Southern Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress framed the midterms as a religious battle at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, saying Christians have a duty to oppose the Democratic Party and its Texas Senate candidate James Talarico.

President Trump's promise to pay a $5,000 dividend to Americans if Republicans win House and Senate majorities in the midterms is being trashed as a bribe and unworkable, but there's a long history of federal government mass payouts.

An ally of President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has resigned from his post leading a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against the Republican president.

Mounted police and law enforcement in riot gear faced off with crowds of protesters who blocked streets near the Republican Party's midterm convention on Thursday.

The sprawling snack-food factory in upstate New York appeared to be closed when a small army of immigration officers arrived after 9 a.m. Following a brief discussion of whether to force their way inside, a manager opened the front door.