By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to use a revamped immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls, one of a series of actions that would boost federal involvement in voting a
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Donald Trump is taking an unconventional approach to the midterm elections: bringing Republicans together in Dallas for a large-scale national convention built to rally the party, elevate its candidates and focus attention on what the administration says it has accomplishe
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Election-season trading on prediction markets, including in this fall’s biggest races, is skyrocketing while states fight to outlaw the platforms as unlicensed casinos and begin to worry about how high-stakes odds will affect American democracy in unpredictable ways. Already t
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A late surge by a progressive challenger has injected drama into New Hampshire’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, threatening to complicate U.S. Representative Chris Pappas’ path to nomination. In one of the last states holding primaries in 2026,
By Richard Cowan and David Hood-Nuño WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Republican Vice President JD Vance called Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, “very, very evil” at a rally last week, accusing him of defending terrorism because of remarks he made after
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire primary voters are choosing candidates for Congress, governor and the 424-seat state Legislature on Tuesday, and incumbents aren’t the only familiar names on the ballot. U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s decision to not seek reelection created a cascade of competitive rac
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his supporters for this year’s midterm elections. Trump has said he wanted to channel the kind of political extravaganza that each party holds every four years to for
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is embracing his inner cowboy, seeking to gallop into this week’s Republican convention in Dallas and save the midterm elections for his party just in the nick of time. As first-of-their-kind festivities open Wednesday, Trump wants to stoke his core supporter
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans appeared to have a firm grip on the Senate heading into the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. But with less than two months until Election Day, control of the chamber is now up for grabs. Democrats have found themselves competing in states that once seem
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall — to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former Republican U.S. Senators eyeing a return to Washington will compete in New Hampshire’s state primary Tuesday for a seat they’ve both sought previously with mixed results. In the Democratic primary for the same U.S. Senate seat, a four-term congressman faces an increasing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee faces a tough Democratic primary challenge Wednesday in his bid for a second full term. Ocean State voters will also choose nominees for a full slate of federal, state and local offices. McKee was elected governor by a wide margin in 2022 after first ass
By Joseph Ax Sept 7 (Reuters) – As the unofficial start of the campaign sprint kicks off on Labor Day Monday, President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity is imperiling Republican chances of maintaining their narrow majorities in Congress with just two months before November’s midterm elections. Midte
Sept 7 (Reuters) – Only about 50 of the 435 races for the House of Representatives are expected to be competitive on the November 3 U.S. midterm ballot, but they could decide whether Democrats gain the three seats needed to reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans. Here is a look at some of t
WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed assailant charged toward the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Amy Acton, on Sunday during a campaign stop at the Canfield Fair, injuring several people before he was stopped by troopers, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a sta
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the earliest days of this election cycle, the U.S. wasn’t at war with Iran. The East Wing of the White House was still standing and the Kennedy Center wasn’t threatened with demolition. Artificial intelligence data centers weren’t bipartisan shorthand for the tech sector’s exces
CAIRO — (AP) The United States has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iranian forces targeted American Navy warships with ballistic missiles, according to U.S. military officials. The Trump administration says the strikes were a direct response to attacks on U.S. forces patrolling near the Strai
By Erin Banco NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc super PAC will spend at least $10 million on the campaign of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for his U.S. Senate race against Democratic state Representative James Talarico, according to a Federal Election Commission fili
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — The political group associated with President Donald Trump is spending $10 million on television and digital advertisements in the Texas Senate race, according to a Saturday filing with the Federal Election Commission. This is the first significant spending in a premier gene
HANFORD, Calif. (AP) — For years, Rep. David Valadao benefited from voting patterns that shifted toward Republicans in his rural, heavily Latino district in Central California, deep in the state’s farm belt where highways crisscross boundless stretches of almond groves, cornfields and dairy feed lot
By Andrew Chung Sept 5 (Reuters) – Missouri asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to use a Republican-drawn congressional map in November’s midterm elections aimed at helping the party preserve its narrow U.S. House majority. In an emergency request, Missouri Attorney General Catherine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow the use of new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump in the fast-approaching midterm election. The appeal comes after Missouri’s highest court blocked the new map and ordered a statewide vote in Novem
By Mike Stone, Erin Banco and David Jeans WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, a sign that more leadership change could come for a Pe
A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of the administration as the first states begin sending out mail ballot
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.” Asked during an Oval Office exchange about Vance’s comments made a day earlier,
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday extended a ban stopping President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections. Boston-based U.S. Distri
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from Republicans in a dispute over campaign ad prices on Friday, clearing a legal roadblock to political parties getting cheaper TV ad time ahead of the midterm elections. The justices halted for now a lower-court ruling in favor of Dem
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to give 48 hours’ notice before engaging in any activity on the site of a triumphal arch it wants to build near Arlington National Cemetery, except for work to identify underground cultural
By John Kruzel, Andrew Chung and David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Friday a federal policy giving party committees access to discounted TV and radio advertising rates long available to political candidates, as major Republican committees head toward
By Gram Slattery and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he planned to allocate $400 million to $500 million from his MAGA Inc super PAC for Republicans in the November midterm elections, trying to calm party worries that he will not spen
