House Democratic leaders are placing an early emphasis on healthcare as they discuss their immediate priorities upon the swearing in of a new Congress on Jan. 3.

Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says he has been discharged from the hospital after suffering a stroke last weekend and will miss “several weeks” of votes in the Senate as he recovers in a rehabilitation facility.

Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett says he wants to replace Sen. Marsha Blackburn when she becomes governor in January.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is vowing that Democrats will not allow President Donald Trump to put “a right winger” on the Supreme Court once they take power, raising the possibility that his party could block a presidential nominee if there were a vacancy in the next two years.

Democrats won sweeping victories in the midterm elections, but the results did little to settle the debate over their party’s future.

Arabs around the world are celebrating Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's win of a U.S. Senate seat and delighting in his introduction of Arabic words and phrases to the American political lexicon.

Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed tells The Associated Press that voters have rejected a “hateful, spiteful campaign” after months of Republican attacks on his Muslim identity.

Just a handful of races for Senate and governor have not yet been called by The Associated Press as of noon Eastern time on Wednesday.

Brazil’s Senate has approved legislation that strengthens the government's power to fight criminal gangs.

At stake in this year's election was which party would control Congress.

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.

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Here’s where to find election results for Florida House and Senate races in the midterm election on Nov. 3, 2026.

Sen. Chris Murphy is in the hospital after having a stroke.

The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion, while federal officials confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent.

President Donald Trump rallied with Republican supporters in Florida on Friday while former President Bill Clinton spoke to Democrats just two states over in Mississippi.

President Donald Trump is signaling to states that his administration may be far less likely to help if their voters put Democrats in power on Election Day.

Cornell University faculty have voted against delaying a proposed no-confidence resolution in the university’s administration until an independent investigation into its handling of sexual assault allegations is completed.

Cornell University says it will review how it handled the co-ed housing assignment of a student who returned to campus after serving a suspension connected to an alleged gang rape at a fraternity house.

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico has decried a “corruption crisis” he says is plaguing the U.S. political system.

President Donald Trump campaigned in Mississippi as both parties made their closing arguments ahead of midterm elections in eight days.

The stakes for Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the Republican Party are enormous in this year's midterm elections.

Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffered minor injuries Saturday in a car crash while driving to a campaign stop, her campaign said.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is drawing big crowds as she campaigns for progressive Democrats before the Nov. 3 election.

President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia is drawing outrage and concern from members of Congress.

Democrats and aligned advocacy groups are hitting the airwaves with a flood of campaign ads on the Iran war as they seek to win back in the House and Senate.

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Chuck Schumer has won and lost Senate majorities since becoming Democratic leader a decade ago.

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's political group is facing a strong challenge from the opposition in the Czech Republic’s Senate elections.

The FBI has arrested an accused co-conspirator of the hacking group ShinyHunters.

Republicans are facing anxiety as they enter the final month of the midterm campaign.

The primary Senate Republican super PAC is sending reinforcements to South Carolina as President Donald Trump prepares to visit and boost Sen. Darline Graham.

A major cryptocurrency spending group is backing 32 House candidates from both parties ahead of the November midterms.

President Donald Trump is defending data centers powering AI projects during a campaign rally in Ohio.

Senate Republicans’ top campaign spending organization is pulling back in purple North Carolina and pouring money into red Kansas.

While over 200 new laws have already been approved in Florida this year, roughly a dozen just took effect on Thursday.

The Senate Republican campaign chairman said President Donald Trump’s team has assured senators “money will not be our problem” heading into the midterm elections.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Trump's third nominee for surgeon general, is moving closer to confirmation.

As Maine Republican Susan Collins seeks a sixth Senate term, some voters are bringing up her 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice.

Despite increasing political anxiety over Iran war, senators narrowly rejected a war powers resolution.

A Flagler County woman who was wrongfully arrested for a crash that she did not commit earlier this year will go before a Senate hearing on surveillance cameras Wednesday. Lindsey Isaacs, 23, will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism at 2:30 p.m.

Bolivia’s conservative government has won congressional backing for an international loan and moved to end diesel subsidies, risking political backlash.

Congress has struggled to pass major legislation this year, putting off debates on spending, defense, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit Michigan next week to campaign with Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate.

For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran.

Legislation to broadly regulate college sports has cleared a first major hurdle in the Senate.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has returned to the Senate after a long absence.

Proponents of the Protect College Sports Act are pushing to pass the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks.

DeSantis shared his thoughts after President Donald Trump pledged to potentially send every American adult $5,000 after the midterms — mainly, that he believes it’s a bad idea.

The House is expected to take up a punishing Russian sanctions package next week, though prospects of passage are uncertain despite the overwhelming support the bill received in the Senate.

President Donald Trump says he plans to give every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.

Florida Sen. Ashley Moody is pushing to bring the newly established United States Space Academy to the state's Space Coast, with plans to file legislation when the Senate returns to session.

Control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs with less than two months until Election Day.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has plunged further into an institutional crisis, as two of its best known justices are now requesting major sanctions against each other.

Brazil’s Senate has approved a bill to regulate the exploration of critical minerals, including rare earths, marking a step toward exploiting its vast reserves.

The House has passed a short-term measure to fund the federal government into early December.

Over 200 new Florida laws have been approved this year, though over a dozen are set to kick off early next month.

House lawmakers have returned to Washington with a short to-do list after five weeks back in their home districts.

Hours after Lindsey Graham's funeral last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told U.S. lawmakers his country needed the Russia sanctions bill they were considering, as a morale booster in the long war.

Two senators who are set to retire have embarked on a mission to save tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut in their benefits, starting in just six years.

Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola have advanced to November’s general election.

Early voting is wrapping up in Orange County, Seminole County, and across Central Florida, putting the focus on Election Day on Tuesday, Aug. 18, when voters will decide several major local and congressional races. In Orange County, one race that will be decided Tuesday is the contest for school board chair. Alicia Farrant and Angie Gallo are running for the seat currently held by Teresa Jacobs.

Democratic voters are turning out for this year’s primaries at levels not seen in more than 20 years.

Ten Republicans will compete in a special primary election Tuesday in South Carolina to replace the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on the state’s general election ballot.

The Protect College Sports Act failed to reach a vote during an all-night, pre-recess session in the Senate, though the bill did gain a spot on next month’s calendar after the chamber comes back from its summer break.

Senators have headed for the exits in the predawn hours without having met President Donald Trump’s push to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill.

The Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign season.

The Senate has approved a punishing Russian sanctions bill that was a top priority for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says he’s been discharged from a rehabilitation center and will continue his recovery from home.

A Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key senators have unveiled a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season.

The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences have agreed to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan measure out of what looked like a certain death spiral.

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President Donald Trump says he may withdraw and delay Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general until Republican senators who are seeking concessions from the top prosecutor leave office.

The Senate took the first steps toward passage of a sweeping Russian sanctions bill on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Capitol.

A reworked Senate bill aims to regulate college sports by more than doubling the money schools can share with players.

The Senate health committee has delayed a vote planned for Thursday on whether to advance the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The House has narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain.

Over 200 new laws were approved this year in Florida, though many other bills failed to pass the Legislature.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are walking a cautious election-year line on the Iran war as the future of the conflict seems increasingly uncertain and as polls show that most Americans oppose it.

The House has passed a defense policy bill that incorporates President Donald Trump’s request for a historic $1.15 trillion in spending for the Pentagon.

The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities.

Chile’s Congress has approved most of a major tax and economic overhaul promoted by President José Antonio Kast.

President Donald Trump is expected to rally in Oakland County on Monday as early voting begins in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary.

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Republicans on the House Budget Committee have advanced a $95 billion package for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump’s push for strict new voter ID requirements.

The twice-yearly changing of the clocks could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through.

There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way.

Senate Democrats have blocked a $1 trillion annual defense bill in protest of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

Lindsey Graham played a role in the Senate that won’t easily be filled.

Retiring Michigan Sen. Gary Peters is endorsing U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens to succeed him.

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.

Kentucky's governor has written an open letter to Mitch McConnell asking the Republican senator to disclose more about his condition.

Graham Platner's bid for Maine Senate may be all but over, but it's likely other candidates will find themselves on a similar path in the future.

Maryland lawmakers will meet for a special session next month to consider a constitutional amendment dealing with future congressional redistricting.

Senate Republican leaders have spoken to Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as he remains in the hospital.

Politico reports that a woman has accused Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault.

Staff for Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell has said that the senator is “continuing his recovery” in a hospital while the Senate is out of session.

Well over 200 new pieces of legislation have now been signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis so far this year.

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.