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WASHINGTON — A House inquiry into the Capitol insurrection helped focus voters’ attention before the midterms on the risk that election deniers posed to democracy, potentially tipping key races away from GOP candidates backed by Donald Trump.

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have been on a collision course from the start

Ad spending by Democrats on abortion-related messaging took off after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, Republican spending on crime ads tripled in September.

LOS ANGELES — In a competitive Los Angeles-area congressional district, the campaign playbooks are well-defined. Republican Rep. Mike Garcia is relying on voter discontent about the economy. His Democratic challenger, Christy Smith, wants abortion rights to be top of mind.

Democrats believe a brewing backlash after June ruling will reshape the battle for control of Congress and statehouses this fall

WASHINGTON — At a moment when American democracy looks increasingly vulnerable, President Joe Biden and Democrats pointed to their third landmark bill as evidence that American government is working once again.

Mr Walker’s ex-wife, Cindy Grossman, said the former football star once put a pistol to her head and threatened to pull the trigger

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Donald Trump’s administration officials, White House aides and supporters in Congress gathered in a downtown D.C. hotel last month to lavish praise on the former president at a policy summit put on by a think tank promoting his agenda.

Political divides in the U.S. seem deeper than ever, but one of the few shared sentiments right now from voters of all stripes is the desire for something different

Democrats are worried that President Joe Biden is old, but the Jan. 6 hearings are showing that former president Donald Trump is stale.

PITTSBURGH — A political committee with connections to the Never Trump movement and to a high-profile neoconservative, will dip into Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race, "playing heavily" — its political director said — to convince college-educated suburban voters to buck Republican Doug Mastriano.