremete contra enemigos, aliados e incluso el papa. Mientras tanto, los republicanos intentan concentrarse en la economía previo a las elecciones intermedias.
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Apr 16, 2026
Ms. Mejia, who helped to run Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign, beat her Republican opponent, Joe Hathaway, to win a seat Ms. Sherrill vacated after she was elected governor of New Jersey.
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Apr 16, 2026
Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, said the fluctuating nature of the U.S.-Israeli war made it difficult to pinpoint expenses.
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Apr 16, 2026
The action was largely symbolic since the president would be all but certain to veto the bill, but the bipartisan vote reflected resistance within his own ranks on his signature issue.
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Apr 16, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 New Jersey 11th Congressional District special election.
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Apr 16, 2026
Republicans narrowly blocked a Democratic war powers resolution that would have prevented President Trump from continuing to wage war in Iran until he won authorization from Congress to do so.
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Apr 16, 2026
Analilia Mejia, a progressive Democrat, is competing on Thursday in New Jersey against Joe Hathaway, a Republican who has tried to distance himself from President Trump.
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Apr 16, 2026
Money from Democratic donors has flowed into the coffers of the party's top Senate candidates — especially its nominee in Texas.
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Apr 16, 2026
President Trump has lashed out at enemies, allies and even the pope, and made it harder for Republicans to keep the focus on economic issues in a midterm election year.
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Apr 16, 2026
Analilia Mejia, a progressive Democrat, is competing on Thursday in New Jersey against Joe Hathaway, a Republican who has tried to distance himself from President Trump.
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Apr 15, 2026
Concerns over the Iran war led several Democratic senators who had rejected past bids to curb weapons transfers to Israel to vote to block the sale of bulldozers and bombs.
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Apr 15, 2026
The Florida governor is expected to propose a congressional map that could result in up to five new Republican-leaning seats. Some in the party fear it could backfire.
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Apr 15, 2026
Fresh off a two-week break, lawmakers returned to turmoil in the House, where legislation to reopen the Department of Homeland Security is stalled and the G.O.P. is struggling to keep its agenda on track.
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Apr 15, 2026
For the fourth time since the war began, G.O.P. senators successfully fended off an effort to constrain the president. But there were signs of growing unease among Republicans.
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Apr 15, 2026
Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales are now being held accountable thanks in part to the feminism of the 2010s.
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Apr 15, 2026
Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales are now being held accountable thanks in part to the feminism of the 2010s.
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Apr 14, 2026
The Justice Department's criminal inquiry into the Federal Reserve threatens to delay the confirmation of the next chair.
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Apr 14, 2026
Senate leaders say key provisions fall short of what is necessary to prevent aircraft from midair collisions.
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Apr 14, 2026
The admission by Senator Ruben Gallego that he had heard, but disbelieved, rumors about Eric Swalwell and women showed the attitude on Capitol Hill toward men accused of behaving badly.
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Apr 14, 2026
Anthony D'Esposito, a Republican, decided not to seek his former seat, which will hurt his party's chances of unseating Representative Laura Gillen on Long Island.
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Apr 14, 2026
Aides to Greg Abbott and Gavin Newsom were weighing whether to call quick elections to replace two House members accused of sexual misconduct.
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Apr 14, 2026
The woman said Mr. Swalwell, who resigned from Congress on Tuesday afternoon, raped her in a West Hollywood hotel room in 2018. She said she believed she was drugged.
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Apr 14, 2026
Why no one is surprised when another member of Congress is accused of sexual misconduct.
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Apr 14, 2026
After spending most of her Washington career as a Republican, she joins a crowded field of Democrats running in a Virginia district that doesn't exist yet.
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Apr 14, 2026
Why no one is surprised when another member of Congress is accused of sexual misconduct.
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Apr 14, 2026
Representative Mike Lawler, who is seeking re-election in a swing district in the Hudson Valley, faced tough questions from constituents about his stance on the war in Iran.
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Apr 13, 2026
The protesters sat in the middle of Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan and blocked traffic for about an hour.
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Apr 13, 2026
The third term Republican lawmaker is accused of coercing a staff member into a sexual relationship.
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Apr 13, 2026
For Democrats, the drama is reverberating well beyond the state.
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Apr 13, 2026
The California lawmaker said in a social media post Monday that he would quit. He has denied accounts of abusing women.
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Apr 13, 2026
Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Republican of Florida, said she wanted votes as early as Wednesday on expelling Representatives Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales over sexual misconduct accusations.
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Apr 13, 2026
The fossil fuel industry has mounted a carefully orchestrated campaign to stop climate lawsuits and saddle the public with the costs of climate change.
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Apr 12, 2026
In a social media post, the representative said he was "deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I've made in my past," but promised to fight what he called "false allegations."
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Apr 12, 2026
In a signed letter, they called on law enforcement officials to "open a full and thorough investigation" of the California representative.
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Apr 12, 2026
Representative Eric Swalwell, a Washington figure, was largely unknown in the California State Capitol. But influential groups began backing him for governor in the weeks before he was publicly accused of sexual assault.
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Apr 12, 2026
The Manhattan district attorney's office is examining a claim that Representative Eric Swalwell, a candidate for governor in California, assaulted a woman in New York City in 2024.
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Apr 12, 2026
A visit to the Capitol by stars of the "Real Housewives" offered a glimpse into how the nation's elected representatives mimic the gossipy world of reality TV. Nobody appears to relish the similarities.
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Apr 11, 2026
The House could move within days to consider expelling Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat of California, in light of sexual assault allegations against him. There could be more to come for both parties.
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Apr 11, 2026
Eric Swalwell, a Democratic congressman, denied the accounts published by CNN and The San Francisco Chronicle. Nancy Pelosi was among those who said he should withdraw from the California governor's race.
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Apr 11, 2026
The shutdown that began with Democrats and Republicans disagreeing over ICE restrictions has continued for nearly two months.
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Apr 11, 2026
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire in the coming months and give President Trump a fourth nominee.
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Apr 10, 2026
After defeating a Democratic fixture in a 1988 primary, he rose to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee, then was toppled himself in 2020, undone by an overheard comment.
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Apr 10, 2026
Democrats in Congress have assiduously avoided talk of a third impeachment of President Trump, concerned that it would distract from their midterm campaign message. That tide seems to have turned.
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Apr 10, 2026
Without Trump on the midterms ballot, how will his party fare?
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Apr 10, 2026
The lack of clarity has frustrated employees as Congress battles over how to fund the department.
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Apr 10, 2026
Without Trump on the midterms ballot, how will his party fare?
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Apr 09, 2026
The progressive and popular Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who is controversial with some in the party, tests his political influence on the 2026 campaign trail.
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