Elections

"Without free and fair elections, you don't have a country," Trump said this week when asked to preview the speech.

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President Trump will deliver a primetime speech Thursday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed it would, at least in part, involve elections. “I think the American people will be relieved to…

Mike Collins’ son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II, has shared antisemitic conspiracies and Nazi imagery onlineUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican Senate nominee in Georgia, Mike Collins, who…

Washington state voters will decide in November whether to repeal the state’s newly enacted “millionaires tax” on households earning more than $1 million per year. A spokesperson for…

Repeated investigations and audits have debunked claims by the president and his allies of widespread fraud or manipulation in 2020 or other elections.

Mark Lamb, a Trump-endorsed former sheriff running in Arizona’s 5th District, is trying to fend off a challenger pointing to Lamb’s alleged sexual improprieties and abuse of power.

Vice President JD Vance publicly urged Republicans to attach White House-backed voter identification legislation to a partisan bill funding the Iran war, ramping up the administration’s election push…

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) is leading progressive Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic primary race for Sen. Gary Peters’s (D-Mich.) seat by about 7 points, according to a new poll. In the Detroit…

President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have amassed a $1.1 billion war chest ahead of the midterm elections, more than triple the amount of cash that the national Democratic Party has,…

President Donald Trump’s efforts to influence election outcomes through various policies and legal challenges have prompted calls for Democratic victories in the midterm elections to preserve…

In the weeks after Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020, the people Trump appointed to run the Department of Justice, cybersecurity agencies and intelligence departments all said the same thing -…

David Cummins, President Trump’s pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The…

The party out of the White House usually picks up seats, but it isn't a sure thing.

To prevail in Michigan’s crucial Senate primary, Representative Haley Stevens will need to overcome Democratic voters’ skepticism of Israel. Pro-Israel groups are spending heavily to help her.

President Donald Trump is set to address the nation on Thursday night on topics he said will include elections and voting machines, suggesting he is likely to revisit some of the unproven claims he…

The US decision to impose 25% tariffs on Brazil has reignited a trade dispute with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government just months before October’s presidential election, potentially…

The agency is again dominating headlines in two states hosting critical Senate races.

The political realities point to the new PM going long — but not too long

House Republican leaders are facing pressure from the clock and their own members over a $95 billion reconciliation framework that they will attempt to advance out of the Budget Committee on…

There is not a clear favorite in the GOP Senate primary race to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), according to a new poll. The Republican senator was in the middle of seeking his fifth…

Jay Clayton, President Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, faced questions about the president's claims of election fraud at a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday

Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.

Republicans seem to view Francesca Hong as their weakest opponent in a general election. They are spending $2.2 million in an apparent attempt to aid her primary campaign.

Views of the United States and President Trump are worsening around the globe, according to a survey published by the Pew Research Center on Wednesday. At the same time, China and its leader, Xi…

The Trump administration's latest nominee to lead the nation' top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some U.S. senators on Wednesday when they pressed her on whether she would…

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection this year, took Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, to task over the…

The Senate Intelligence Committee is considering Jay Clayton's nomination to be the director of national intelligence.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday attempted to demonstrate that she can restore trust in the agency, during a Senate Health, Education,…

Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton appears headed for a partisan confirmation vote after refusing to say during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that Joseph R. Biden won the 2020…

House Republicans released the text of their third “reconciliation” bill, which they hope to pass without any Democratic votes. It wouldn’t offset any new costs.

Clayton, currently the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, is expected to succeed Bill Pulte, Trump's controversial acting director of national intelligence.

They should endeavor to set an immigration policy that lasts.

Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, struggled to answer questions from Democratic lawmakers that could put him at odds with the president.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission found billionaire Elon Musk may have violated the state's election bribery law by offering $1 million checks to voters during an election last year.

Eight candidates have been invited to take part in the event in Portland.

His facial hair fixation might seem perplexing – but it is part of an aestheticisation of politics that is central to the Trump projectThe year is 2018 and Pete Hegseth has just come back from his…

Trump said he will make a "Speech to the Nation on Thursday evening, at 9 P.M. Eastern," without providing further details.

Wisconsin Democratic candidate for governor Sara Rodriguez says she discovered her campaign has hundreds of thousands dollars less cash than she thought after campaign ads slated to run last week did…