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Mary Peltola, the Democrat most likely to win a red-state Senate seat this year, is largely unknown outside her home state. That’s not a coincidence.

There is no guesswork when it comes to President Donald Trump's objectives with Iran, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

Ben McAdams, a moderate former congressman, faces a handful of left-wing opponents in a rare opportunity for a Democrat to win in a Republican state.

A plurality of Americans believe betting on election outcomes should be illegal, The POLITICO Poll finds.

Current and former officials say the acting director of national intelligence is planning to announce major cuts to his office as early as Monday.

The reliably Republican state has its first blue-leaning seat and Utah Democrats are excited for the pickup opportunity. First, they just have to make it through the competitive primary.

Former President Joe Biden is in an uphill battle to try to stop the Justice Department from sharing recordings it collected of him speaking to his ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017, during which his speech and memory faltered.

Mayor says ‘violence has no place in our city’ as president criticizes governor for not accepting national guard troops...

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Donald Trump has long avoided political damage for his own party from repeated allegations of graft and conflicts of interest. In this year’s midterm elections, Democrats are betting that they can finally exact a price.

How the Democratic Socialists of America became the country’s fastest-growing political force.

Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado said he's worried that "Americans are at risk" with Bill Pulte serving as the top intelligence chief.

Ritchie Torres, the only Democrat boosted by cash from the conservative Fellowship PAC, has no serious competition in his House race.

The retired politician speaks frankly about the Democratic Party, the threat of Trumpian authoritarianism, and the “failure” in Iran.

The president said the officials "would not have a country" if they closed the Strait of Hormuz...

Macky Sall supports President Donald Trump’s push to reform the UN and wants to, as Trump and his team say, “Make the UN Great Again.”...

Trump's foreign policy has been a disaster. There could be an upside: A more realistic role for US in the world...

The president admires Andrew Jackson’s will, but he needs more of Adams’s approach to diplomacy.

Some of the president’s strongest supporters are hurting as midterm elections approach.

The president’s promises to improve a national monument have ended with algae, arrests, accusations of sabotage—and a likely draining.

President Trump's numbers are falling, as many Americans harbor concerns about the economy. His approval now stands at 36% — according to the latest NPR/ PBS News/Marist Poll — a new low.

US president also claims vandals have been arrested, as Washington attraction sees algae bloom and peeling paint...

A bill winding its way through Sacramento right now would make some of the biggest changes in decades to the California Public Records Act — the 58-year-old state law that guarantees everyone has access to government documents and data.

Ohio's Governor says that his state should end the death penalty. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, about why he changed his mind on a practice he once supported.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, faults the two schools’ probes and asks for their records.

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Several of Ukraine’s top officials said they would return Polish state awards after the President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country’s highest state honor, deepening a row over the commemoration of controversial World War II fighters.

President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.

President Donald Trump’s name has been removed from the facade of the Kennedy Center, but inside the renowned performing arts venue, a difficult financial picture is forcing tough choices.

Democratic-led states are racing to safeguard November’s midterm elections against potential interference from the Trump administration and its allies, passing new laws that restrict the presence of law enforcement at polling places or seek to thwart the federal government’s efforts to obtain sensit...

Trump unveiled the new Air Force One, a day after one of the two Boeing 747-200s used by presidents for nearly the last four decades completed its final trip.

An unstoppable democratic-socialist force meets an immovable progressive object in the primary for New York’s Seventh Congressional District, Naaman Zhou writes.

Darializa Avila Chevalier's campaign instructed voters to "Vote early and keep your sticker!" to receive a free cup of ice cream.

The arts center says it pulled President Trump’s name from the building front. But the result remains hidden by tarps, prompting questions and speculation.

Though he’s navigating a tricky assignment, the vice president has been in good spirits and relishing a media blitz that has included “The View” and the White House briefing room.

The Ninth Circuit panel cited a recent Supreme Court emergency docket ruling to give California parents a win over the state's policy.

The independent poll shows her trailing with 6 percent support among likely Democratic primary voters.

Republican Senators Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis, Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton have been critical of the 14-point memorandum of understanding signed on Wednesday.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan about the fight over the confirmation of a new national intelligence director, the renewal of spy tools and election integrity.

The president reportedly asked a private dinner guest to compare the two while they sat at the same table.

Lawmakers say FISA 702 renewal is back to square one after Trump's eleventh-hour decision blew up the Senate process days after a foiled terror plot.

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds a record low share of Americans approve of President Trump's job performance and his handling of the economy heading into the summer before a key midterm election.

Democrat Jamie Raskin seeks ‘comprehensive accounting’ and requests interview with outgoing Bard president...

President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a copy of the US-Iran agreement that aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war. Follow for live updates.

The Federal Trade Commission and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health on Wednesday, in the latest push by President Donald Trump’s administration and others to limit transgender care for minors.

Swing voters from Wisconsin share their thoughts on the Iran war, high prices and how they're feeling about America at its 250th year marker.

President Trump denied that the United States would be part of a $300 billion rebuilding fund for Iran and argued that his agreement was better than the one Barack Obama struck in 2015.

Trump's ballroom cost estimates reportedly skyrocketed to $600 million, with about half potentially coming from taxpayer-funded sources overall.

It’s not all about Trump. Democrats were less proud of the country than Republicans were even when Obama and Biden were president.

One Democratic strategist told Newsweek the investigation could be "rocket fuel for fundraising and earned media" for Newsom.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is set to consider the nomination of Jay Clayton to be the next director of national security.

Representative Mike Collins defeats former college football coach Derek Dooley, while Rick Jackson selected as governor pick...

No matter who takes over as the District's next mayor and delegate, they're on a collision course with President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump finally got the best of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in one Georgia Republican race on Tuesday — but voters rejected both of them in another.

Then on Sunday, the president decided to endorse him for Senate anyway.

Jackson spent over $100 million of his personal wealth to beat back the GOP establishment. It worked.

The president’s top goons are locked in a bitter behind-the-scenes battle.

The Senate narrowly rejected a war powers resolution on Iran as President Trump touts a framework agreement with Tehran to end the monthslong conflict.

Voting officials worry that the Department of Homeland Security will not be a partner helping to secure elections, but rather a threat seeking to undermine results that President Trump dislikes.

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins says the SPLC inspired the 2012 shooting at his workplace, as the nonprofit now faces a federal indictment.

Live election results: Get the latest on U.S. delegate and mayoral primary races in Washington, D.C.

Critics said the FBI raid smacked of desperation by the Trump administration just ahead of the midterms...

President Donald Trump arrives in France on Monday for the summit of leading industrialized nations, where the wars in Ukraine and Iran will top the agenda.

California governor says Trump is ‘coming after me because I am considering running for president’...

Politically and spiritually, the vice president has been on a journey.

President Donald Trump made a bargain with the American people: The Iran war will deliver lasting security gains in exchange for temporary financial pains.

The president’s South Lawn fight lacks the ambition of ancient Rome.

The most visible spokesperson for the families of Israeli hostages in Gaza discusses her memoir, “When We See You Again,” and the unending pain of her son’s captivity and murder.

Iran has demonstrated its ability to hold out, sometimes for years, for what it wants, while the U.S., with its two- and four-year election cycles, has limited patience.

In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time.

Subtraction, not addition, is emerging as the central threat to Republicans in the 2026 election.

Here's what new analysis from Public First reveals about the ways British and American voters respond to their frustration with politicians.

Four candidates running in a historically Black district risk dividing the Black vote and losing to Ms. Wasserman Schultz, who is white.

Anti-Trump 'No Kings' coalition organizes nationwide watch parties and a Jane Fonda concert as counterprogramming to White House UFC Freedom 250 event.

The monument excites reverence for the Declaration of Independence. Of course it is threatening to a president who doesn’t share its egalitarian vision...

The president’s popularity is plummeting, but prices aren’t.

Decades before Covid-19 appeared, AIDS tore through the US, but there was little help for the most vulnerable communities.

President Donald Trump announced that a deal with Iran will be signed on Sunday, ahead of his departure for the G7 in France.

James McDonald, one of the president’s personal lawyers, would replace Jay Clayton, who has been nominated as national intelligence director.

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President Donald Trump will meet with US partners in the Middle East at the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in France, underscoring the outsized role the war in Iran continues to play as European allies grapple with the global economic fallout.