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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), right, speaks as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), left, listens during a news conference.

Who will be the next congressional party leaders?

Emily Hallas · November 6, 2026 5:13 pm

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles steps off Marine One as President Donald Trump, foreground left, walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Oct. 30, 2026.

The inside story of Trump’s election night fury and Susie Wiles’s frantic battle to survive

President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a tour of White House Ballroom construction at the White House.

WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at aerospace summit at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, left, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

MAHA activists celebrate replacement of Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff

Election 2026 Congress

Jeffries says Stephen Miller ‘should be eradicated like a malignant tumor’ after White House promotion

Federal agents walk down a street, faces concealed, while conducting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

ICE bought nonlethal shock gloves for officers. Democrats still are not pleased

Anna Giaritelli August 16, 2026 6:00 am

Incumbent Dan S. Sullivan, left; Dan J. Sullivan, right.

Alaska primary: What to know before Tuesday’s election

Rena Rowe August 16, 2026 6:00 am

A portrait of George Washington is displayed on a stack of U.S. $1 bills in Dallas.

Second round of August Social Security payments goes out in three days

Britta Miller August 16, 2026 6:00 am

Firearms and suppressors are displayed at SHOT Show, the annual trade show for the gun industry.

DOJ lets Texas gun ruling take effect, leaving Second Amendment activists hopeful and anxious

Kaelan Deese August 16, 2026 5:00 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Johnson launches website to teach young voters about socialism and communism ahead of midterm elections

Carter Schroppe August 15, 2026 11:06 pm

A man riding a motorbike on Aug. 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

UAE says Iran attacked vessel in Strait of Hormuz for third time this week

Carter Schroppe August 15, 2026 7:54 pm

FILE - Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 19, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

Ro Khanna vows to bring investigations if Democrats win 2026 elections amid 2028 rumors

Molly Parks August 15, 2026 4:43 pm

A No Kings march in Midtown Manhattan denouncing President Donald Trump.

Tiana Lowe Doescher says progressive Democrats are out of touch with everyday Americans: ‘So divorced’

Emily Danner August 15, 2026 4:29 pm

Rescuers search for victims at a damaged building following an earthquake in Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.

At least 47 dead as a 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia

Christine Valora August 15, 2026 3:59 pm

Anthony Fauci

Fauci declines to appear before a second Senate panel after contempt vote

Molly Parks August 15, 2026 3:06 pm

Ken Martin

DNC approves 2028 primary schedule, gives South Carolina the first spot

Mabinty Quarshie August 15, 2026 2:36 pm

FILE - Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrado attends the welcoming ceremony for Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso at the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. ( AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Son of former Mexican president appeals to Trump after visa revoked

Molly Parks August 15, 2026 1:35 pm