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Feb 14, 2026
An upcoming Senate primary contest in Illinois, which is likely to pick the state's next senator, has centered on Democrats' future approach to federal immigration policy.
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Feb 13, 2026
Dynamic SRG repeatedly, and apparently unsuccessfully, asked the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to donate to House races, Justice Department records show.
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Feb 13, 2026
For many senators and House members, the job isn't what it used to be.
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Feb 13, 2026
Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.
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Feb 13, 2026
Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.
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Feb 13, 2026
President Trump's effort to get Kevin M. Warsh confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chair has been complicated by a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell.
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Feb 12, 2026
After a heated Senate hearing that highlighted the partisan divide over immigration enforcement, Democrats voted to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Feb 12, 2026
Congress must stand firm against President Trump's assault on the rule of law.
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Feb 12, 2026
Judge Richard J. Leon found that attempts to discipline Mark Kelly for a video that warned against following illegal orders would violate the senator's First Amendment rights.
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Feb 12, 2026
Senate Democrats refused to move ahead with a spending bill needed to keep the Department of Homeland Security running because it lacked limits they have demanded on federal immigration agents.
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Feb 12, 2026
The program was meant to help hospitals provide for poor patients by offering drug savings. But critics say a Texas company has turned it into a big business, driving up costs for patients and insurers.
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Feb 12, 2026
Senator John Fetterman and Gov. Josh Shapiro do not get along. The bad blood goes back years.
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Feb 11, 2026
Can Democrats win back working-class voters? These candidates are trying.
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Feb 11, 2026
The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
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Feb 10, 2026
Dozens of measures sprinkled throughout the recently enacted spending package seek to tie the Trump administration's hands on funding, an act of quiet bipartisan resistance to efforts to trample congressional power.
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Feb 10, 2026
The Maine Republican is one of her party's most vulnerable senators, but she has held off Democratic challenges before.
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Feb 10, 2026
The Maine Republican is one of her party's most vulnerable senators, and her seat is crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking control of the chamber.
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Feb 09, 2026
Michael Gold, a reporter for The New York Times, describes the fight in Congress over funding the Department of Homeland Security, as Democrats push for restrictions on federal immigration agents.
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Feb 08, 2026
Democrats' demands include that immigration officers be required to show visible identification and have judicial warrants when they enter private property to make arrests.
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Feb 08, 2026
A record number of senators running for governor reflects deep frustrations with the upper chamber.
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Feb 06, 2026
Administration officials told the top Senate Democrat the president would release frozen funding for the Gateway project if the transportation hubs were renamed for him.
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Feb 06, 2026
Administration officials told Senator Chuck Schumer that the president would release federal funds for the Hudson River Gateway project if New York's Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport were renamed after President Trump, according to four people familiar with the private conversations.
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Feb 06, 2026
The progressive lawmaker is taking a larger role in Democratic politics, supporting moderate candidates and helping drive the party's economic message. Now she is planning a major trip abroad.
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Feb 05, 2026
With eight days until a deadline to keep the Department of Homeland Security running, bipartisan talks on reining in federal immigration agents' tactics appeared to sputter before they had even gotten underway.
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Feb 05, 2026
President Trump froze a program to allow Afghans who had worked with American troops to come to the United States. Now Congress has quietly scrapped the visas, leaving little hope of reviving them.
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Feb 05, 2026
Katie Britt is uniquely positioned to reason with the Trump administration — when she chooses to speak up.
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Feb 05, 2026
Democrats say they will not support a spending bill to keep the Homeland Security Department running without new restrictions on federal agents.
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Feb 04, 2026
In a House committee hearing, the Treasury secretary declined to say if the president has the power to fire a member of the central bank's board.
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Feb 04, 2026
Senator John Cornyn, once seen as a potential Republican leader in his chamber, is now depending on wealthy party donors to survive a right-wing challenge.
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Feb 04, 2026
Bipartisan Senate and House packages, aimed at rewarding new construction and eliminating red tape, could bring significant changes to federal housing laws.
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Feb 03, 2026
State Representative James Talarico used the word "mediocre" in connection with a former House member who is Black. The controversy has repercussions for a key contest.
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Feb 03, 2026
Senators asked Ted Sarandos about whether the acquisition would raise prices, squeeze talent and degrade the moviegoing experience.
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Feb 03, 2026
A lawyer who has been scrutinizing archives for the bank, which is now part of UBS, is expected to testify about his findings on Tuesday.
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Feb 02, 2026
Some hard-line House Republicans have balked at the agreement Senate Democrats struck with President Trump to fund the government, complicating its path to enactment.
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Feb 02, 2026
First came a remarkable State Senate upset. Next up: two high-octane U.S. Senate primaries.
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Feb 02, 2026
Some hard-line House Republicans have balked at the agreement Senate Democrats struck with President Trump to fund the government, complicating its path to enactment.
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Jan 31, 2026
The president and the top Senate Democrat, who are often at each other's throats, agreed to try to keep the government open and to start talks on new limits on federal immigration agents.
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Jan 31, 2026
The House still must clear the legislation for President Trump's signature, but is not expected to return to Washington to do so before Monday.
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Jan 30, 2026
The move was the third time the Trump administration has tried to expedite arms shipments to Israel by going around the review process for weapons sales.
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Jan 30, 2026
Democrats agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they negotiate with President Trump on restricting his immigration crackdown.
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Jan 30, 2026
Hard-right Republicans have criticized an agreement they see as capitulating to Democrats on their party's strongest issue: immigration.
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Jan 29, 2026
Democrats and the White House agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they negotiate restrictions on the president's immigration crackdown.
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Jan 29, 2026
Senate Democrats and a handful of Republicans voted to block a government spending package on Thursday. President Trump and Senate Democrats continued to negotiate to rein in federal agents enacting his immigration crackdown and avert a government shutdown.
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Jan 29, 2026
With about 36 hours to go before a shutdown deadline, the funding legislation stalled while Democrats sought a deal with President Trump to rein in his immigration crackdown.
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Jan 29, 2026
Los demócratas cuestionaron duramente el plan, incluido el papel de Catar en la gestión de una cuenta financiada por la venta de petróleo venezolano.
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Jan 29, 2026
The Democratic senator, who signaled her bid after Gov. Tim Walz said he wouldn't run again, talked about moving past political divides in a video announcement.
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Jan 29, 2026
The president and the top Senate Democrat were discussing an agreement to split off homeland security funding from a broader spending package and negotiate new limits on immigration agents.
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Jan 29, 2026
Democrats laid out demands for Homeland Security as the Senate prepared to vote on a government spending package. Lawmakers need to reach an agreement by the deadline on Friday to avoid a government shutdown.
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Jan 28, 2026
Democrats sharply questioned the plan, including the role of Qatar in managing an account funded by the sale of Venezuelan oil.
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Jan 28, 2026
An attack at a town hall in Minneapolis, amid a surge in threats against lawmakers, was the latest sign of the fraying of the nation's political fabric.
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Jan 28, 2026
The sweeping domestic policy law that Republicans muscled through Congress last year made ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in the country, with no strings attached.
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Jan 27, 2026
The Georgia Democrat said he would push to block ICE funding when he returned to Washington.
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Jan 27, 2026
America must defend its greatest asset: Its alliances.
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Jan 27, 2026
Mr. Vindman will run for the Democratic nomination to take on Senator Ashley Moody, a Republican. The race is an uphill fight for Democrats, but Mr. Vindman could be a strong fund-raiser.
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Jan 26, 2026
After a second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, Democrats say public opinion is on their side and they are willing to risk a backlash to counter what they see as police-state tactics.
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Jan 26, 2026
The killing of a 37-year-old man by a federal agent exposed fresh cracks in G.O.P. unity, with some expressing alarm while others stayed silent or backed the Trump administration.
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Jan 25, 2026
The two Massachusetts clans faced off in elections for decades, until a final 1962 Senate race. Despite his loss, Mr. Lodge praised his opponent, Ted Kennedy.
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Jan 25, 2026
Part casting director, part media guru, Morris Katz is behind the biggest Democratic campaigns this cycle.
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Jan 24, 2026
Key Senate Democrats said they would oppose legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week after federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis resident.
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Jan 24, 2026
In a debate, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico differed in their political styles but agreed that violent immigration agents needed to be held to account.
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Jan 23, 2026
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician, reluctantly voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. It didn't appease President Trump.
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Jan 23, 2026
Jamelle Bouie, Ross Douthat and Kathleen Kingsbury on how Trump is changing the U.S. and the world.
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Jan 23, 2026
Progressives shouldn't let a retrograde style of internet discourse inhibit them from pointing out the obvious.
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Jan 23, 2026
A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.
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Jan 23, 2026
Two of the Democrats' rising stars, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, are seeing if a red state should be won courting disaffected Republicans or focusing on the party's base.
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Jan 23, 2026
Two of the Democrats' rising stars, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, are seeing if a red state should be won courting disaffected Republicans or focusing on the party's base.
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Jan 22, 2026
The unanimous vote amounted to a bipartisan rebuke of the Senate after leaders in that chamber slipped the legal provision into legislation to reopen the government.
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Jan 22, 2026
The Minnesota senator, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, appears set to enter a race that has been transformed by President Trump's immigration crackdown in the state and protests against it.
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Jan 21, 2026
The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party's future and might run for president, said that "across all three branches of government, 75 years — you're out."
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Jan 21, 2026
Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.
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Jan 20, 2026
Days after President Trump urged her to run, Representative Julia Letlow said she would challenge Mr. Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who voted to convict Mr. Trump in his second impeachment trial.
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Jan 19, 2026
Elon Musk, the world's richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.
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Jan 18, 2026
The potential 2028 presidential candidates showcased a Democratic midterm strategy that would assail G.O.P. votes in favor of cutting Medicaid and allowing health care subsidies to expire.
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Jan 18, 2026
As the F.B.I. has added payback to its portfolio, Republican lawmakers like Senator Charles E. Grassley have emerged as a clearinghouse for leaks and whistle-blowers.
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Jan 18, 2026
The president urged Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana to run against Mr. Cassidy, in a move that is likely to further complicate his relationship with Senate Republicans.
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Jan 17, 2026
The midterms will be a battle for control of Trump's legacy.
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Jan 16, 2026
A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.
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Jan 16, 2026
Three reporters discuss the Minneapolis chaos and how it could play a role in the midterms.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Louisiana U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Texas U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Virginia U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the South Dakota U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the South Carolina U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Ohio U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the North Carolina U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the New Hampshire U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Minnesota U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Michigan U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Kyrsten Sinema fue acusada ante un tribunal federal de mantener un romance con un miembro casado de su equipo de seguridad.
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Jan 16, 2026
Seeking to calm tensions, Republicans and Democrats affirmed that they supported Denmark's control of Greenland as President Trump vowed to buy it or take it over.
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Jan 16, 2026
The White House and Denmark contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland.
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Jan 15, 2026
In a lawsuit, the ex-wife of Ms. Sinema's onetime staff member accused her of showering him with gifts and breaking up their marriage.
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Jan 15, 2026
The White House and Denmark contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland.
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Jan 15, 2026
Many proposals have been introduced, but there is little consensus among governors, Congress members and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
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Jan 15, 2026
The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company's clout.
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Jan 15, 2026
Legislation to establish a regulatory framework for digital tokens has been thrown into turmoil — by one of its biggest champions.
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Jan 15, 2026
The lawmakers, all Democrats who urged military service members not to follow illegal orders, said prosecutors had contacted them. But it is unclear what crime they might have committed.
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Jan 15, 2026
The general sense of the world being chaotic does not necessarily help Trump.
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Jan 14, 2026
G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump's military authority in Venezuela.
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