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Mary Peltola, a Democrat running for the Senate seat in Alaska, addresses supporters at an election watch party

Peltola again claims victory in Alaska Senate race as vote count drags on

Claire Carter · November 14, 2026 10:43 am

California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, right, stands on stage with Gov. Gavin Newsom during a campaign event on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)

How do Gavin Newsom and Xavier Becerra differ on certain issues?

Gov.-elect David Crowley (D-WI) and Lieutenant Gov.-elect Sarah Godlewski (D-WI) celebrate their win on Nov. 3 at an Election Night event in Milwaukee; Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras holds the MVP trophy after the team won the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Oct. 28. (Nam Y. Huh/AP; Ashley Landis/AP)

From Democrats’ midterm romp to the MLB, many victors come out of the blue

California Gov. Gavin Newsom points a finger in the air as he speaks with an American flag behind him.

Newsom’s 2028 announcement puts Democrats on notice, but rivals aren’t rushing to follow

Pundit Predictions

Richard Fowler wins Washington Examiner election contest

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves as he leaves the stage after a town hall meeting with Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, examining economic justice 50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther Kin Jr., Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Jackson, Miss.

Democrats test how far to the Left they can go

W. James Antle III May 18, 2018 12:00 am

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Albuquerque, N.M.

How Democrats could bungle the enthusiasm gap in 2018

Emily Jashinsky May 17, 2018 5:50 pm

The silhouette of Robert Mueller, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, is seen as he leaves the U.S. Capitol Building following a meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted.

Robert Mueller gives judge in Paul Manafort case classified memo outlining scope of Russia investigation

Kelly Cohen May 17, 2018 4:13 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., tells reporters that the work of special counsel Robert Mueller must continue as President Trump suggests firing him while investigating potential ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign.

Nancy Pelosi defends intervention in California primaries to prevent Democratic lockout

Laura Barrón-López May 17, 2018 3:58 pm

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, a staunch conservative, acknowledged that he has differences with Trump, but indicated that he thought he could work with him on his priorities.

Jeb Hensarling says he won’t seek Trump nomination, will return to Texas

Joseph Lawler May 17, 2018 2:25 pm

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, arrives for a news conference with GOP leaders to push his newly-crafted farm bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. The House plans to debate a long list of amendments on the controversial legislation today with House Republicans favoring a plan to strengthen work requirements for food stamps, and Democrats saying that would hurt the poor.

‘We got it right’ when we cleared Trump of collusion, says lead House Republican

Susan Ferrechio May 16, 2018 8:59 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren questions why Equifax did not disclose an investigation into insider-trading claims involving an executive indicted this week when it announced, last fall, that four others had been cleared.

Elizabeth Warren sends $175,000 to Democratic groups working to retake state legislatures

Laura Barrón-López May 15, 2018 9:06 pm

Sally Yates, Amy Klobuchar say rule of law has eroded under Trump

Laura Barrón-López May 15, 2018 11:06 am

The Mueller investigation, probably only half-finished, already has produced 22 indictments and four guilty pleas, most of them based in no way on Steele's dossier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Company charged by Robert Mueller says his goal is to ‘indict a Russian — any Russian’

Kelly Cohen May 14, 2018 8:14 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. A spokesman for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 that the agency is investigating after Sanford's niece's foot was apparently injured in an incident involving the congressman. An incident report said it happened on June 18, 2016 on a dock at the Sanford family farm near Beaufort, S.C.

New ad assumes voters still care about Mark Sanford’s mistress in age of Trump

Philip Wegmann May 14, 2018 7:38 pm

This is a screenshot from a Mother's Day advertisement by anti-Trump group Nextgen America, funded by billionaire Tom Steyer.

New ad urges mothers to warn kids about the GOP

Robert King May 12, 2018 3:22 pm

The money is the means of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump

Tom Rogan May 11, 2018 8:46 pm