A special congressional election in Tennessee this week highlights the power and consequences of partisan gerrymandering.

A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed lawmakers, That disclosure Thursday comes as Congress scrutinizes an attack on an alleged drug boat in international waters near Venezuela.

Florida is poised to join the wave of states debating how they might reshape congressional voting districts, as political parties grapple for an edge in next year’s midterm elections.

In heavily Democratic California, one prominent Republican U.S. House member is considering an audacious maneuver — moving to Texas to run for Congress.

President Donald Trump and top Republicans are making a last-ditch push to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress.

Republicans in Indiana's House of Representatives have introduced a new congressional map that could net the GOP two more U.S. House seats, sweeping all nine of the state's seats.

Federal judges have allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map designed to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat.

A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into Republican divisions on the issue.

Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews.

The White House is circulating a proposal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for two more years.

There was a time when presidential hopefuls were coy about their ambitions.

The Justice Department is on the clock to release files relating to Jeffrey Epstein after President Donald Trump signed a measure passed by Congress.

Democratic Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii predicts Americans will want a peacemaking leader by 2028.

A special election in Tennessee has gained national attention in a heavily Republican district.

A Kettering Foundation-Gallup poll finds that about half of U.S. adults believe democracy is functioning “very” or “moderately” poorly in the United States, while only around one-quarter think it’s doing “very” or “moderately” well.

The U.S. House is back in session after a multi-week hiatus.

Beth Macy, former Roanoke Times reporter and author of the 2018 book Dopesick, announced she is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s 6th district as a Democrat.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says he hopes to meet with President Donald Trump to find ways the political polar opposites can work together on the central focus of his winning campaign: affordability.

Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday.

President Donald Trump is indicating that he plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and says they’ll “work something out."

Congo and the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 have signed a framework agreement for a peace deal.

Central Park’s iconic horse carriages will trot on, for now.

Officials and community leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, are opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown.

Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they'll negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford their health care premiums.

Two Democrats are now running in a redrawn Utah congressional district with improved chances for their party.

Federal workers are expressing relief and frustration as the longest government shutdown has come to an end.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein.

Longtime thoroughbred trainer Dale Romans has entered the Kentucky campaign to succeed retiring Republican Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate.

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill to end a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends a record 43-day shutdown.

Nearly 20 years ago, Graham Platner drunkenly got a tattoo while on leave with fellow Marines in Croatia.

The Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a small group of Democrats struck a deal with Republicans.

The Senate has taken the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies.

The Trump administration’s legal efforts to fight having to fully fund food stamps for millions of vulnerable Americans is creating an opening for Democrats eager to use the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to paint the president as callous and out of touch.

Voter anger over rising electricity costs is shaping next year's midterm elections.

The Senate’s first weekend session since the shutdown began has yielded few signs of progress.

Republicans are swatting down an offer from Democrats to end the government shutdown.

Barack Obama is celebrating Democratic wins earlier this week and saying they are a sign that American voters are rejecting the Trump agenda.

U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia confirms he won’t seek reelection days after the Illinois Democrat backed a quiet effort to get his chief of staff on the March primary ballot as his replacement.

Not only did Democrats win the two other statewide races on the ballot, but they also expanded their majority in the House of Delegates.

Virginia voters have made history by electing candidates who broke race and gender barriers in this week's elections.

Mikie Sherrill says she believes she has a mandate as New Jersey's governor-elect to fulfill campaign promises of making the state more affordable.

Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden says he will not seek reelection.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has won a third term, defeating challenger Omar Fateh in the city's ranked-choice voting election.

Voters have sent a message to President Donald Trump that the economy doesn't feel as though its booming — despite what he says.

The new congressional map approved by California voters marked a victory for Democrats in the national redistricting battle playing out ahead of the 2026 midterm election.

A Houston official and a former City Council member are headed to a runoff for the vacant U.S. House seat in a heavily Democratic district.

President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown, now the longest ever at 36 days.

Jay C. Jones (D) and Jason S. Miyares(R) are vying to be Virginia's attorney general.

Ghazala F. Hashmi (D) and John J. Reid, II (R) are vying to be Virginia's lieutenant governor.

Abigail Spanberger (D) and Winsome Earle-Sears (R) are vying to be Virginia's next governor.

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks.

California voters have approved a plan to overhaul the state’s congressional district boundaries, giving Democrats a boost in their bid to win the U.S. House majority next year.

Former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger has won Virginia’s election for governor.

Republican candidates stressed the importance of high turnout in Southwest Virginia to counteract Democratic strength elsewhere in the state.

The Trump administration is indicating in court that it will only partially fund the federal food assistance program as the government shutdown reaches into a second month.

Election Day is Nov. 4, and Democrats and Republicans are making their last call to voters prior to Election Day in Virginia.

Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, has died.

Former President Barack Obama is urging voters to use Tuesday's elections in Virginia and New Jersey to rebuke President Donald Trump and candidates loyal to him.

President Donald Trump wants Republicans in the Senate to kill a longstanding rule called the filibuster.

President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster.

Climbing monthly electricity bills, a growing stressor on U.S. families as demand surges for energy, have emerged as a significant issue in the nation’s only two elections for governor this year and as a test on the political parties’ messages for next year’s midterms.

A Republican-led panel in Ohio has adopted new U.S. House districts, potentially boosting the GOP's chances of gaining two seats in next year's elections.

Ohio's Republican-led redistricting commission has unveiled a new U.S. House map that could give Republicans a chance to win two more seats in next year's elections.

A briefing held only for Republicans in Congress on U.S. military strikes is drawing a fierce rebuke from a key Democrat.

The Senate has passed a resolution that would undo many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs around the globe.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces more than a dozen challengers as the Democrat seeks a third term.

Virginia will elect its first woman as governor as Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger look to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

New Jersey voters will decide a competitive race for governor Tuesday in a contest that will be viewed through the prism of national politics regardless of who wins.

President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the voting process for Tuesday's elections.

A national battle over redistricting is advancing in more states.

The Senate approved a resolution Tuesday evening that would nullify President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, including oil, coffee and orange juice, as Democrats test GOP senators’ support for Trump’s trade policy.

A federal judge in San Francisco has indefinitely blocked the Trump administration from firing federal workers during the government shutdown.

Two decades after a Republican-controlled Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity from being sued over crimes committed with their firearms, a growing number of Democratic-led states are trying to penetrate that legal shield.

Conservative voters in Northern California are alarmed that a ballot measure designed to diminish Republican representation could pass in November.

Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor, says that she doesn't oppose a push by the state’s Democratic-controlled legislature to redraw congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

State legislators are back in Richmond as Democrats seek to change Virginia’s congressional map. But Republicans promised the changes won’t happen without a fight.

A lawsuit is seeking to redraw the lines of a Republican-controlled congressional district in New York state.

President Donald Trump has called for Republican states to redraw their U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections.

Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Braun has called a special session and directed state lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

The government shutdown is quickly becoming a way for President Donald Trump to exercise new command over the government.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City.

The Department of Justice is preparing to send federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections following requests from their state Republican parties.

Democrats in Virginia are joining the national redistricting battle over U.S. House seats.

Members of Congress are divided largely along party lines on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that President Donald Trump wants to build.

Less than two weeks from Election Day, a potentially decisive edge in California's fight over new U.S. House districts has emerged: advertising.

New Jersey Republicans have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to send election monitors to oversee the handling of mail ballots in a county that is key to the state’s Nov. 4 governor’s race between Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill.

Progressive groups are launching an effort to reconnect with Latino voters to regain support in places where President Donald Trump has made inroads.

Jack Ciattarelli has been endorsed by Donald Trump in next month's New Jersey governor's election and is a strong supporter of the Republican president and his agenda.

Barack Obama has endorsed Democratic candidates Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger for governor in New Jersey and Virginia.

The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Democratic governors from 14 states and Guam have launched a new public health alliance.

The government shutdown is entering a third week, and Democrats say they're not intimidated by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come.

Barack Obama is entering the fight for U.S. House control.

President Donald Trump has awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously to Charlie Kirk on Tuesday.

The New England governor who told President Donald Trump to his face she'd see him in court now plans to challenge Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins at the ballot box.

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders say they will vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with the aim of securing another GOP seat within already right-leaning boundaries.

A new law signed by California's governor attempts to shield the identities of sidewalk vendors from federal immigration enforcement officers.

The cryptocurrency industry spent millions last year to unseat a longtime critic, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and install its allies in Washington.

The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office sent an open letter on Friday, posted to their Facebook account, condemning Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for attorney general, following controversial texts that were revealed last week.