Abdul El-Sayed on Wednesday handed far-left Democrats their biggest prize of the 2026 midterm cycle, squeezing out a bruising victory in the Michigan Senate primary that left the party's establishment licking its wounds and wondering whether the base has blown past them on everything from universal health care to cutting U.S. ties with Israel.

Staring down Social Security's looming insolvency, senators found Wednesday they're miles apart when it comes to answers.

The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New Mexico's attorney general sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday, accusing it of blocking the state from investigating sex crimes at Jeffrey Epstein's sprawling ranch near Santa Fe.

A Michigan autoworker with virtually no money defeated a Trump-endorsed candidate in a shocking Republican primary upset Tuesday -- a month after he had ended his campaign.

North Carolina Republicans are seeking a new nominee for the state's 11th Congressional District to face off against Democrat Jamie Ager.

As the Senate gears up to vote on confirming acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, pro-life groups are hoping that the Trump appointee will do everything necessary to put a stop to mail-order abortions across the country. A leaked phone call shows that he seems to have his pro-life priorities straight. The July 30 phone conference, […]

ON MICHIGAN, KEEP BIG PICTURE IN MIND. The first thing to say about Abdul el Sayed’s victory in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary is that it’s not a story about polls. OK, it is a story about polls — they were really, really bad, and el Sayed’s win was much narrower than predicted — but that […]

Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are pressing the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of the Interior to investigate recent issues with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. “We write to request that the Office of Inspector General investigate what employees of the Department of the Interior (DOI) knew—and when they...

Democratic socialist and former Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong (D) walked back on her previous social media post calling to "cancel Thanksgiving," telling Politico's Irie Sentner in an interview Wednesday that the holiday is her "favorite." Hong, a professional chef and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate, added that she "actually loves" Thanksgiving. The former state representative originally...