It’s crunch time on the campaign trail, and the president, vice president, congressional leaders and no shortage of other surrogates are out in force, trying to rally supporters to get out the vote.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat likely to become speaker if his party wins the majority, campaigned in New Jersey, ...Read more

Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or dictatorship in history.” More than 20 years later, a major media merger is bringing his warning back into focus.

Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in October 2026 ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Republican incumbent Manny Ramirez says economic strains and high costs of living are top of mind for Hispanic voters that he’s hearing from as he bids for reelection to a Northwest Tarrant County commissioners court seat.

“You can’t turn around or go to the gas station without noticing the prices are way too high,�...Read more

Sometimes it’s the humble actions that matter, which is a lesson for our dangerous time. For years, I’ve volunteered to get out the vote for my preferred candidates. In one election, knocking on doors in a Seattle neighborhood, I spoke with three people who supported my candidate for governor but wouldn’t have voted had I not contacted ...Read more

In rural Modoc County, in California's remote northeast corner, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton donned a beige cowboy hat and climbed atop a horse.

Riding through a grassy field, with his dress shoes in the stirrups, Hilton lamented to a camera that California was "completely being ruined by killjoy bureaucrats" who put too many...Read more

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home on Monday.

Homeland Security Investigations agents conducted the search. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the raid was “part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation,” but provided no further details.

President Donald Trump remained silent on the raid ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — With just a few weeks to go before Election Day, opponents of expanding Idahoans’ access to abortion are turning up the heat.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Thursday donated $1 million to the campaign against Proposition 1, a citizens initiative on the November ballot that would expand abortion access. The...Read more

France is calling for a credible electoral process in Haiti after the country’s transitional authorities eliminated requirements that made it more difficult for individuals under sanctions from the European Union, Canada and the United States, as well as people who owe money to the government, to seek office.

Under the previous rules, ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday defended U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall’s history of suing patients over unpaid medical bills as Marshall tries to withstand a stormy reelection bid.

Trump, in a wide-ranging social media post, made the bold assertion that the former longtime rural OB-GYN could have been arrested if he had not taken more than 700 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said his administration was scrutinizing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle following allegations of unethical conduct and reports that he was considering removing her from the post.

“Well, we’re looking at it. Yeah, we’re not happy,” Trump told reporters on Monday when asked if he would ...Read more

DENVER — As she runs for reelection to a third term in Congress, Democratic U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen is keeping the focus on President Donald Trump to help carry her and her party to victory in November.

Pettersen, who has represented Colorado’s 7th Congressional District since 2023, said the first order of business for Democrats, ...Read more

Minnesota elected officials fell along party lines in their reactions to a federal search at U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., residence, with her Democratic colleagues decrying the criminal investigation as politically motivated and some Republicans coming to the defense of the Trump administration.

While top Democratic officials and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s deal with Moscow on its diesel exports and his praise for Vladimir Putin are just the latest in a string of Russia-related news that has sparked public criticisms from Republicans weeks ahead of a midterm election that increasingly favors Democrats.

Trump has said he is working with the Russian ...Read more

European officials warned that President Donald Trump’s deal to increase Russia’s diesel sales will boost Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, pressing for more U.S. sanctions instead.

“We would call on U.S. to put the sanctions in place so that actually we could finish this war, so that all the effects of these attacks on refineries would ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Private businesses risk an onslaught of congressional investigations if Democrats prevail in midterm elections as the opposition party prepares to concentrate sweeping oversight powers on allegations of Trump administration corruption and public anger over the cost of living.

Companies including Amazon.com Inc. and Nvidia Corp. ...Read more

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home Monday.

Homeland Security Investigations agents conducted the search, according to The Associated Press and Fox News. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the raid was “part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation,” but provided no further details.

In her...Read more

A wave of anti-transgender legislation has appeared in statehouses across the country over the past few years. Now, transgender issues are a recurring topic on the 2026 midterm campaign trail.

As a scholar of LGBTQ+ politics and history, I’ve noticed surprising trends in how Democrats in key states like Texas and Ohio talk about ...Read more

More than 119 million Brazilians voted on Oct. 4, 2026, in the national elections to select the country’s next president and the governors of all 27 states, among other government officials.

That’s nearly 75% of the approximately 159 million eligible voters. Unlike in the U.S., voting is mandatory in Brazil for all citizens ...Read more

VANCOUVER, Clark County — Ruby Mushkin leaned back in a lawn chair and looked out over the Columbia River. She had plenty to say about U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, the Democrat facing Republican state Sen. John Braun in one of the country's tightest House races.

“She has not been representing the way I would like, said Mushkin, 54, ...Read more

A federal judge in New York ordered the Trump administration to stop for now running taxpayer-funded television ads lauding the president and to halt any payments of public money related to airing them as legal challenges move ahead.

The order from U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon on Sunday night will last 14 days as she decides whether to ...Read more