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Jul 31, 2026
Todd Blanche's approach has collided with the jury-of-two reality in the Senate that has, thus far, kept him from the prize he covets: the stability and status conferred by a Senate confirmation.
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Jul 31, 2026
Changing one's affiliation is rare in the Senate, but it can have big consequences. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania says he is staying put as a Democrat.
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Jul 31, 2026
Track the latest polls in Florida's 22nd Congressional District.
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Jul 31, 2026
Track the latest polls in Florida's 8th Congressional District.
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Jul 30, 2026
Would you rather be famous or infamous?
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Jul 30, 2026
In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump's choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.
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Jul 30, 2026
The bipartisan bill is a long way from becoming law, but it represents the strongest opposition yet from Congress to the administration's agenda.
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Jul 30, 2026
Readers react to Dr. Anthony Fauci's dramatic hearing before a Senate committee. Also: Betting on elections; happy in the muck.
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Jul 30, 2026
Even after winning approval of a measure calling on President Trump to end the war, they continue to call votes to force Republicans to answer for it.
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Jul 30, 2026
A new bipartisan bill comes after years of complaints from the courts that the General Services Administration is a bad landlord.
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Jul 30, 2026
How the politics of raised a's and disappearing g's briefly came to dominate the Michigan Senate race.
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Jul 30, 2026
Some Orthodox Jews oppose a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, and farmers and some sleep experts are also opposed.
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Jul 29, 2026
John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the nominee for attorney general of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump's suit against the agency.
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Jul 29, 2026
A gathering of South Carolina's political elite paid tribute to the late senator's career against a backdrop of a highly competitive race to replace him.
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Jul 29, 2026
Show trials are bad for democracy.
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Jul 29, 2026
Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump's suit against the agency.
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Jul 29, 2026
Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump's suit against the agency.
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Jul 29, 2026
The former president is trying to help Josh Turek net a Senate seat in Iowa, which Democrats see as one of their best pickup opportunities of the midterms.
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Jul 29, 2026
The peculiar dynamic is playing out in Texas, where the fate of the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton, will help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.
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Jul 29, 2026
The senator's funeral services are in Columbia, the capital. His remains will be buried Wednesday afternoon in Pickens County, S.C., where he was born and raised.
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Jul 29, 2026
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci accused Senator Rand Paul of having an "unhinged obsession" with him during a Senate hearing on Wednesday on the origins of Covid-19.
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Jul 29, 2026
A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the biggest importers of Russian energy.
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Jul 29, 2026
A poll is a snapshot of a given time in the election cycle. Polls shared months before an election enable our readers to have access to the same information campaigns and political leaders have about public sentiment.
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Jul 29, 2026
The political evolution of Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senator, both captivated and confused many of his old friends but reflected the changing order in the nation's capital.
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Jul 29, 2026
One of America's most competitive Senate races features a surprising dynamic: No Republicans are spending money yet.
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Jul 29, 2026
The senator's funeral service will be held in Columbia, the capital. His remains will be buried in Pickens County, S.C., where he was born and raised.
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Jul 29, 2026
Orthodox Jewish leaders have lobbied against the Sunshine Protection Act since it was passed by the House of Representatives in July, joining an unlikely coalition of opponents.
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Jul 28, 2026
As Washington remembered Senator Lindsey Graham, his colleagues cleared away a hurdle to passage of his long-stalled bill to penalize Moscow.
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Jul 28, 2026
President Trump paid tribute to Senator Lindsey Graham in a memorial service at the National Cathedral on Tuesday.
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Jul 28, 2026
Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.
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Jul 28, 2026
Gov. Andy Beshear called on Senator McConnell, who has been hospitalized since June, to prove his capacity to serve, or resign.
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Jul 28, 2026
Senators announced a breakthrough on the long-stalled measure as Senator Lindsey Graham, its main champion, was memorialized.
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Jul 28, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham helped to coordinate a group of lawmakers to rebuke the I.C.C., which was investigating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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Jul 28, 2026
After exhausting their gerrymandering options in 2026, the party is hoping to redraw more congressional maps ahead of the next election cycle.
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Jul 28, 2026
The South Carolinian relished serving as a "bridge" between the institution he revered and the president, but now that bridge is gone.
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Jul 28, 2026
Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed to serve out Lindsey Graham's term after his unexpected death, appeared somber and stoic.
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Jul 28, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Georgia special election.
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Jul 28, 2026
Closed ceremonies for the Republican senator, a stalwart ally of President Trump, will be held in Washington on Tuesday before a procession and public funeral in South Carolina the next day.
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Jul 28, 2026
Days before a committee vote on Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general, Democrats demanded answers about the since-withdrawn subpoenas.
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Jul 27, 2026
At the final debate before next week's Democratic primary for Senate, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens showcased their wildly different ideological stances and political styles.
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Jul 27, 2026
Troy Jackson, a former logger, faces the tall task of taking down Susan Collins.
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Jul 27, 2026
A new statement said the senator was not "medically cleared" to leave a rehabilitation facility and would miss a Kentucky political event.
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Jul 27, 2026
Michigan's Aug. 4 primary is a critical front in the fight between Democrats' progressive and moderate flanks and a preview of the 2028 presidential primary.
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Jul 27, 2026
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, focused relentlessly on affordability in a swing district.
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Jul 27, 2026
President Trump could accomplish on Jan. 3, 2027, what he failed to do on Jan. 6. 2021.
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Jul 26, 2026
State Representative Josh Turek, the Democrat running to flip Iowa's open Senate seat, cycled with his hands at an Iowa biking event that took place between two cities nearly 60 miles apart.
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Jul 26, 2026
Troy Jackson is replacing Graham Platner, but Republicans are seeking to tie them together as a remade race kicks off with high stakes.
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Jul 25, 2026
Mr. Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, clinched the nomination at a hastily arranged state party convention.
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Jul 25, 2026
Maine Democrats have chosen Troy Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, to replace Graham Platner as their Senate candidate. Jackson was selected at a hastily organized state party convention, which came together after Platner, who faced a rape accusation he denies, dropped out of the race.
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Jul 25, 2026
Three Opinion writers discuss whether the president's Red Scare strategy will work.
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Jul 25, 2026
Despite partisan differences, intraparty feuds and the president's lack of interest, Congress delivered the first major housing bill in a generation.
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Jul 25, 2026
Republicans are pouring huge sums behind the Maine senator through a web of billionaire-funded super PACs. Troy Jackson, the likely Democratic nominee, has a lot of catching up to do.
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Jul 24, 2026
Crossing what was once seen as a political red line, Democrats voted against the usually bipartisan measure, registering dissent about the war in Iran.
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Jul 24, 2026
Track the latest polls in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District.
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Jul 24, 2026
A House Judiciary subcommittee summoned Compass, the biggest real estate brokerage in the world, and the listing service Midwest Real Estate Data to answer questions about their partnership.
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Jul 24, 2026
The president initially backed a little-known congressman. Then he talked to Gov. Henry McMaster and Ms. Graham herself.
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Jul 24, 2026
Morris Katz helped Zohran Mamdani win, and then tried to do the same for Graham Platner. What has he learned?
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Jul 23, 2026
The House Democratic campaign arm has stepped up its interventions in high-profile contested primaries. But this week, it suffered its third primary defeat in two months.
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Jul 23, 2026
A White House spokeswoman said President Trump's patience was running thin. The top Senate Republican said she should try finding the votes.
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Jul 23, 2026
Senator Bill Cassidy, who is believed to hold the deciding vote in the Senate health committee for Dr. Erica Schwartz's confirmation, had declined for days to say whether he would back her.
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Jul 23, 2026
Track the latest polls in Idaho's 1st Congressional District.
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Jul 23, 2026
Stop the steal before it starts.
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Jul 23, 2026
House Republicans narrowly passed two plans that would satisfy the Trump administration's funding demands for the war in Iran and its efforts to rebrand the Defense Department. But their prospects are far dimmer in the Senate.
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Jul 22, 2026
Dr. Amish Shah, who beat the choice of the party's House campaign arm, will face Jay Feely, a Republican, in a battleground district that covers parts of Phoenix.
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Jul 22, 2026
The criminal referral could provide a catalyst for a prosecution of Mr. Smith, who as special counsel became a top target of the president's retribution campaign.
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Jul 22, 2026
Democrats and Republicans are haggling about the Clarity Act, a major bill pushed by the crypto industry, as it moves closer to a Senate vote.
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Jul 22, 2026
Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint, but its prospects were far dimmer in the Senate.
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Jul 22, 2026
The measure has drawn bipartisan backing amid a public outcry against the practice, but Democrats opposed it after Republicans added a voter ID requirement.
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Jul 22, 2026
Republicans pushed through the $1.15 trillion bill over opposition from Democrats, who said backing it was akin to embracing the war.
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Jul 22, 2026
Jamieson Greer, the president's top trade negotiator, told the Senate that the United States remained intent on tariffs as it prepared to replace duties the Supreme Court struck down.
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Jul 22, 2026
Track the latest polls in Ohio's 10th Congressional District.
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Jul 22, 2026
Everyone wants to know who's going to win an election, but predicting the outcome isn't a poll's only job. The polling reporter Ruth Igielnik shares how polls are also judged on their ability to reveal the dynamics underlying a race, as well as to uncover how shifting tides and core issues shape the views of the electorate.
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Jul 22, 2026
House Republicans have tied their entire legislative agenda to President Trump's voting restriction measure, as he has demanded.
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Jul 22, 2026
Jamieson Greer, the president's top trade negotiator, told the Senate that the United States remained intent on tariffs as it prepared to replace duties the Supreme Court struck down.
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Jul 22, 2026
Times Opinion convened a panel of experts to help voters make sense of the race.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans managed to push through legislation to fund the government through Dec. 4. But with Democrats opposed, the stage is set for a broader battle.
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Jul 21, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of war.
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Jul 21, 2026
State Democrats released a ballot for their nominating convention on Saturday that includes Mr. Jackson and two long-shot candidates with little public support from delegates.
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Jul 21, 2026
Assuming he is confirmed by the full Senate as expected, Mr. Clayton will take command of the Office of National Intelligence from Bill Pulte, a housing official with little national security experience.
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Jul 21, 2026
A House subcommittee questioned the director of the National Museum of American History after a scathing White House report characterized it as insufficiently patriotic.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It's not that simple.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It's not that simple.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary elections.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Arizona primary election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Troy Jackson, who is expected to become his party's nominee in the state's marquee Senate race, has long been an economic populist, but his positions on social issues have changed markedly over time.
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Jul 20, 2026
The contest in a deeply religious part of the state is a test of the power of a Trump endorsement.
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Jul 20, 2026
For the state's progressives, Graham Platner was tempting. Troy Jackson is tested.
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Jul 20, 2026
Ms. Graham, who filled her brother's Senate seat in South Carolina after his death, does not appear to have previous political experience. But she does have President Trump's endorsement.
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Jul 20, 2026
Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.
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Jul 20, 2026
Track the latest polls in Florida's 4th Congressional District.
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Jul 20, 2026
Mr. Jackson, who has emerged as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner, is a Republican turned Democrat who is seen as close to Mr. Platner on policy.
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Jul 20, 2026
There are important lessons in my state's Senate race.
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