Politics

A San Diego Padres minor league coaching coordinator who was detained by federal immigration officers in Texas has been released on bond, his family said Tuesday.

Despite a last-minute drop in the polls and questions about her qualifications, the sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham fended off her challenger in South Carolina's Republican Senate runoff, likely ensuring she'll win a six-year term in November to succeed her brother.

Congressional Democrats and voting rights advocates mounted new challenges Tuesday to President Trump's plans to have the post office police this year's elections, moving just a day after the Supreme Court gave the administration some wiggle room.

Mike Mazzei secured Trump's endorsement and defeated Gentner Drummond in Oklahoma's GOP governor runoff, promising to eliminate the state's income tax.

Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at 80, built a career on refusing to take political sides despite repeated pressure involving Trump and Clinton.

More than a dozen New York sheriffs are suing state officials over a new state law that prohibits law enforcement from cooperating with ICE.

President Donald Trump's endorsement and an $800,000 MAGA Inc. blitz helped Darline Graham defeat Ralph Norman in the South Carolina Senate runoff.

N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas defeated Jim Priest in the runoff race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Oklahoma.

A Seattle man allegedly told authorities he planned to surveil Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson's mansion and harm anyone standing in his way inside.

Marcye Scott fell short against former Gwinnett County school board chairman Everton Blair in her bid to finish the final months of her late father’s House term after leading the first round of voting.

A second witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent has been ordered released from custody after more than a month in detention.