The Republican, who was sent to prison in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to the allegations, died over the weekend Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House speaker, died over the weekend, a coroner said Monday. He was 84. Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007, died of natural

Efforts to consolidate the Black vote here were frustrated, handing the Democratic nomination to a white party insider A major plot line of the hyper-partisan, mid-decade redistricting arms races – launched at the urging of Donald Trump – has been the elimination of traditionally Black congressi

Bobby Pulido has a strategy: show up at the 15th birthday parties that are a rite of passage in the Texas borderlands – and flip a key House district for Democrats It took all of two minutes for Bobby Pulido’s electoral stealth weapon to come into play. The Tejano music star turned Democratic co

Congress members say pricing practices at 7-Eleven and Circle K stores underscore everyday Americans’ affordability struggles Five US House members have called out pricing practices at the US’s two largest convenience store chains in response to an investigation by the Guardian . The Guardian fo

These graphics explain what the Democrats would need to do to flip the Senate and House of Representatives A turning point in Donald Trump’s second term will soon arrive. On 3 November, voters across the US will decide whether to keep the president’s Republican allies in control of Congress, or

House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for president’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’ The Trump administration is facing growing questions over whether it illegally used taxpayer money to air television ads promoting Donald Trump five weeks before the US midterm

Republicans supported legislation although Democrats said it wouldn’t effectively address energy consumption Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked legislation intended to offset the impact of datacenters on consumer electricity bills, calling it a “toothless” attempt to address a top voter con

Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022 The US Senate on Tuesday evening rejected along mostly party lines a Democratic resolution that would have forced the state department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied Wes

Court puts end to long-running legal dispute as it rules Republican-friendly map cannot be used in November The supreme court on Friday turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by Donald Trump, putting an end to a long-running legal dispute as absentee voting is under wa

Alaska Democratic nominee in pivotal Senate race ‘struggled to deal with her grief’ after death of husband and mother, spokesperson said Mary Peltola’s campaign on Thursday downplayed a report that the Democratic nominee in Alaska’s pivotal Senate race shoved a staffer and used slurs, saying