Nicholas Riccardi

Paul Barringer, the Democratic nominee running for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District, speaks with voters at a campaign event, Oct. 8, 2026, in Garner, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

This US House district was once a political battleground. Now it shows why Congress is dysfunctional

October 24, 2026 at 6:29 p.m.

In 2022, Democrat Wiley Nickel ran as a moderate and narrowly won North Carolina's13th Congressional District by about 9,000 votes. Two years later, the current congressman, Republican Brad Knott, ran...

Dan Sullivan, a former Chicagoan and candidate in Alaska's U.S. Senate race who shares a name with the incumbent seeking reelection, talks in front of a welcome sign near downtown Petersburg, Alaska, on July 3, 2026. (Becky Bohrer/AP)

President Donald Trump says he ordered the Justice Department’s lawsuit over Alaska’s US Senate race

October 23, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses the contest while another candidate, a former Chicagoan...

FILE – Former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., stands in a group photo with members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1177 on July 9, 2026, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Kendall Warner, File)

With anger spreading over Iran war, Democrats hope to flip Republican seats with veterans’ help

October 15, 2026 at 8:51 a.m.

Democrats are counting on an unpopular war with Iran and upheaval in the armed forces to put more seats in play as the party pushes for control of the U.S....

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., takes questions during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What to know about the search of Democratic US Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home

October 12, 2026 at 5:54 p.m.

What to know about the search of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C. home on Monday, three weeks before she stands for reelection in her congressional district in Minnesota.

FILE – Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Second federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in

September 14, 2026 at 6:10 a.m.

A federal judge late Sunday ordered that the U.S. Postal Service not implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail balloting.

A large box of pre-assembled mail-in ballots at the Wake County Board of Elections on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms

September 4, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms.

Delivery vans are parked during a protest staged as part of a countrywide National Day of Action Tuesday, July 28, 2026, outside the main United States Postal Service headquarters in northeast Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

President Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming

September 4, 2026 at 6:27 a.m.

The Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to allow it to move ahead with restrictions on mail ballots before the midterm elections in November.

Federal judge considers whether to extend ban against US Postal Service mail voting changes

September 3, 2026 at 9:43 a.m.

A federal judge in Boston said Thursday the U.S. Postal Service has told her nothing about how it would implement a plan to regulate mail ballots for the midterms as...

Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends

September 1, 2026 at 6:07 p.m.

The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-third of all voters, according...

An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Nothing changes yet with the Supreme Court’s order on elections. But it could open door to ‘chaos’.

August 25, 2026 at 7:23 a.m.

The Supreme Court’s decision giving preliminary approval for President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail voting may not lead to a single election procedure changing during the November midterms, but it...

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