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Oct 13, 2026
Two major Republican super PACs are said to be withdrawing cash from the races of the incumbent Representatives Thomas H. Kean Jr. of New Jersey and Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa in an effort to triage the midterm map.
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Oct 13, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.
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Oct 13, 2026
Plus, setting a record on Mars.
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Oct 13, 2026
After 20 years, Aidan Connolly will step down as executive director of the center, which is undergoing a top-to-bottom renovation.
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Oct 12, 2026
The president rallied in Youngstown for Senator Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are in competitive contests against Democratic opponents.
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Oct 12, 2026
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.
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Oct 12, 2026
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.
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Oct 12, 2026
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon.
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Oct 12, 2026
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Mr. Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for the mistake.
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Oct 12, 2026
Party leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.
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Oct 12, 2026
The world's richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans' Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.
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Oct 12, 2026
Cait Conley, a Democrat trying to unseat the Republican incumbent Mike Lawler, is hoping that New York voters' distaste for President Trump will carry her to victory.
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Oct 11, 2026
Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic challenger, accused Senator Darline Graham of taking her cues from President Trump. Ms. Graham said Dr. Andrews wouldn't say no to socialists.
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Oct 11, 2026
Three months after a jarring summer candidate switch, some Democrats in the state are worried about the enthusiasm for their nominee, Troy Jackson, who is in a close race.
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Oct 11, 2026
A new letter from 74 lawmakers suggests that civilian casualties will become a focus of investigation if Democrats take control of Congress.
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Oct 11, 2026
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker's story went viral online.
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Oct 11, 2026
It's hard to work up outrage when someone else's adult exploits wind up in the tabloids.
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Oct 11, 2026
It's hard to work up outrage when someone else's adult exploits wind up in the tabloids.
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Oct 11, 2026
A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins's voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.
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Oct 11, 2026
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.
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Oct 10, 2026
A New Hampshire insider-outsider candidate is executing a complex political dance.
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Oct 10, 2026
This week in politics: Which Democrats? And whose A.I. morals?
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Oct 10, 2026
The president's despotism is itself a constitutional offense.
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Oct 10, 2026
The actor takes Times Opinion to the United Nations to explore what's at stake with A.I.
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Oct 10, 2026
This week in politics: Which Democrats? And whose A.I. morals?
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Oct 10, 2026
A New Hampshire insider-outsider candidate is executing a complex political dance.
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Oct 10, 2026
The actor takes Times Opinion to the United Nations to explore what's at stake with A.I.
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Oct 10, 2026
Inflation has hurt Americans at many levels: Farmers, truckers, consumers. It has also expanded the electoral map into what was safely Republican country just a few months ago.
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Oct 10, 2026
We assess three campaign ads in the battleground states that have focused on the cost of living.
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Oct 09, 2026
Adam Hamilton wants to be the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there in nearly 100 years.
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Oct 09, 2026
Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with "a nasty case of the flu."
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Oct 09, 2026
A majority of voters now cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, and we are tracking the returns in key Senate battleground states.
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Oct 09, 2026
A majority of Americans cast their ballots before Election Day, but early-voting data is limited in how much it can tell us about important races.
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Oct 09, 2026
The $5 million investment from the main super PAC for Senate Democrats is a sign that party leaders see a path to winning in another red state as the political environment worsens for Republicans.
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Oct 09, 2026
The $500 checks are accompanied by a letter signed by the president that criticizes the Biden administration for overcharging Americans for health insurance.
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Oct 09, 2026
Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.
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Oct 09, 2026
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, ahead of the primary. She also appeared with him at a fund-raiser in New York this week.
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Oct 09, 2026
Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat, learned how to take his fights to the floor and prevail — except in one crucial case.
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Oct 09, 2026
Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat, learned how to take his fights to the floor and prevail — except in one crucial case.
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Oct 09, 2026
Track the latest polls in Colorado's 4th Congressional District.
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Oct 09, 2026
The last two midterms where Democrats surged against an unpopular Republican president were in 2006 and 2018. They had notably different outcomes.
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Oct 09, 2026
A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate's growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.
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Oct 09, 2026
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.
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Oct 08, 2026
Slashing personal attacks dominated the first televised face-off between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate, and former Representative Mike Rogers, his Republican rival.
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Oct 08, 2026
Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, called his Republican opponent, Representative Mike Collins, a bigot. Mr. Collins called the incumbent a radical "trust-fund kid."
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Oct 08, 2026
Plus, a big debate night in Senate battlegrounds.
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Oct 08, 2026
The former congressman is vying to be the first Republican from Michigan to win a Senate seat in three decades.
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Oct 08, 2026
Explore possible outcomes in battleground states to see how each party could win a majority in the Senate.
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Oct 08, 2026
Rewriting the rules for counting the population is yet another way to marginalize minorities.
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Oct 08, 2026
Rewriting the rules for counting the population is yet another way to marginalize minorities.
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Oct 07, 2026
In a top Senate battleground, Representative Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee, sparred with Josh Turek, her Democratic rival, on policy issues ranging from Medicaid to term limits.
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Oct 07, 2026
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said the attack in August occurred while she was repairing a damaged campaign sign.
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Oct 07, 2026
The president offered support for the Republican Senate candidate, after earlier grumbles, but focused much of his speech on a defense of his own record.
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Oct 07, 2026
Trump is in Texas tonight to stump for the Senate candidate.
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Oct 07, 2026
Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.
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Oct 07, 2026
But Chris Gallant, a Black Hawk pilot and Democrat who is running to represent Long Island in Congress, is making the most of life post-tabloid reveal.
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Oct 07, 2026
Senator Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, clashed with the Democratic challenger Troy Jackson over President Trump, ICE and more.
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Oct 07, 2026
Angela Paxton is urging Texas voters to support Mr. Paxton's Senate campaign, even as she is divorcing him and accusing him of adultery. She has political aspirations of her own.
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Oct 07, 2026
The embattled congressman, accused of throwing scalding water at his ex-wife and breaking his daughter's collarbone, rebuffed earlier Republican calls to drop out.
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Oct 07, 2026
Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, faced off on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday.
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Oct 06, 2026
In "How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents," Senator Thom Tillis details his regrets about backing President Trump's agenda.
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Oct 06, 2026
Different blocs are moving left. They could swing key Senate races.
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Oct 06, 2026
With less money than G.O.P., Democrats are torn over where to spend in the final weeks. The party is making its biggest move in years against one of G.O.P.'s biggest blue-district survivors.
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Oct 06, 2026
Democratic Senate candidates have generally out-raised Republicans, but are struggling to match outside spending from Trump-affiliated groups.
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Oct 06, 2026
With less money than G.O.P., Democrats are torn over where to spend in the final weeks. The party is making its biggest move in years against one of G.O.P.'s biggest blue-district survivors.
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Oct 06, 2026
Widespread anger at a billion-dollar fishing industry is shaping Alaska's key Senate race — and could determine which party takes control of the chamber in the midterm elections.
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Oct 05, 2026
Representative Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee, and Josh Turek, her Democratic opponent, have both been targeted over campaign donations.
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Oct 05, 2026
In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.
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Oct 05, 2026
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Oct 05, 2026
Trump and his allies in the Capitol have revealed a problem that has been developing for decades.
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Oct 05, 2026
Democrats are increasingly confident they will have a record number of women serving in the House next year, after backing women in competitive districts they are now positioned to win.
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Oct 05, 2026
Trump and his allies in the Capitol have revealed a problem that has been developing for decades.
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Oct 05, 2026
Inside the weird campaign that could flip the Senate to the Democrats.
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Oct 04, 2026
The state hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. Economic challenges during President Trump's second term, as well as other factors, have put it in play.
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Oct 04, 2026
Dr. Annie Andrews, a Democrat, is hoping to defeat Senator Darline Graham. Even some of her most ardent supporters sense that her bid is a long shot.
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Oct 04, 2026
In primary races across the country, incumbency trumped calls for generational change, as older members of Congress held off younger challengers.
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Oct 04, 2026
Tipped workers in Arizona have benefited from the G.O.P.'s big tax cut. But they face economic stress from other Republican policies.
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Oct 04, 2026
It may not be enough for James Talarico to win. But might it also be a sign of a change to come?
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Oct 03, 2026
The president urged people to call Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and accused him of blocking a bill to cement daylight saving time.
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Oct 03, 2026
In a new ad, the wife of Ken Paxton, who is divorcing him for alleged adultery, tells Texas voters to focus on the "whole team," not "individual players."
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Oct 03, 2026
Democrats are competitive in Alaska, Iowa, Ohio, Texas and even Kansas as they try to wrest control of the Senate from Republicans. Here's a look at why.
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Oct 03, 2026
The president urged people to call Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and accused him of blocking a bill to cement daylight saving time.
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Oct 03, 2026
The justice, the second oldest on the court at 76, told CBS News that he decided against stepping down last term. He could face pressure should Democrats win the Senate in November.
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Oct 03, 2026
In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the "whole team," not "individual players."
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Oct 03, 2026
After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.
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Oct 03, 2026
After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.
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Oct 03, 2026
New Times/Siena polls continue a run of strong results for the party in states that President Trump won easily in 2024.
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Oct 03, 2026
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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Oct 03, 2026
Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
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Oct 02, 2026
Hispanic voters are souring on Republicans. Here's why.
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Oct 02, 2026
The California senator gained national attention when he was forcibly removed from a Homeland Security news conference. Now, as California sits at the center of the immigration debate, what comes next for the politician?
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Oct 02, 2026
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation's primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Oct 02, 2026
Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, moved to slash his agency's inspector general's office. Democrats called for his resignation.
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Oct 01, 2026
Accusations that Cornell University students assaulted a woman while she was impaired have renewed calls to amend the law.
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Oct 01, 2026
Track the latest polls in Utah's 4th Congressional District.
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Oct 01, 2026
Track the latest polls in Utah's 3rd Congressional District.
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