Politics May 31 Platner's wife calls reports about Senate candidate's explicit texts with women 'shameful' Graham Platner’s wife called reports that her husband had previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women “shameful" over the weekend, the latest controversy to hit the Maine Democrat’s whirlwind campaign.
Politics May 28 Talarico targets Paxton's scandals in Texas Senate race, pivoting from his sunny primary message Texas Democrat James Talarico, a former middle school teacher and a state lawmaker from Austin, laid out a clear strategy for the months ahead: Litigating Paxton’s scandals to a weary electorate.
Politics May 27 Cornyn went to great lengths to avoid Trump's wrath. The Texas senator lost his seat anyway Sen. John Cornyn tried for more than a year to show Donald Trump and Texas Republicans that he and the president were on the same team.
Politics May 26 Live Results: Paxton dominates Cornyn in Texas midterm primary runoffs Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the latest contest where President Donald Trump sought to oust an incumbent he saw as insufficiently loyal.
Politics May 22 Paxton makes his final pitch in the Texas Senate race against Cornyn, buoyed by Trump's endorsement Republican Ken Paxton is riding high as the Texas attorney general heads into the final days of the U.S. Senate primary runoff against incumbent John Cornyn, now with the weight of President Donald Trump's backing.
Politics May 19 Trump endorses Paxton in Texas Republican primary, boosting effort to oust Sen. Cornyn Although the four-term Cornyn has backed Trump’s agenda in Washington, Paxton pitched himself as a political warrior for the MAGA movement.
Politics May 18 Live Results: Kentucky midterm congressional primaries Kentucky U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday, becoming the latest Republican lawmaker to anger President Donald Trump and then fall to a primary challenger backed by the president.
Politics May 11 Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency Cummins worked as a senior vice president at Serco, a government contractor.
Politics Apr 23 Kalshi fines and suspends 3 congressional candidates for betting on their own elections Three congressional candidates wagered on the outcome of their own elections on Kalshi, according to the prediction market, which said Wednesday that it fined and suspended the men from their platform for five years.
Politics Apr 21 Approval of Trump on economy falls in new AP-NORC poll, as Iran war drives up prices The findings from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research show a president who is struggling with unfulfilled promises to tame inflation and testing Americans’ patience with a conflict in the Middle East that has dragged on longer than expected.