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Oct 30, 2024
A G.O.P. House and Senate could advance Trump-backed legislation and nominees, but thin margins and the filibuster could pose roadblocks and cause Republicans political trouble.
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Oct 30, 2024
Distrust of Kelly Ayotte, the Republican candidate, on abortion and strong support for Kamala Harris in the state may be helping keep the race close despite Ms. Ayotte's advantages.
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Oct 30, 2024
If Democrats win the White House and Congress, they might finally make lasting changes to voting rights and abortion access.
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Oct 29, 2024
We must make sure that superintelligent machines remain aligned with human values and interests as they use their powers to go off in their own directions.
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Oct 29, 2024
In a choice between misfortunes, one is clearly worse.
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Oct 29, 2024
Michelle Goldberg went to Nebraska and found political hope in an independent.
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Oct 29, 2024
What's the strategy of Democrats in U.S. Senate races in red and purple states? David Leonhardt, a senior writer at The New York Times who runs The Morning daily newsletter, looks at their ads.
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Oct 28, 2024
Los sondeos estatales se mantienen estables, y dos nuevas encuestas en Texas y Nebraska muestran que el control del Senado podría estar aún en juego.
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Oct 28, 2024
Here's what we learned after analyzing 3.7 million election ads.
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Oct 28, 2024
The novice Republican candidate's honesty has come into question in a race that could decide Senate control.
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Oct 28, 2024
With his election in California all but assured, the prominent Donald Trump antagonist is spending the final days of the race trying to help Democrats in the battlegrounds over the finish line.
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Oct 28, 2024
In Nebraska, Dan Osborn, an independent, is in a tight race with Senator Deb Fischer, and in Texas, Representative Colin Allred is four percentage points behind Senator Ted Cruz.
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Oct 28, 2024
State polls remain steady, and two new polls in Texas and Nebraska show Senate control may still be in play.
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Oct 28, 2024
Election Day can't come soon enough.
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Oct 28, 2024
See the states where
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Oct 27, 2024
Many voters see the Texas senator as their unapologetic fighter.
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Oct 26, 2024
Why Democrats in the Midwest are losing ground.
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Oct 26, 2024
The rise of Kamala Harris, the tenacious child of high-achieving immigrants, is atypical. But her story is also distinctly American.
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Oct 26, 2024
The rise of Kamala Harris, the tenacious child of high-achieving immigrants, is atypical. But her story is also distinctly American.
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Oct 26, 2024
Why Democrats in the Midwest are losing ground.
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Oct 26, 2024
The senator discusses the "astonishing" support for the former president in Pennsylvania, his rift with progressives over Israel and his own position in the Democratic Party.
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Oct 25, 2024
Nebraska's Senate race is far closer than anyone predicted.
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Oct 25, 2024
Eric Hovde is closing out his challenge to Senator Tammy Baldwin, a low-key Midwesterner, with a new attack ad that appears to want to make sure voters know she's gay.
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Oct 25, 2024
Anger among the battleground state's sizable contingent of Arab American voters about violence in Gaza and Lebanon could hurt the Democratic congresswoman in a close contest.
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Oct 25, 2024
As vice president, Kamala Harris often tried to use government to target racism and sexism.
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Oct 25, 2024
House Democrats are suing to stop Republicans from using a legal loophole to bolster their Senate candidates.
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Oct 25, 2024
About those other Election Day matchups …
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Oct 25, 2024
About those other Election Day matchups …
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Oct 25, 2024
Carl Hulse has covered congressional campaigns for four decades. Much has changed, but one thing remains constant: Journalists must be ready for the unexpected.
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Oct 24, 2024
They hope the issue helps their candidates. But some voters may support Republican candidates as well as abortion-rights ballot measures.
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Oct 24, 2024
A Republican group supporting Senate races says it will spend $6.2 million on TV, radio and digital ads beginning this weekend.
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Oct 24, 2024
Back in the White House, Trump would get input from a bestiary of nihilists, destructionists and even criminals.
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Oct 24, 2024
Senator Sherrod Brown has spent his decades in Congress establishing a track record as a populist champion on economic issues. But in the closing days of his re-election race, abortion has become a key emphasis.
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Oct 23, 2024
Time for your pre-election quiz.
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Oct 23, 2024
Judges have vast influence over the biggest political questions. An analysis of President Biden and Donald J. Trump's nominees found stark differences that could emerge again after November.
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Oct 23, 2024
Time for your pre-election quiz.
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Oct 23, 2024
Dan Osborn, a labor leader and mechanic who is running as an independent, is making Republicans sweat with his dark horse bid to oust Senator Deb Fischer. Can he turn the buzz into votes?
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Oct 23, 2024
A tightening in the polls for the Senate race, and millions from George Soros, has rekindled old hopes of turning Texas blue. But demographic changes alone may not be enough to flip the state, party organizers say.
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Oct 19, 2024
The spot, which says that Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania had "sided with Trump" on trade and tariffs, was quickly denounced by the Trump campaign.
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Oct 19, 2024
In the battleground state of Arizona and other important pockets of the country, polling suggests that voters backing the former president are eschewing Republican Senate candidates.
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Oct 18, 2024
Christopher D. Finney was charged after federal investigators found images of him during a search of a "militia" group chat, prosecutors said.
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Oct 18, 2024
Bernie Moreno, his Republican rival, said women older than 50 are "crazy" for caring about abortion rights. A series of Ohio women who fit that description have much to say in response.
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Oct 18, 2024
Tim Sheehy, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Montana, says he has a bullet in his arm from Afghanistan. But new questions have been raised about his account.
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Oct 18, 2024
Senator Jacky Brown and her Republican challenger, Sam Brown, met for their only debate, focusing on the cost of living, abortion and other issues.
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Oct 17, 2024
Mr. Brown, who has never held elected office, has found himself outpaced by Senator Jacky Rosen, the low-key and well-financed Democratic incumbent. A debate Thursday night presents a key test.
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Oct 17, 2024
The group's latest ratings show a decline in top marks for the seventh straight election cycle, suggesting its influence is waning.
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Oct 16, 2024
The Democratic congressman, who is running for Senate in Arizona, hiked thousands of feet down to meet the Havasupai, a Native tribe, on their land, part of an extensive outreach effort in a competitive race.
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Oct 16, 2024
Senator Ted Cruz and his Democratic challenger, Representative Colin Allred, packed a lot of attacks, mostly about policy, into a quick and combative hourlong debate.
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Oct 16, 2024
Montana's three-term Democratic senator, Jon Tester, is facing a tough race with increasingly high stakes.
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Oct 16, 2024
Senator Ted Cruz and his Democratic challenger, Representative Colin Allred, packed a lot of attacks, mostly about policy, into a quick and combative hourlong debate.
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Oct 15, 2024
The candidates are meeting in what will most likely be their only debate matchup on Tuesday night, as polls show Mr. Cruz with a slight lead.
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Oct 15, 2024
The candidates will meet in what will most likely be their only debate matchup on Tuesday night, as polls show Mr. Cruz with a slight lead.
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Oct 15, 2024
The state's changing electorate and America's polarized politics have turned Montana's Senate race into the most consequential of the year.
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Oct 15, 2024
The state's changing electorate and America's polarized politics have turned Montana's Senate race into the most consequential of the year.
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Oct 14, 2024
It's been a long year. That won't stop it from being a very long 22 days.
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Oct 12, 2024
Once able to win on the prairie, the Democratic Party sees the Senate race in Montana as a final test of whether it can still be successful in heavily rural states that have turned deep red.
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Oct 11, 2024
Deb Fischer, the Republican incumbent, faces a stiff challenge from a union leader, Dan Osborn, running as an independent. Her latest ad calls him a "Democrat in disguise."
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Oct 11, 2024
Ted Cruz's re-election campaign has poured resources into attack ads that focus on transgender participation in youth sports. His Democratic opponent, Representative Colin Allred, responded with his own ad.
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Oct 11, 2024
Lawmakers must assert their power to reject the justices' interpretations of the Constitution and enact their own.
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Oct 11, 2024
El Partido Republicano encabeza las contiendas claves al Senado en Montana, Texas y Florida, según las últimas encuestas de The New York Times y Siena College.
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Oct 10, 2024
Larry Hogan, the Republican former governor, and Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic Prince George's County executive, sparred over whether to expand the Supreme Court and overhaul the legislative filibuster.
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Oct 10, 2024
One of the last Democrats from the Great Plains to be elected to national office, he built his career on delivering benefits to his home state, South Dakota.
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Oct 10, 2024
As his old teams — the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres — battle in the playoffs, the onetime all-star Steve Garvey finds himself an underdog in his Senate race against Adam Schiff.
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Oct 10, 2024
Una encuesta del Times/Siena sugiere que los republicanos podrían ganar la mayoría en el Senado en las siguientes elecciones.
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Oct 10, 2024
Plus, the Kenyan police battle gangs in Haiti.
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Oct 10, 2024
Say no to court packing — and yes to term limits.
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Oct 10, 2024
A Times/Siena poll shows Jon Tester behind by seven points in Montana, while Colin Allred trails Ted Cruz by four in Texas.
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Oct 10, 2024
The latest polling from The New York Times and Siena College shows Republicans leading in key Senate races in Montana, Texas and Florida.
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Oct 09, 2024
At times, Kari Lake, the Republican candidate and close ally of Donald Trump, veered into personal attacks. Ruben Gallego, the Democrat, needled her over frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago.
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Oct 09, 2024
The Republican firebrand trails in the polls and faces a large financial disadvantage. Wednesday night's debate may be her last big chance to land a blow against her Democratic opponent.
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Oct 09, 2024
Larry Hogan, the popular former Republican governor, and Angela Alsobrooks, the Prince George's County executive, both describe their race as critical to the future of the Senate.
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Oct 04, 2024
The president said a Small Business Administration program needed to help business owners recover from Hurricane Helene was set to run out of money in weeks, before Congress reconvenes.
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Oct 04, 2024
Congressional leaders deferred a debate over sending federal money to respond to Hurricane Helene until after the election, delaying a potentially messy political fight.
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Oct 03, 2024
How factual have Senator JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz been during the campaign? Linda Qiu, a New York Times reporter who looks at some statements made by politicians and public figures, checks some of their claims.
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Oct 02, 2024
The homeland security secretary said FEMA, which is dealing with the destruction from Hurricane Helene, would need more money to respond to another major storm.
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Oct 02, 2024
The homeland security secretary said FEMA, which is dealing with the destruction from Hurricane Helene, would need more money to respond to another major storm.
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Oct 02, 2024
Senator JD Vance defended Donald J. Trump's time in office during the vice-presidential debate.
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Oct 01, 2024
Curtis Bashaw, a hotel owner, is competing to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate against Andy Kim, a Democratic congressman.
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Oct 01, 2024
Curtis Bashaw, a hotel owner, is competing to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate against Andy Kim, a Democratic congressman.
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Sep 30, 2024
With Democrats waging an uphill battle to hold the Senate, the vice president, should she win, could end up facing a Republican firewall with veto power over her cabinet, court picks and legislation.
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Sep 30, 2024
Eric Adams gives new meaning to the concept of the frequent-flier program.
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Sep 30, 2024
That doesn't mean the charges will stick.
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Sep 29, 2024
Las autoridades de EE. UU. están intensificando sus advertencias sobre la injerencia extranjera en las elecciones, centrándose en tres adversarios principales: Rusia, China e Irán.
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Sep 28, 2024
Ticket splitters in key presidential battlegrounds and Ohio tend to be supporters of Donald J. Trump who are skeptical of his picks for Senate, polling shows.
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Sep 28, 2024
Strong showings in new Times/Siena College polls leave a narrow path open for Democrats to keep hold of the chamber, but Republicans maintain an advantage with the map.
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Sep 27, 2024
Ads featuring candidates' families have long been a campaign staple. But they have taken on new urgency, especially for vulnerable Republicans, in a year when reproductive rights are a pivotal issue.
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Sep 27, 2024
They hope to use the time after the election to approve judges, but Senator Durbin says their aggressive efforts have already produced a remarkable demographic shift on the federal courts.
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Sep 27, 2024
Supporters of the filibuster argue that without unlimited debate, democracy succumbs to silence. Or something.
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Sep 26, 2024
The bill averts a campaign-season shutdown but ensures another spending fight in Congress during its lame-duck session in December.
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Sep 26, 2024
New investments in Texas and Florida show how the party is reaching to keep its majority alive.
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Sep 26, 2024
U.S. officials are stepping up their warnings about foreign interference in the election, focused on three main adversaries: Russia, China and Iran.
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Sep 26, 2024
In a campaign they would like to center on the economy and the border, Republican candidates keep drifting back to abortion rights, an issue that favors Democrats.
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Sep 25, 2024
In a pair of votes in quick succession, the House and Senate moved to keep federal funding flowing through Dec. 20. But they punted a bigger spending fight to the end of the year.
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Sep 25, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson again turned to Democrats to supply the bulk of the votes to keep federal funding flowing through Dec. 20.
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Sep 25, 2024
A Senate committee report on the Secret Service's inability to protect the former president at a July event depicts a lack of individual responsibility among those charged with planning.
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Sep 25, 2024
Speaker Mike Johnson is once again turning to Democrats to supply the bulk of the votes to keep federal funding flowing through Dec. 20.
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Sep 25, 2024
The son-in-law of former President Donald J. Trump has said he has intentionally moved slowly to invest investors' money, which came primarily from foreign entities.
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Sep 24, 2024
Mr. Moreno, a Republican running for Senate in Ohio, suggested that older women shouldn't care about abortion because they were too old to have children, comments Nikki Haley pointedly criticized.
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Sep 24, 2024
"Shame on her," Joe Manchin, the independent senator from West Virginia, said after Kamala Harris reiterated her support for ending the Senate practice. "She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy."
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Sep 24, 2024
"I've been very clear: I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe," the vice president said in a radio interview, renewing a call she and President Biden have made in the past.
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