Threats against public officials have persisted in the year since the first assassination attempt of President Trump, as experts in political violence warn the upward trend shows no sign of ...

GOP centrists are stepping aside ahead of the 2026 elections, underscoring the rising cost of bipartisanship in a polarized ...

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) is considering making a run for U.S. Senate in an effort to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff ...

Voters, not the Supreme Court, should decide if elections are for sale Even if money is speech, that doesn’t make it good for democracy.

Voters in southeast Washington, D.C., will fill a vacant city council seat Tuesday in a special election to replace former ...

Prominent MAGA movement voices are calling out Trump's policy contradictions as Republicans prepare for a bumpy midterm ...

Late last month, Ratcliffe publicly released a “tradecraft review” of the intelligence community’s assessment in 2016, during ...

Voters in Ward 8 are heading to the polls for a special election to fill an empty seat on the D.C. Council. That empty seat came after the Council voted to remove member Trayon White, who was indicted ...

During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump was asked about the New York City mayor’s race. Mamdani won the Democratic primary ...

Incumbent Ken Johnson faces challengers Bob Garretson and John Richard Allen, with waterfront access and housing development ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was considering taking over governance of Washington, D.C., ...

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