A former top aide to Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is publicly warning Maine voters that the party may be on the verge of nominating a deeply flawed candidate against Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Genevieve McDonald, who served as Platner’s political director early in his campaign, laid out her

South Carolina Republicans head to the polls Tuesday in a closely watched U.S. Senate primary that has drawn national attention as the GOP works to protect its Senate majority ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Incumbent Sen. Lindsey Graham enters the final stretch with the endorsement of President Donald

A federal judge in Virginia ordered former CIA officer David Rush held without bail Friday after prosecutors accused him of building a long career inside the intelligence world on alleged deception, fabricated credentials, and false claims. U.S. District Judge William Fitzpatrick ruled that Rush, 49, posed a serious flight

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday targeting illegal immigrants accused of defrauding taxpayer-funded welfare programs, approving the measure despite opposition from most Democrats. Lawmakers voted 231-186 to pass the Deporting Fraudsters Act, with 186 Democrats voting against the bill. The legislation, introduced by Rep. David

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli is accusing California officials of blocking a federal audit of the state’s voter rolls, escalating a growing fight over election integrity in the nation’s largest blue state. Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, said his

Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins is warning that voters in her state may ultimately decide that Graham Platner, her likely Democratic opponent in the 2026 midterm elections, is too radical to represent them in the U.S. Senate. Platner, an oyster farmer and Marine veteran, is trying to position himself

The battle over election integrity is heating up again in Washington after a late-night Senate vote showed that President Donald J. Trump’s SAVE America Act now has majority support in the upper chamber, even as Senate procedure continues to stand in the way of final passage. The legislation,

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Packwood, the Oregon Republican whose long political career ended in disgrace after accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct, died Saturday at the age of 93. His family provided media outlets with an obituary announcing his death. A cause of death was not disclosed. Packwood’s

A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked one of President Donald J. Trump’s boldest attempts to overhaul the H-1B visa system, delivering a major legal setback to the administration’s push to protect American workers from abuse in the high-skilled labor market. U.S. District Judge Leo