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Aug 14, 2026
Ed Markey is hoping that his progressive politics will save him in Massachusetts.
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Aug 14, 2026
Both parties face issues heading into the fall.
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Aug 14, 2026
Some lawmakers and their families have traded millions of dollars worth of stocks since the start of this term.
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Aug 14, 2026
The campaign of Mary Peltola said it was focused on issues important to Alaska and did not approve a message of support from Ms. Harris.
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Aug 14, 2026
The president has been focused on the race since the death of Lindsey Graham in July. Ms. Graham, the late senator's sister, is competing against Representative Ralph Norman in a runoff on Aug. 25.
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Aug 14, 2026
Both parties face hurdles heading into the fall.
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Aug 13, 2026
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months. Members of Congress are worried about the crew's well-being.
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Aug 13, 2026
Democratic Socialists are capturing more votes than ever before — even as they run up against the limits of their appeal.
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Aug 13, 2026
Progressive Democrats have been gaining ground in primaries across the country, but recent wins and losses in Michigan and Wisconsin show the strength and the limits of the movement.
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Aug 12, 2026
Darline Graham and Ralph Norman emerged from a special election sprint on Tuesday to succeed Lindsey Graham. She will sell her closeness to President Trump. He will tout his conservatism.
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Aug 12, 2026
It seems that centrists and the left can work the pragmatic side of the street.
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Aug 12, 2026
A moderate won the closely fought Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin, the latest contest between the party's progressive and moderate wings.
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Aug 12, 2026
South Carolina Republicans moved to a runoff to decide their Senate nominee. Voters picked a progressive Democrat as their candidate for Senate in Minnesota, but in Wisconsin, a moderate eked out a narrow victory in the contest for governor.
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Aug 12, 2026
A Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin remained neck and neck early Wednesday, leaving a national battle between progressive and moderate wings largely unsettled.
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Aug 12, 2026
The victory by Minnesota's lieutenant governor was the latest for the left-wing movement in the Midwest. She could become the first Native woman in the Senate.
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Aug 11, 2026
The fourth-term U.S. senator jolted Minnesota politics early this year by mounting a bid to succeed Gov. Tim Walz.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Graham will face Representative Ralph Norman, a hard-line conservative who had previously run for governor, in the runoff.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Tafoya, the favorite to become the state's Republican nominee for Senate, spent years as an N.F.L. sideline reporter and has leaned into her sports background.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Flanagan, the progressive lieutenant governor of Minnesota, is a former organizer who could become the first Native American woman in the Senate.
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Aug 11, 2026
Ms. Craig, a moderate Democratic congresswoman, flipped a swing House seat in 2018 to become Minnesota's first openly gay member of Congress.
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Aug 11, 2026
The removed posts from Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, immediately set off Republican attacks.
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Aug 11, 2026
The sister of Senator Lindsey Graham was endorsed by President Trump to serve out the remainder of his term. Now she is running in a special primary election.
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Aug 11, 2026
The two-term Republican congressman, who once interned in the office of Senator Lindsey Graham, has campaigned in part on his youth.
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Aug 11, 2026
The longtime lawmaker, a member of an ultraconservative group of House members, came in third place in the Republican primary for governor this year.
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Aug 11, 2026
The former governor and congressman is a staunch fiscal conservative who repeatedly broke with President Trump on government spending, among other issues.
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Aug 11, 2026
Representative Angie Craig has benefited from nearly $10 million in spending from groups whose donors remain hidden, giving her an advantage in her Senate primary against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Minnesota primary elections.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Minnesota primary election.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 South Carolina special primary election.
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Aug 11, 2026
Get live results of the key races from the Aug. 11 primaries.
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Aug 11, 2026
South Carolina Republicans will decide who will succeed Lindsey Graham as their party's Senate nominee. Democrats must choose between moderate and progressive candidates in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Aug 11, 2026
The left and the middle continue to battle in Democratic primaries for governor in Wisconsin and Senate in Minnesota. In South Carolina, all eyes are on Darline Graham.
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Aug 11, 2026
The left and the middle continue to battle in Democratic primaries for governor in Wisconsin and Senate in Minnesota. In South Carolina, all eyes are on Darline Graham.
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Aug 11, 2026
The Democratic brand is just too toxic in large swaths of the country.
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Aug 10, 2026
Along with his comments about Muslim candidates, Mr. Trump spoke disparagingly of Somalis in the United States, saying "they're not smart."
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Aug 10, 2026
Along with his comments about Muslim candidates, Mr. Trump spoke disparagingly of Somalis in the United States, saying "they're not smart."
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Aug 10, 2026
Senator Bernie Sanders warned that corporations have already lost control of technology that could cause "potentially cataclysmic results" for millions of people.
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Aug 10, 2026
The Senate primary race in Minnesota will be the latest test of left-wing energy in the party, in a state that was convulsed by the Trump administration's deadly immigration crackdown this winter.
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Aug 10, 2026
Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed.
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Aug 10, 2026
Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed.
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Aug 09, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's call with the former president comes as he tries to win over wary Democrats in Michigan's high-stakes Senate race.
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Aug 09, 2026
Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee, has suggested that further scrutiny of the 2020 election was warranted and that voting irregularities sank his first Senate bid two years ago.
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Aug 09, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's call with the former president comes as he tries to win over wary Democrats in Michigan's high-stakes Senate race.
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Aug 09, 2026
Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee, has suggested that further scrutiny of the 2020 election was warranted and that voting irregularities sunk his first Senate bid two years ago.
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Aug 09, 2026
In a New York Times/Siena poll of battleground states, national parties were seen as too far to the right or the left, while nominees were viewed as more moderate.
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Aug 08, 2026
The summer exit confirmed what had been apparent for weeks: that Republicans lacked the votes to pass the voting restrictions the president has made a top priority.
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Aug 08, 2026
The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general on Saturday, pushing past criticism over whether he would compromise the Justice Department's independence.
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Aug 08, 2026
Time and again, Todd Blanche has made it clear that he believes President Trump possesses a nearly limitless right to directly control the actions of the Justice Department.
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Aug 08, 2026
The party is racing to get behind Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after a poisonous Senate primary in Michigan, but some Democrats still have reservations.
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Aug 08, 2026
Michigan presents as much a warning as it does an opportunity.
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Aug 08, 2026
Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.
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Aug 08, 2026
Republican attacks have focused on terrorism and illegal immigration, while Democrats have sought to capitalize on the unpopularity of President Trump's cuts to Medicaid.
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Aug 08, 2026
Senator Darline Graham, who took her brother's place after his death and is now seeking to succeed him, has mostly declined to answer questions from reporters at the Capitol.
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Aug 08, 2026
The party is racing to get behind Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after a Senate primary that was "spirited," as Pete Buttigieg diplomatically put it at a unity rally on Friday night, but tensions remain.
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Aug 08, 2026
The move came more than a month before the spending deadline, reflecting an eagerness in both parties to avoid a messy fight before the midterm elections.
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Aug 07, 2026
In a phone call this week, the Democratic leader told the new Michigan Senate nominee who had opposed him to just win, working to foster unity ahead of a difficult race.
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Aug 07, 2026
In a phone call this week, the Democratic leader told the new Michigan Senate nominee who had opposed him to just win, working to foster unity ahead of a difficult race.
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Aug 07, 2026
In a phone call, the Democratic leader told the new Michigan contender who has opposed him to just win.
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Aug 06, 2026
The constitutional right against self-incrimination has been invoked on several occasions during high-profile — and contentious — hearings.
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Aug 06, 2026
The Kentucky Republican has been absent from Congress for nearly two months after a health episode. He said he would continue recovering from home.
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Aug 06, 2026
The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress on Thursday. The resolution accuses Dr. Fauci of failing to comply with a congressional subpoena after he refused to answer questions at a hearing last week.
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Aug 06, 2026
What exactly is the project of the insurgent left all about?
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Aug 06, 2026
A White House effort to delay a ban on intoxicating hemp was holding up a final agreement on a bipartisan spending bill ahead of a monthlong Senate recess.
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Aug 06, 2026
Democrats and Republicans are both playing with fire.
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Aug 06, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Tennessee primary elections.
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Aug 06, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Tennessee primary election.
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Aug 06, 2026
The case is unique, legal scholars say, because of the tension between the Fifth Amendment and the reach of a presidential pardon. The potential consequences could be grave.
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Aug 06, 2026
Ken Paxton is divorcing. James Talarico is dating a onetime staffer. Both have had their romantic lives scrutinized as part of their high-stakes campaigns.
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Aug 06, 2026
These officials oversee or help administer elections in counties across the nation where competitive House and Senate races will determine control of Congress.
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Aug 06, 2026
The candidates are seeking to win over voters with competing proposals on tax, housing and health care that are aimed at lowering household costs.
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Aug 05, 2026
A Senate panel scheduled a vote after Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer questions at a hearing last week. Here are the legal issues involved.
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Aug 05, 2026
Racial and ethnic splits, and a wide lead among younger voters, were enough for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive, to hold off Haley Stevens, a moderate, in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary.
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Aug 05, 2026
The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.
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Aug 05, 2026
Dr. Fauci invoked his Constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions from a Senate committee. Republicans say he is ineligible for that protection.
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Aug 05, 2026
Tim Balk joins Natalie Kitroeff on "The Call" from Michigan, where he attended the election night watch party of the Democratic Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Mr. Balk spoke to supporters of the progressive Democrat as they waited for results in a closer-than-expected race.
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Aug 05, 2026
Dr. Schwartz, a deputy surgeon general in the first Trump administration, has publicly supported childhood vaccines.
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Aug 05, 2026
Dr. El-Sayed, a former public health official, narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a four-term congressional moderate, in Michigan's expensive Democratic Senate primary.
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Aug 05, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed had a strong showing in college towns, while Representative Haley Stevens did well in Black urban centers.
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Aug 05, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
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Aug 05, 2026
A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.
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Aug 05, 2026
His close margin of victory may point to challenges ahead.
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Aug 05, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed's Senate candidacy poses a critical challenge for Democrats' ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?
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Aug 05, 2026
Muslim voters from across the country said they felt hope and anxiety as Dr. El-Sayed moved closer to becoming the nation's first Muslim senator.
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Aug 05, 2026
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed narrowly prevailed over Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Senate in Michigan, setting up a nervy race to November for the party.
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Aug 05, 2026
Dr. El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a bitter primary dominated by the politics of Israel.
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Aug 04, 2026
Voters outside Michigan polling stations shared their concerns about health care, employment and affordability in the Senate's Democratic primary.
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Aug 04, 2026
The Rev. Adam Hamilton will be a serious underdog against Roger Marshall, a Republican, but Democrats think the state could be competitive if the November environment is favorable enough to them.
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Aug 04, 2026
The decision by Julian Beaudion, the Democratic nominee, to leave the race was the third recent withdrawal by a Democratic Senate candidate in a red state.
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Aug 04, 2026
The progressive Democrat has consistently had large leads over Representative Haley Stevens, despite debates about which candidate will be more electable in November.
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Aug 04, 2026
Dr. El-Sayed, a progressive candidate, is a vocal critic of Israel. He is known for his rhetorical abilities, which have drawn cheers and criticism.
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Aug 04, 2026
Ms. Stevens, a fourth-term congresswoman, is the choice of Democratic leadership in Washington, D.C., and Michigan.
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Aug 04, 2026
Results from these eight Michigan counties may prove crucial in an uncertain race between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens.
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Aug 04, 2026
Representative Haley Stevens has been backed by tens of millions of dollars, much of it from pro-Israel groups and hidden donors. Her rival, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, has tried to make that support a liability.
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Aug 04, 2026
The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration's request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed "unearned grace" on the Oath Keepers defendants "by wiping their records clean."
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Aug 04, 2026
Todd Blanche's nomination now advances to the Senate floor, where it was not immediately clear whether he would be confirmed given that he can afford to lose only two senators on a party-line vote.
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Aug 04, 2026
Republicans hoped a shove from President Trump would persuade the embattled congressman to drop his re-election bid in the face of abuse allegations. It hasn't happened.
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Aug 04, 2026
Todd Blanche's nomination now advances to the Senate floor, where he is expected to be confirmed, even though several Republicans have not yet committed to supporting him.
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Aug 04, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Michigan primary election.
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Aug 04, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Michigan primary elections.
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