Roy Cooper leads Michael Whatley by 9 points in North Carolina's Senate race, but an enthusiasm gap and Trump's favorability could reshape the contest.
A neutering by the Supreme Court of the Voting Rights Act's last remaining major provision would potentially trigger a political avalanche - an event that starts narrow but gathers momentum as it spreads across the national map.
The public release of a Young Republican group chat that included racist language, jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers prompted bipartisan calls for those involved to be removed from or resign their positions.
A judge ordered a pair of Virginia parents to come up with $125k in just days if they wanted to keep defending their sons in court against his school's transgender policies.
A judge has temporarily blocked key parts of Texas’ new law limiting expression on campuses, preventing the University of Texas System from enforcing a ban on overnight expression
Trump confirmed he authorized the CIA to conduct intelligence activity in Venezuela, pointing to two principal motivations for doing so on Wednesday from the White House.
The White House unveiled the crackdown on crime that has ensued over the past three months made under "Operation Summer Heat," which the FBI says resulted in over 8,500 arrests, nearly 560 missing children identified, and the seizure of enough drugs to kill tens of millions.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers.
President Trump said India has agreed to stop buying oil from Russia, a move he had heavily criticized as keeping alive the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Senate Republicans are trying a new approach in enticing Democrats to reopen the government, offering a test vote on taking up some of the annual spending bills after repeated failed votes on a temporary stopgap measure.
President Trump said Wednesday the United States was considering strikes on Venezuelan land, an escalation of the multiple attacks on drug-trafficking boats on the high seas.
