Senate Republicans are returning to Washington with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally of President Donald Trump.

As Democrats scramble to contain a political disaster in Maine, the Republicans on the front lines of the GOP’s fight to hold the U.S. Senate majority are breathing a sigh of relief.

President Donald Trump has reshaped the U.S. Senate map by sidelining some Republican incumbents and promoting loyalists.

President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress.

The Supreme Court has erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that's more than 50 years old.

It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the world again awaits another round of some sort of talks as President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree over what and even how they’ll communicate.

Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home.

Colorado voters won't get to decide this November on whether to change the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow has won Louisiana’s Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections.

The House has given final approval to a broad bipartisan bill aimed at lowering the cost of housing, with lawmakers in both parties eager to show progress on affordability issues ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

Republican senators say they hope that a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump is about unity, not disagreement.

The Senate has passed a bipartisan housing bill that aims to bring down home prices and increase supply.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore seeks the Democratic nomination for a second term in Tuesday’s primary for federal, state and local offices.

The question hangs in the halls at the Capitol: Was the war with Iran worth it.

The relationship between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans seems to be nearing a breaking point.

Democrat Hannah Pingree and Republican Bobby Charles will compete to become Maine’s next governor.

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran.

President Donald Trump is trying to stop the confirmation process for his own nominee to head the nation’s intelligence agencies.

President Donald Trump’s preferred candidates are having mixed results in Tuesday’s primaries, securing the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma but not for Georgia governor.

Georgia Republicans delivered a split decision for Donald Trump in Tuesday runoffs.

An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries.

Republicans on Capitol Hill say they need more information about the agreement between the United States and Iran announced Sunday by President Donald Trump.

Alabama voters will return to the polls Tuesday to pick a Republican nominee for an open U.S. Senate seat.

Georgia Republicans return to the polls Tuesday to pick nominees for U.S. Senate and governor in a state primary runoff election.

A key surveillance tool seen as vital in preventing terror attacks and catching foreign spies is set to expire after congressional efforts to temporarily extend it failed in bipartisan fashion.

Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan’s opposition leader as she travels to Washington this week.

The Florida Supreme Court will not step into a lawsuit challenging the state’s newly drawn congressional districts, the court said Wednesday.

The Florida Supreme Court has allowed the use of a new U.S. House map drawn by Republicans in the midterm elections.

A lapse in a law that allows the U.S. to gather intelligence abroad has grown more likely as President Donald Trump is resisting calls from Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill to immediately name a permanent director of national intelligence.

The Pentagon’s recent revision to its list of Christian religions has reignited a long-standing debate about whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a Christian denomination.

House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office.

A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is wading into more than a dozen House and Senate contests across the country.

Senators are warning that a key U.S. surveillance authority could expire this week after bipartisan opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence community derailed an extension effort.

Maine voters will choose nominees for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor in a state primary on Tuesday.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo will face six Republican challengers in a state primary on Tuesday, while state Attorney General Aaron Ford, Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill and four others will compete for the Democratic nomination to reclaim the seat in November.

South Carolina voters will choose nominees for governor and other state and federal offices in a primary election on Tuesday.

North Dakota’s Republican congresswoman Julie Fedorchak faces a partial rematch of her 2024 nomination race in a state primary on Tuesday.

A national redistricting battle is about to enter a new phase.

The Senate has passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies, sending it to the House.

The House has passed a bill to aid Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy.

One of three remaining criminal cases stemming from efforts by President Donald Trump’s supporters to overturn the 2020 election appears headed back to a grand jury in Arizona.

Senate Republicans are working toward passage of legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies.

Republicans have won a partisan redistricting battle for Congress.

The two biggest conferences in college sports say they do not support the current version of a bipartisan bill designed to regulate an industry struggling for answers in a quickly changing era in which some players make millions.

President Donald Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said Monday.

A standoff between the White House and the Senate remains unresolved as Republicans return to Washington after defiantly leaving town 10 days ago without passing legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies.

The many candidates running for California governor rushed to deliver their closing arguments to voters in the race’s final days before the June 2 primary.

Louisiana lawmakers have passed a new congressional map to pick up a Republican seat while leaving the state with one of its two majority-Black House districts.

Democrats gathering this weekend in South Carolina are feeling jubilant following the failure of a GOP-led effort to redraw House district lines more favorably to Republicans.

A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, the latest sign that spiking gas prices and higher food costs are squeezing Americans’ finances.

Texas Democrat James Talarico has launched his general election campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Alabama is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to use a congressional map favoring Republicans in this year’s elections, despite a lower court's ruling the map intentionally discriminates against Black people.

The South Carolina Senate has rejected President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts in hopes Republicans could gain an extra seat.

Federal judges have temporarily blocked Alabama’s plan to use new congressional districts that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the midterm elections.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

Texas voters will pick a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff election on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump’s emerging deal to end the Iran war is drawing heavy criticism from some fellow Republicans.

Democrats are poised to finish several seats behind Republicans in 2026 in the nationwide race to redraw maps for the U.S. House.

A bipartisan group of senators is pushing back on delays by the Department of Defense in sending roughly $600 million in security aid to Ukraine and other allies in eastern Europe.

President Donald Trump has begun testing his midterm message, focusing on the economy.

The House has rejected a proposal for a new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall.

Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says he is suspending his campaign for Michigan governor, citing an increasingly “toxic” political climate due to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran and skyrocketing gas prices.

Republicans are struggling to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran.

Senate Republicans have departed Washington for the Memorial Day recess without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies.

While Florida voters weren’t casting ballots Tuesday night, the results from primary elections across several states are still reverberating through Tallahassee. On this week’s episode of Politically Motivated, the focus turned to what analysts are calling the continued “Trump Effect” — the growing influence of President Donald Trump’s endorsements and how loyalty to the president is increasingly shaping Republican politics nationwide.

A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the president’s new ballroom is facing growing opposition from Republicans ahead of an expected vote this week.

The Senate has advanced legislation that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war.

The South Carolina House has endorsed a plan to redraw its congressional districts to favor Republicans at the urging of President Donald Trump.

Rep. Mike Collins and Derek Dooley will compete for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in a June 16 runoff, as neither received at least 50% of the vote in Tuesday’s primary to win outright.

Oregon voters have rejected a gas tax increase passed last year by Democratic lawmakers.

Alabama voters will choose nominees for U.S. Senate, governor and a full slate of state and local offices.

Pennsylvania Democrats will pick nominees to unseat a trio of vulnerable Republican members of Congress in a state primary on Tuesday.

The South Carolina House is debating legislation that could redraw congressional districts to help Republicans possibly win an additional seat in the November elections.

The 2020 election continues to haunt Georgia's political landscape, especially in the Republican primary for secretary of state.

New U.S. House districts in Florida are facing their first test in court.

State senators in Louisiana have passed a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous one.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight.

Senate Republicans have again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran.

Republican senators in Louisiana have advanced a plan to eliminate one of two majority-Black U.S. House districts for this year's elections.

Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats' efforts to reverse Trump-era changes to consumer protection laws.

Republican senators say they need more details on a $1 billion security proposal for the White House, including a proposed $220 million to secure President Donald Trump’s new East Wing ballroom.

The U.S. Supreme Court has set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections.

Senate Republicans say they will move forward with a proposal to give the Secret Service up to $1 billion for security upgrades to Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.

A referendum on Oregon's primary ballot seeking to repeal a Democratic gas tax increase is complicating the affordability message central to the party's midterm election strategy.

Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new U.S. House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections.

Tennessee has enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis.

Republicans are rapidly pursuing redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts.

Senate Republicans are pushing $1 billion in White House security upgrades for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project.

Ohio's primary election set up two marquee matchups in November.

Republicans have gained an advantage in a national congressional redistricting battle among states ahead of the midterm elections.

President Donald Trump is waging a retribution campaign against some fellow Republicans in the primary in Indiana.

The U.S. Supreme Court has escalated a nationwide redistricting war by removing one of the few remaining limits on partisan gerrymandering.

Lawmakers in several southern states are meeting this week to consider redistricting plans in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act.

Democrat Amy Acton is running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, but she'll face some steep challenges in the November general election.

The redrawn congressional district lines that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon sign into law are intended to help Republicans pick up as many as four U.S. House seats in November — a scenario that would cost some Democrats their seats.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country.

The Republican-controlled House gave approval to a three-year extension of a key U.S. surveillance program after weeks of infighting.

Republicans have scored another victory in the nationwide redistricting battle.

Senate Republicans have rejected legislation from Democrats that would have required President Donald Trump to end the U.S. energy blockade on Cuba unless he receives approval from Congress.