On issues from childcare to consent laws, state lawmakers are filling their time until the new year with proposals and conversations.

Republicans’ successful gerrymander will help stunt their losses in the House battlefield, but Democrats have a clear advantage going into November.

Some influencers are calling for the head of the Senate MAHA caucus, Roger Marshall, to push harder for the base’s priorities.

With Congress hurtling toward the midterms, Senate Democrats claimed the data-center bill amounted to little more than political messaging.

The president faces a challenge that's befuddled most of his predecessors: How to message a midterm campaign. But they never made it about themselves.

Democrats have an opportunity to make significant inroads in state capitals.

Farm leaders see a world in which Shontel Brown leads the House panel and Michael Bennet helms the Senate panel.

This is your regular reminder that close races tend to break in one direction.

Members in both parties may be content to show voters that they can take any action on AI.

The hard-hit Appalachian region ponders its choices for the House and Senate.

Heidi Overton broke with the administration on vaccine rhetoric, but offered little insight into her own views on the abortion drug mifepristone.

The tech researcher on how to optimize campaign sites for the age of AI.

Lawmakers take their time out of session to draft next year’s legislation.

With less than 50 days until the midterms, President Trump will need to jet-set to make good on his promise to downballot candidates.

All the ceremonial flyovers and chocolate cakes can't get the Chinese president to return Trump's compliments ... or behave on the international stage.

Fuel prices will continue to stoke inflation, which means the Fed's work is far from done.

Democrats are poised to win states they usually don’t as Republicans run away from a deeply unpopular president.

Where the election is about Trump, he's creating a current that could pull Republicans under. But in some key races, he's not the focus.

As they try to keep the governor's mansion blue in a red state, opposition to data centers may be the bipartisan issue Democrats need.

Democrats last won a Senate seat there in 2008, and they last scored a gubernatorial victory in 1998. They could win both this year.

While all eyes are on data centers, the states still have a long list of other matters to consider.

Ever wonder how well a Senate candidate is doing in your congressional district? The answer may already be in a House race poll near you.

MAGA voters are less enthusiastic when Trump isn't on the ballot. So is he.

In Senate testimony Wednesday, Nicole Saphier walked a difficult line between voicing support for immunization, while giving space to those who want to push back against mandates.

The panel is planning to hold Heidi Overton's nomination hearing as soon as next Thursday.

A rate increase comes as consumers and financial markets struggle with a weakened economy.

Chris Klomp faced tough questions Tuesday on vaccines and Trump’s drug-pricing deals.

Farmers and anti-hunger advocates are pleading with members for a new five-year authorization. It may not work.

From the Capitol to the governor’s mansion, incumbents across the country have seen support from their respective parties' voters dwindle.

Trump carried 20 of the 22 Republican-held Senate seats now up for reelection by double digits. It may not help.

The new Federal Reserve chief is widely expected to preside over a rate hike at this week's meetings.

On the first day of their midterm convention, Republicans heaped adoration on President Trump, while branding Democrats as sick, insane, dangerous, radical, and weird.

Ballot shenanigans have put the state's unique election system in the spotlight.

Public opinion data provides a link to the past as firsthand memories fade.

Gubernatorial candidates define their stances, and race to win the moment, on the issue of the controversial license-plate readers.

Fuel prices usually decline in autumn as demand eases. But international tension, notably the Iran war, is expected to keep prices up.

Election administrators worry that a volatile election cycle could get even more complicated as prediction markets continue to operate with little oversight.

Efforts for the next Congress could set the stage for a larger health care platform for Democrats should they win control of Congress this year and the presidency in 2028.

Legislators are out of session, but not out of work.

Despite what Trump says, there have been three such gatherings in the modern era, all for Democrats. They were disastrous.

Everything you need to know about the Granite State's primaries.

The Republican's proposal to consolidate Ohio's historic university system gives Dems an opening in the gubernatorial race.

More generational change could come in the Democratic caucus.

Abuse of the term has rendered it useless for anything except rhetoric.

Things are now officially bad for Republicans. It's just a matter of degree.

The Massachusetts octogenarian is dipping back into his 2020 playbook.

Like other economic indicators, job data is fraught with mixed signals.

ConnectBlue founder Bart Myers sees Democratic media as distrustful and disjointed. He’s trying to change that.

ConnectBlue founder Bart Myers sees Democratic media as distrustful and disjointed. He’s trying to change that.

A Senate bill still lacks a companion measure in the House, and the White House remains mum on whether Trump would support it.