Chuck Schumer has won and lost Senate majorities since becoming Democratic leader a decade ago
October 12, 2026Voters in more than 20 states will be faced this year with new laws for registering to vote and casting ballots
October 12, 2026Republicans in the US House of Representatives are defending a narrow majority in November's midterm elections.
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October 12, 2026‘Trump is dragging the party down’: GOP scrambles to stop steep midterm losses
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October 12, 2026Trump’s US-Russia diesel deal draws bipartisan criticism
October 12, 2026President Donald Trump shows no signs of budging from a trade policy that many Americans don't like as the midterm elections loom
October 11, 2026President Donald Trump is openly encouraging Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania to switch parties and become a Republican
October 11, 2026Former President Donald Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader, suggesting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hasn't done enough to end the war with Russia
October 10, 2026Elon Musk’s PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say
October 10, 2026On paper, Democrat Justin Pearson, a 31-year-old Tennessee state legislator, has little chance of winning the state's 9th
October 10, 2026Republican nominees for Senate, the U.S. House and governor’s offices across the country are sidestepping President Trump or openly distancing themselves as they debate Democratic opponents before Election Day
October 09, 2026US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip next week's annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Bangkok, Thailand, due to domestic engagements, a US
October 09, 2026US diesel prices remain at near-record highs, up 70% since the US-Israeli war on Iran began despite two recent moves by
October 09, 2026The shadow primary for the 2028 presidential contest is quietly playing out as most of the political world is focused on next month's midterms
October 09, 2026Some 78% of Americans blame President Donald Trump's policies for rising prices that are outpacing their earnings,
October 09, 2026In a burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric, President Donald Trump cast the Somali American community as a threat to Minnesota on Thursday,
October 09, 2026Siding with Republicans, the US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Federal Communications Commission to avoid for now a judicially imposed deadline in a
October 09, 2026President Donald Trump says the U.S. will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections
October 08, 2026Fox News is tuning out Trump’s rallies. Here’s what that means
October 08, 2026What does the law say about armed officials at the polls? That’s one of four questions that a legal scholar answers as Trump administration threats have piled up about voting in the midterms.
October 08, 2026Voters who backed Democratic former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 are far more enthusiastic about casting ballots this November than those who
October 08, 2026A hurricane is menacing the Gulf Coast, but President Donald Trump remains eager to attend a big college football game in Alabama on Saturday night
October 08, 2026President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point as a major hurricane approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast
October 08, 2026US President Donald Trump made his third trip to Texas in a month on Wednesday to campaign for Republicans who now face unexpectedly tight midterm
October 07, 2026President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would fire two top election advisers if their work for a Bosnian territorial
October 07, 2026Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, locked in one of the nation's most competitive Senate races, called on Wednesday for an end to the US-Canada tariff dispute, breaking
October 07, 2026After suffering a major legislative defeat at the hands of Senate Democrats last month, the crypto industry is grappling with a dilemma three weeks out from the
October 07, 2026Republicans are facing anxiety as they enter the final month of the midterm campaign
October 07, 2026Longtime Virginia Republican Rep. Rob Wittman is emphasizing his humble roots rather than his deep experience as he campaigns this year in what's seen as the toughest race of his career
October 07, 2026A day after President Donald Trump said he would start paying for controversial taxpayer-funded ads with a campaign account, a White House official insisting on anonymity said Trump’s promises don’t mean there’s any reimbursement coming
October 06, 2026President Donald Trump traveled to the Baltimore area to highlight a $3.7 billion investment by Anduril to build components for nuclear-powered submarines at a shipyard
October 07, 2026Voters started lining up while it was still dark on Tuesday morning at the Medina County Board of Elections as early voting began in Ohio, a state that
October 06, 2026Some of President Donald Trump's rhetoric about members of the Supreme Court isn't sitting well with one of his favorite justices
October 06, 2026Trump draws backlash after he suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
October 06, 2026US Vice President JD Vance cast Alaska as Republicans' midterm election firewall in their bid to retain control of Congress as he rallied with
October 06, 2026President Donald Trump is campaigning in Nebraska alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts, who faces an independent candidate backed by national Democrats
October 05, 2026President Donald Trump says he will stop using taxpayer funds for ads promoting himself
October 06, 2026President Donald Trump's approval rating held at a record low in recent days, as many Hispanic voters panned his job performance and planned to spurn his
October 06, 2026The US Energy Department will announce $150 million in new funding for power lines in Alaska on Monday as Vice President JD Vance visits the
October 05, 2026Democrats say their nominee for governor in Ohio, Dr. Amy Acton, represents the party’s best chance in years to win that office
October 05, 2026Rising political opposition to US data centers has limited near-term impact on their rapid expansion, Goldman Sachs said, with its growth outlook through 2027 remaining largely
October 05, 2026US President Donald Trump began a 32-day campaign blitz on Thursday with stops in Texas and Oklahoma, aiming to bolster Republican candidates as his
October 01, 2026President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance both hit the campaign trail to boost Republican enthusiasm ahead of the midterm elections
October 01, 2026US states are taking a range of steps to curb diesel and gasoline prices that have soared in recent months due to supply disruptions stemming from the
September 30, 2026A US judge dismissed a federal case on Thursday that accused a Jamaican national of illegally voting, finding the law criminalizing noncitizen voting was unconstitutional
October 02, 20268 in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump on inflation. That’s extremely rare for a president
October 02, 2026President Donald Trump's administration is sending $500 payments to nearly 1 million Americans this
October 01, 2026A pair of Democratic lawmakers sought on Thursday independent investigations into taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump that
October 01, 2026Political power in state legislatures and governors’ offices is at stake in the November elections in more than one-third of the states
October 01, 2026US President Donald Trump unveiled plans on Wednesday for South
September 30, 2026President Donald Trump said South Korea plans to invest about $54 billion in a natural gas project in Alaska
September 30, 2026California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed laws aimed at protecting workers from the risks of artificial intelligence
October 01, 2026State officials nationwide are focusing on rising gas and diesel prices tied to the war in Iran
October 01, 2026US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has done "a very bad job" of explaining his economic record as his job approval rating
October 01, 2026The Senate Republican campaign chairman said President Donald Trump’s team has assured senators “money will not be our problem” heading into the midterm elections
October 01, 2026Whiplash over ICE arrests exposes disconnect between Trump and Markwayne Mullin
October 01, 2026The chair of the US Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump are not
September 30, 2026Inflation slowed a bit last month as Americans ramped up their spending, though price gains remained elevated and are a challenge for many voters as the midterm elections approach
September 30, 2026After eight years in office, Gov. Ron DeSantis leaves Florida much more conservative than he found it.
September 30, 2026Eric Flores is a former federal prosecutor and Army National Guard infantry captain
September 30, 2026US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he plans 32 days of campaign travel ahead of the November midterm elections, putting himself and his
September 30, 2026The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump
September 30, 2026The White House has urged the European Union to draw down emergency diesel inventories in an effort to lower global prices, as President Donald Trump and his
September 29, 2026Taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump drew fresh scrutiny on Tuesday after the recording artist behind a song
September 30, 2026Americans’ confidence in the economy sank to the lowest level in more than a decade this month as prices remain elevated and wages stagnate amid the ongoing Iran war
September 29, 2026US single-family house prices increased in July, adding to the strain from rising mortgage rates that are pushing homeownership further out of reach for many young
September 29, 2026Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said on Tuesday that he hoped an announced delay in certification of Boeing MAX 10 planes would be "a matter of days, not weeks or months".
September 29, 2026Republican hopes of winning Senate races in Georgia and North Carolina have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections
September 29, 2026Taxpayer-funded television ads featuring President Donald Trump, including spots celebrating a "golden age of America" and
September 29, 2026Inside the Trump campaign strategy to reverse Republicans’ dwindling hopes of winning the midterms
September 28, 2026Trump posts series of attacks on GOP congresswoman who criticized him on immigration
September 27, 2026Republicans are pouring money into more than three dozen US House races previously considered “safe” after internal polling showed they could be vulnerable in the
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