Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos.

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The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.

Decision Desk HQ’s 2026 forecast currently projects Democrats to make a small average gain across the nine states that redistricted their U.S. House maps

The ruling is a major loss for the Trump administration, which wanted to dramatically change how Americans vote by mail in the midterm elections.

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The finding deepens U.S.-China tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as officials examine possible Chinese help tracking American warships.

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Border Patrol's Operation Midway Blitz and ICE arrests discouraged Cook County shoppers from spending money, according to a new UIC report.

A spoof of the G.O.P. convention site tricked people for weeks, before redirecting them to the Justice Department’s library of Epstein files.

Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he felt humiliated by an ankle monitor ICE officers placed on him after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants.

The country’s murder drop is still a mystery. Baltimore may help explain one piece of it.

Attacks on legitimate polls and the rise of fake polls make it hard for voters to know what to believe.

A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife received the money from a state Medicaid settlement and diverted it to political committees supporting a cause favored by the governor.

It’s no secret that retirees often move for warmer weather, cheaper living and a slower way of life – but now many are skipping Florida for another state with booming beach towns.

As Trump’s deranged trade war creates fresh problems for the GOP, a Democratic strategist who works on midterms explains how her party can better exploit this fiasco in the fall.