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Mar 01, 2026
Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them.
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Mar 01, 2026
John Cornyn says his challenger doesn't have the character to serve in the Senate. MAGA voters might not care.
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Mar 01, 2026
Should Democrats concentrate on swing voters or their base? Can more traditional Republicans win in the MAGA era? Tuesday's Senate primary in Texas will show the direction the parties are taking.
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Mar 01, 2026
The first battle of the midterm elections will be the U.S. Senate primary in Texas. Our Texas bureau chief, David Goodman, explains why Democrats and Republicans across the U.S. are watching closely to see what happens in the state.
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Mar 01, 2026
Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.
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Mar 01, 2026
John Cornyn says his challenger doesn't have the character to serve in the Senate. MAGA voters might not care.
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Feb 28, 2026
Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.
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Feb 28, 2026
As explosions rocked Tehran, Republicans largely voiced support as Democrats warned about a costly and unauthorized conflict.
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Feb 28, 2026
The round table convenes to discuss the upcoming Texas primaries and Trump's State of the Union shortcomings.
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Feb 27, 2026
The package worth billions of dollars and endorsed by lawmakers is stalled at the State Department as the U.S. and China plan an April summit.
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Feb 27, 2026
Marquee primary contests will determine the major-party nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat. The real action could unfold lower down the ballot.
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Feb 27, 2026
Our readers in the state offer a window into the current center of the political universe.
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Feb 27, 2026
The endorsement from the former vice president, her most significant since leaving office, comes as Ms. Crockett is facing a competitive Democratic primary contest against James Talarico.
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Feb 27, 2026
Relatives of those who died in a midair collision over D.C. last year came to Washington to watch a vote they thought would go their way. It didn't.
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Feb 27, 2026
From a Charlotte-area House race to three statehouse races, North Carolina liberals are signaling that their tolerance for Democratic stalwarts may be coming to an end.
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Feb 27, 2026
On what makes Congress secret and toxic.
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Feb 26, 2026
Representative Dan Crenshaw, who has at times clashed with President Trump and his allies, is facing a conservative challenger in Tuesday's primary.
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Feb 26, 2026
La ex primera dama, senadora y secretaria de Estado no tuvo ningún trato con Jeffrey Epstein, pero una vez más se ve presionada a responder por las acciones y relaciones de su esposo.
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Feb 26, 2026
Times Opinion convened a panel of state experts to weigh in on the Senate Republican primary.
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Feb 25, 2026
Here's how social media may have shaped your impressions of the State of the Union.
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Feb 25, 2026
Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was dragged from her vehicle after an ICE agent shattered its window, was charged with unlawful conduct after standing up during President Trump's speech.
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Feb 25, 2026
Aliya Rahman, a U.S. citizen who was dragged from her vehicle after an ICE agent shattered its window, was charged with unlawful conduct after standing up during President Trump's speech.
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Feb 25, 2026
Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer and supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., deflected questions about vaccines during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health Committee.
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Feb 25, 2026
John DeLeeuw, an American Airlines executive, was confirmed to the seat vacated by Alvin Brown, who is suing over his ouster.
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Feb 25, 2026
In his State of the Union address, President Trump promoted two programs that just so happened to be named after him.
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Feb 25, 2026
The former first lady, senator and secretary of state had no dealings with Jeffrey Epstein but is once again under pressure to answer for the actions and relationships of her husband.
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Feb 25, 2026
Gov. Greg Abbott hopes the ads featuring the Democrat will galvanize Republican voter turnout in November.
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Feb 25, 2026
The race is one of a handful of competitive Senate elections this year, but Democrats seem most confident about North Carolina, partly because their candidate, former Gov. Roy Cooper, has never been beaten.
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Feb 25, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Nebraska U.S. Senate election.
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Feb 25, 2026
The former first lady, senator and secretary of state had no dealings with Jeffrey Epstein but is once again under pressure to answer for the actions and relationships of her husband.
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Feb 25, 2026
With the midterms approaching and polls showing unease about the economy, some of President Trump's economic arguments sounded eerily like those of his predecessor.
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Feb 24, 2026
It's not the first time some Democratic women have displayed unity by wearing the same color, but this time it was in part to signal opposition to the SAVE America Act.
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Feb 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Texas's Second Congressional District.
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Feb 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Texas's Ninth Congressional District.
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Feb 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Texas's 38th Congressional District.
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Feb 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Texas's 34th Congressional District.
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Feb 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Texas's 33rd Congressional District.
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Feb 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Texas's 29th Congressional District.
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Feb 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Texas's 23rd Congressional District.
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Feb 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Texas's 21st Congressional District.
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Feb 24, 2026
Democrats refused to allow a bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security to move ahead without new restrictions on federal agents carrying out President Trump's immigration enforcement drive.
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Feb 24, 2026
The editor who oversees White House coverage for The Times talks about the challenges of tracking a major speech by a president who regularly goes off script.
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Feb 24, 2026
Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to Binance asking about the flow of $1.7 billion from accounts on the crypto exchange to Iranian entities.
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Feb 24, 2026
The bill would have required aircraft to carry advanced location-tracking technology that officials said might have prevented a midair collision near Washington last year.
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Feb 24, 2026
The State of the Union gives the president a high-profile chance to issue a call to action on election security legislation he has pressured Republicans to ram through over Democratic opposition.
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Feb 24, 2026
As the president prepares to deliver a State of the Union address likely to touch on his own proposal, Senate Democrats introduced a bill with their own vision for limiting investors' purchases of single-family homes.
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Feb 24, 2026
President Trump will speak to a legislative body that has ceded much of its power to him but has recently pushed back gently, and where partisan divides are deeper than ever ahead of the midterm elections.
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Feb 24, 2026
The Supreme Court's tariffs ruling could make for a tense night.
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Feb 23, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York had lobbied for his preferred candidate, Claire Valdez. But the party backed Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president.
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Feb 23, 2026
The Trump administration for months ignored Congress's demand for a plan on how the Defense Department would spend the money that Republicans pushed through in their sweeping domestic policy bill.
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Feb 23, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York had lobbied for his preferred candidate, Claire Valdez. But the party backed Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president.
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Feb 23, 2026
There's a huge political opportunity for the party that can stand up for human beings in the face of A.I.
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Feb 23, 2026
The legislation, which the House is expected to vote on Tuesday, would require military and commercial aircraft to use certain tracking technology to avoid collisions.
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Feb 23, 2026
Democrats and Republicans urged Tony Gonzales to step down after allegations that he had sent inappropriate texts to a staff member and had a sexual relationship with her.
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Feb 23, 2026
The ads by Public First Action, which started airing on Monday, are part of an escalating political war over artificial intelligence before the midterm elections.
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Feb 23, 2026
The former official will appear with congressional Democrats, who also released documents indicating significant reductions in instructional hours for recruits.
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Feb 23, 2026
The ads by Public First Action, which started airing on Monday, are part of an escalating political war over artificial intelligence before the midterm elections.
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Feb 23, 2026
The ads by Public First Action, which started airing on Monday, are part of an escalating political war over artificial intelligence before the midterm elections.
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Feb 23, 2026
David Sundberg, who led the Washington Field Office, is joining a crowded Democratic primary for Steny H. Hoyer's open House seat.
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Feb 23, 2026
This whirlwind biographical documentary puts Barbara Jordan, the esteemed congresswoman and professor who died in 1996, front and center as a voice of moral authority.
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Feb 22, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security had said earlier on Sunday that it would suspend the priority airport security program, about a week after its funding lapsed because of the partial government shutdown.
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Feb 22, 2026
Divisions over what and who should come next were evident as G.O.P. critics of the president, weakened in their party, gathered at a summit near Washington.
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Feb 22, 2026
Some reluctant Republicans say an old-school filibuster showdown with Democrats could paralyze the Senate with no guarantee of success. But President Trump and their own colleagues are spoiling for the fight.
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Feb 21, 2026
Lawmakers have added some of the state's trademark in-your-face attitude to a measure that would expand residents' ability to sue federal immigration officials.
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Feb 21, 2026
In his concurrence to the ruling invalidating President Trump's tariffs, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch made a forceful case for the sanctity of the legislative process — and an implicit critique of its current dysfunction.
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Feb 21, 2026
Some reluctant Republicans say an old-school filibuster showdown with Democrats could paralyze the Senate with no guarantee of success. But President Trump and their own colleagues are spoiling for the fight.
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Feb 21, 2026
New Jersey lawmakers have added some the state's trademark in-your-face attitude to a measure that would expand residents' ability to sue federal immigration officials.
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Feb 21, 2026
The congresswoman representing the district where the final will be played asked the director of ICE about his plans. She was not encouraged by his response.
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Feb 20, 2026
Freedom House Ambulance Service in Pittsburgh, a pioneer in emergency care, was largely forgotten. Now, members of Congress want to honor it.
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Feb 20, 2026
Senate Democrats traveled to Kyiv and Odessa to show solidarity with the war-torn nation and make the case that the United States should do more, including imposing harsh sanctions on Russia.
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Feb 20, 2026
Like many Democratic primaries, the fight for the right to challenge a Republican House member in the Rio Grande Valley comes down to a choice, shift left or choose the party's favorite for November.
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Feb 19, 2026
The co-worker, who no longer works for Representative Tony Gonzales, shared screenshots of the text exchange with The New York Times. Mr. Gonzales accused his Republican primary challenger of being behind the revelation.
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Feb 19, 2026
The slow counting of votes is a classic example of the perfect being the enemy of the good.
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Feb 19, 2026
The slow counting of votes is a classic example of the perfect being the enemy of the good.
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Feb 19, 2026
The slow counting of votes is a classic example of the perfect being the enemy of the good.
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Feb 18, 2026
Both parties' Senate primary races are kicking into high gear.
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Feb 18, 2026
House Republicans skipped a deposition with Leslie Wexner, the retail billionaire, and Democrats said his answers were not credible.
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Feb 18, 2026
The House Democratic leader has asked rank-and-file members to sit quietly at the speech or skip it altogether, wary of creating a distraction.
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Feb 18, 2026
Dan Helmer, a Democratic state lawmaker, played a key role in putting redrawn congressional maps before state voters.
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Feb 18, 2026
The House Democratic leader has asked rank-and-file members to sit quietly at the speech or skip it altogether, wary of creating a distraction.
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Feb 18, 2026
Here is a breakdown of which states are redrawing their maps for the 2026 midterms
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Feb 17, 2026
The 18-year-old arrested was wearing a tactical vest and carrying additional rounds of ammunition, the Capitol Police said. Congress was not in session, and no one was hurt.
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Feb 17, 2026
There are more Black senators than ever before, but a major Supreme Court ruling could reduce Black representation in the House.
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Feb 17, 2026
With Congress in a weeklong recess, there was little sign of progress toward a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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Feb 17, 2026
Representative Randy Fine had responded to a Palestinian organizer by saying that "the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one."
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Feb 17, 2026
With Congress in a weeklong recess, there was little sign of progress toward a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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Feb 17, 2026
The agreement, which still must be approved by a judge, would end a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee that challenged the state's handling of its voter registration list.
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Feb 17, 2026
In a series of deals over the past three months, lawmakers rejected some of the president's most aggressive attempts to whittle down the government.
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Feb 17, 2026
La legisladora progresista asume un papel más importante dentro del Partido Demócrata, apoya a candidatos moderados y refuerza el mensaje económico.
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Feb 16, 2026
The new governor of Virginia, who ran as a centrist Democrat and a former intelligence officer, says the attacks are a sign of her success.
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Feb 16, 2026
A New York Democrat, he spent 16 years in the House over two stretches, beginning in 1965, championing the health of the Hudson River and opposing the Vietnam War.
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Feb 16, 2026
The new governor of Virginia, who ran as a centrist Democrat and a former intelligence officer, says the attacks are a sign of her success.
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Feb 15, 2026
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Saturday amid a standoff over restrictions that Democrats have demanded for federal immigration agents. But much of its work continues.
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Feb 15, 2026
Congress members said that President Trump's coveting of Greenland had left a mark, even as they expressed hope for a less bellicose approach to foreign relations.
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Feb 14, 2026
Speaking at Europe's largest security conference, she tied income inequality to the rise of authoritarians and offered a forceful rebuttal to President Trump's worldview. She also had some shaky moments.
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Feb 14, 2026
The round table reflects on a chaotic week of incompetence and meltdowns.
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Feb 14, 2026
The attorney general's behavior reveals a deeper rot in the American justice system.
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Feb 14, 2026
An upcoming Senate primary contest in Illinois, which is likely to pick the state's next senator, has centered on Democrats' future approach to federal immigration policy.
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Feb 13, 2026
Dynamic SRG repeatedly, and apparently unsuccessfully, asked the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to donate to House races, Justice Department records show.
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Feb 13, 2026
For many senators and House members, the job isn't what it used to be.
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