Considered the inevitable choice to take the House speaker’s gavel now that Democrats have taken control of the chamber, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi faces a challenge within her party on the heels of last week’s midterm elections.
Read moreA one-time national security aide to former President Barack Obama has upset two-term Republican incumbent Rep. Tom MacArthur in New Jersey’s 3rd District.
Read moreA week ago on Election Night, Republicans had cause to believe the seawall they built against the predicted “blue wave” in California was going to hold up. Now, it looks like the wave will wash away the GOP’s remaining hopes for relevance in the Golden State as many of the slender leads held by congressional incumbents in competitive races have either vanished or narrowed.
Read moreBeyond trying to get their hands on the Holy Grail of President Donald Trump’s business dealings — his tax returns — House Democrats are prepared to use their newfound majority and subpoena power to go after all manner of financial records that could back up their claims that he’s using his presidency to enrich himself and his family.
Read moreDemocrat Donna Shalala has prevailed in her bid to replace retiring Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, providing her party with an early boost in its bid to recapture the House.
Read moreWhen U.S. Rep. Martha McSally decided to step down to seek retiring U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake’s seat, she left behind a vacuum that seems likely to be filled by a Democrat in a district that has flipped from Republicans to Democrats and back to Republicans since 2000.
Read moreIf pollsters end up being correct on Nov. 6 and U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham, a Republican, loses his bid to represent a slice of California’s Central Valley for a fifth term, it will likely come down to two reasons: health care and President Donald Trump.
Read moreU.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter doubled down on xenophobia at a press conference at the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday as late polling shows he’s still likely to win re-election despite facing federal charges of misusing campaign funds and the racist rhetoric his campaign used against his Mexican-Palestinian opponent.
Read moreWith the midterm elections just eight days away, and with seven vacant seats in the GOP-dominated House up for grabs, California’s 22nd District is one of many trying to ride a blue wave all the way to Washington.
Read moreJason Crow is an Army veteran and attorney, but he’s never run for public office. But despite being a newcomer to politics, the Democrat is no underdog in the race against five-term Republican incumbent Mike Coffman for Colorado’s 6th District.
Read moreTwo more suspicious packages appearing to contain rudimentary pipe bombs – one bound for the home of former Vice President Joe Biden and another delivered to a property belonging to actor Robert De Niro, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump — were discovered by authorities Thursday.
Read moreSouthern California’s Congressional District 49, once a reliably Republican district led for nearly two decades by Rep. Darrell Issa, may flip Democratic and lead an anticipated “blue wave” in Congress on Nov. 6.
Read moreSuspicious packages and devices discovered Wednesday by federal and state law enforcement were mailed to former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and CNN’s offices in New York.
Read moreThe U.S. Secret Service has intercepted a bomb that was addressed to Hillary Clinton and also discovered a possible explosive that was sent to former President Barack Obama.
Read moreThe 2018 midterm election has besieged North Dakota. Every YouTube ad, every television, every billboard around Fargo tells the tale of the Peace Garden State’s very own David versus Goliath. But who is the giant and who is the plucky underdog with the sling? It depends who you ask.
Read moreBeto O’Rourke’s long, zig-zag campaign for Senate through all 254 Texas counties recalls for many Texans the populist appeal of the state’s last Democratic governor, the late Ann Richards.
Read moreTwo weeks after pleading guilty in state court to having bribed a judge, a former Democratic lobbyist returned to court Tuesday to plead guilty to a federal charge involving New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Read moreFormer Vice President Joe Biden stumped for California Democrats at a campaign rally Thursday, saying victories in GOP-held congressional districts this November can help stop President Donald Trump’s “assault” on immigrants, women and working class families.
Read moreNearly two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, the partisan divide over the media and its role in the American democracy appears to have widened, a new study from the Pew Research Center says.
Read moreExactly one week before New York’s state primary elections, the four Democratic candidates running for state attorney general jabbed and bickered in what was likely their final debate Thursday evening at New York City’s historic Cooper Union Great Hall.
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