The Senate majority leader race is on. Or is it? Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is answering the calls of his Democratic colleagues who want new leadership when they take back control of Congress next year and is offering himself as an alternative to Charles E. Schumer.
At about 10:04 p.m. on Nov. 3, the Associated Press called the Texas Senate race for James Talarico. Roughly 16 minutes later, Ken Paxton conceded. The Republican attorney general had spent the better part of a year, in one of the most expensive Senate contests in American history, trying to hold a seat in a […]
Voters across the country rebuked President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, producing a powerful blue wave in the first major electoral test since his sweeping victory in 2024. The results were expected in battleground states, but not in Texas, a longtime bastion of conservatism that has maintained a […]
“We have a bunch of gangsters, thugs, punks, thieves, and drug smugglers running the country.” These words were spoken to me 36 years ago by Richard Morse, owner of the Hotel Oloffson, as we looked down from a balcony at Port-au-Prince, the fetid capital of Haiti. The Oloffson, built in the 19th century as a […]
As the Senate reconvenes this week, the Honest Elections Project is urging GOP leaders to move quickly to close a loophole they say is allowing noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
A man accused of snatching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse faces robbery, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud charges.
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order requiring truck drivers to pass English literacy tests, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., responded to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s major bust at an illegal nightclub in his district on Sunday that resulted in over 100 illegal immigrants getting arrested.
Rep. Gerry Connolly announced Monday that his cancer has returned and that next year he will not seek another term representing Virginia's 11th Congressional District in the House of Representatives.
How some Republican women look is now facing backlash, as media outlets seize on the rise of the "GOP aesthetic" as a symbol of deeper political tensions.
Canadians will decide Monday whether to extend the Liberal Party's decade in power or hand control to the Conservatives. They'll pick new Prime Minister Mark Carney or populist opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, but the election is also a referendum of sorts on someone who isn't even Canadian: Donald Trump.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said more than 85 miles of border wall is being constructed, as the administration touts its successes at reducing illegal immigration.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday it is "up to China" to de-escalate President Trump's trade war with Beijing, pointing to its export-heavy economy.
Authorities said they arrested a second suspect in the theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse in the District after tracking down the illegal immigrant in Miami.
President Trump says recent surveys showing voters are souring on him are "fake polls from fake news organizations" that he says are "truly the enemy of the people!"
