1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (780+ words) Eight years ago, a blue wave swept dozens of Democrats into Congress, making them heroes of the resistance to President Donald Trump. But as quickly as tides roll in, they roll back out. It’s been a decidedly mixed bag since…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (16+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) — Victor Mellor wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (410+ words) “This bizarre Republican midterm convention here can’t paper over the fact that Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 presidential contender, said Wednesday morning. Trump organized the two-day gathering in an attempt to…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (368+ words) Maryland’s highest court heard arguments Wednesday morning over whether a long-shot candidate for county executive in Prince George’s County should be on the ballot this fall. Tonya Sweat is running as an unaffiliated candidate. Last month, the county’s board of…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (13+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) — John Sununu wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire....

6+ day, 23+ min ago   (837+ words) Voters will also select nominees for U.S. House, governor and other state offices. The race to replace retiring two-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is one of a handful across the country that could determine control of the U.S. Senate for the second…...

6+ day, 38+ min ago   (601+ words) McKee was elected governor by a wide margin in 2022 after first assuming the role in March 2021 when then-Gov. Gina Raimondo stepped down to become U.S. commerce secretary. He now is at risk of becoming the nation’s first elected governor since 2014 to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (365+ words) Sheryl Williams Stapleton changed her plea during a hearing Friday, just three weeks after a federal jury convicted her of dozens of similar charges stemming from what prosecutors described as a yearslong scheme. State prosecutors filed money laundering, racketeering and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (398+ words) Voters’ dim views of the economy and the war in Iran have put Republicans in a tough spot as the midterm election season enters its final stretch. But during a dinner in the Rose Garden, one of the spaces he…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (774+ words) A censure registers the House’s deep disapproval of a lawmaker’s conduct that does not meet the threshold for expulsion from office. The 413-2 vote was just the latest instance of the House grappling with revelations about lawmakers’ behavior toward female staffers,…...