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LILLINGTON, N.C. — Making his first run for elective office, Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley has visited every county in North Carolina as he crisscrosses the state introducing himself to voters.

Congressional Democrats and some Republicans are signaling their intention to try to enact legislation to force President Donald Trump to reverse what some of them have called his “pro-Putin agenda.”

Virginia Republicans caught a break this spring when the state Supreme Court struck down a map drawn to help Democrats win 10 of the commonwealth’s 11 House seats.

President Donald Trump announced $8 billion in aid to farmers struggling with high diesel prices while also tying his support for increased ethanol content in gasoline — a boon to Midwest corn growers — to the reelection of a Kansas senator.

Roll Call senior photographer Tom Williams talks about and shares some of his favorite photos from previous trips to cover campaigns in Pennsylvania.

ANALYSIS — Another week and we have another batch of race rating changes by Inside Elections, all in favor of Democrats.

Hidden within President Donald Trump’s midterms campaign sales pitch is what amounts to a legislative agenda for his final two years in office, priorities that almost certainly would be met with opposition if Democrats win the majority of one or both cham…

The two Illinois Democrats who may challenge Rep.

NEW BERN, N.C. – In the race for control of Congress, Democrats have history and momentum on their side.

North Carolina has long been a Senate battleground, and this year its neighbor to the south is also part of the fight for control of the chamber.

Lawmakers in both parties are assailing President Donald Trump for a series of decisions this month that critics say ally the U.S. government with the Kremlin amid its ongoing war on Ukraine, now in its fifth year.

A wave of suspicious letters mailed to members of Congress is likely to continue, House officials warned Monday, describing a white powder in the envelopes.

In debates and advertisements ahead of the midterm elections, Democratic candidates for Senate are consistently pressing their opponents on artificial intelligence data center policy, often as a proxy for voter fears about the economy and local impacts.

Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to rally the Republican faithful — and keep them from staying home in the midterms — arguing that polling is bad and the party of President Donald Trump can still defy political gravity.

In their quest to flip the House, Democrats have sought to expand the battleground map by targeting seats in red-leaning terrain, and their candidates in these races dominated third-quarter fundraising, new filings show.

With less than three weeks until Election Day, the Senate landscape of competitive races has expanded into deep-red territory, where new filings show Democratic candidates dominating their Republican opponents in fundraising.

CQ Roll Call senior photographer Tom Williams shares photos from his recent trip to Pennsylvania to cover Democratic House candidates running in the 10th and 8th districts.

Vance and Louise Ehmke have been growing rye seed, wheat and triticale for over 50 years on a farm in western Kansas that their ancestors first homesteaded in 1885.

More than a year has passed since permanent authority for cybersecurity information-sharing protections expired, and there’s little sign that a standoff in the Senate over the law will end this Congress.

When David Malet arrived at his job on Capitol Hill on Oct. 15, 2001, some semblance of normalcy was just starting to return after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

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LEMOYNE, Pa. – Janelle Stelson, the Democrat challenging Pennsylvania Rep.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step into a lower court dispute over television advertising rates paid by political candidates and joint fundraising committees weeks before the midterm elections.

ANALYSIS — When you cover elections on a week-to-week, day-to-day, or even hour-to-hour basis, it can be easy to miss how the midterm battleground has evolved since the beginning of the cycle.

The remark from President Donald Trump came out of nowhere as he was speaking at a defense manufacturing facility under a beaming sun in Baltimore on Tuesday.

A 2020 law intended to protect patients from “surprise” medical bills would get an overhaul under a bill introduced Thursday by Rep.

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Closure is still a ways off for most of those harmed by Camp Lejeune’s water, such as Lori Freshwater, who struggled with the decision to accept a settlement from the Department of Justice as compensation for her mother’s death.

Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., released a framework for artificial intelligence regulation Wednesday that includes a major role for the federal government in setting safety standards and testing models for catastrophic r…

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The White House has been unable to describe how it could ensure over $1 trillion President Donald Trump has promised American citizens in exchange for their midterm election votes would be spent in the United States.

A White House bid to address sky high fuel prices by allowing temporary expanded use of untaxed diesel will have a limited impact on businesses and consumers feeling the pain at the pump, experts say.

The endless fight over daylight saving time is back in the news after President Donald Trump urged the Senate to clear a House-passed bill to make it permanent.

President Donald Trump announced Monday night that taxpayers will no longer pick up the tab for political TV advertisements promoting himself and administration policies.

With just a month to go before the midterm elections, Roll Call politics reporter Mary Ellen McIntire talks about the most vulnerable Senate and House incumbents.

A major crypto industry PAC announced Monday it would donate $1 million each to six House candidates — three Republicans and three Democrats — as part of a spending effort that encompasses 32 campaigns.

A majority of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical Monday of an effort by Boulder, Colo., to hold major oil producers accountable in state courts for the harms caused by climate change.

Former President Barack Obama will headline a campaign rally in Detroit later this month, bringing some Democratic star power to a key battleground.

President Donald Trump, in a shift, has begun voicing some doubts about Republicans’ chances in the midterm elections as he heads to Nebraska Monday to rally for Sen.

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A key player in crafting and pushing bipartisan legislation aimed at building guardrails around college sports through the Senate said last week outreach to House members had begun.

With members largely in their districts to campaign in the final stretch before midterms, the House and Senate have transitioned to “pro forma” mode.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed confidence Sunday that Democrats would gain the majority by winning key swing districts in places such as Iowa, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New York and Arizona.

The Senate was only in town for a few days before recessing for the midterms, but what a week!

The Trump administration is now facing a bevy of federal lawsuits over its effort to claw back about $810 million in federal funding without Congress’ approval.

The Senate closed up shop Wednesday night to head home until after the midterm elections in November.

Jason Dick talks with Alex Gibney about his new film “Musk,” a documentary about Elon Musk, the world’s richest man.

Democrats are adding eight more House districts in deep-red terrain to their offensive target list, another sign of the party’s growing confidence that it will reclaim the House majority.