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By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Democrats need to pick up four seats from Republicans to win control of the 100-seat Senate in the midterm elections on November 3. While voters will pick candidates in 35 states, independent analysts onl...

By Joseph Ax Sept 7 (Reuters) - As the unofficial start of the campaign sprint kicks off on Labor Day Monday, President Donald Trump's deep unpopularity is imperiling Republican chances of maintaining their narrow majorities in Congress with just two m...

Sept 7 (Reuters) - Only about 50 of the 435 races for the House of Representatives are expected to be competitive on the November 3 U.S. midterm ballot, but they could decide whether Democrats gain the three seats needed to reclaim control of the chamb...

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 6 (Reuters) - An armed individual attacked Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton on Sunday at the Canfield Fair near Youngstown, according to ​her campaign and the state highway patrol. Acton, ‌the Democratic nominee for governor, ...

By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a plan that could limit mail-in ballots ahead of November's congressional elections, after ​a federal judge last week bl...

By Erin Banco NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's MAGA Inc super PAC will ​spend at least $10 million ‌on the campaign of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for his U.S. Senate race against Democratic state Representative James Talaric...

Sept 5 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court panel rejected the Trump administration's bid to lift a ban on using a federal immigration database ​to check the accuracy of citizenship records ‌on states' voter rolls. In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the U.S. Co...

By Andrew Chung Sept 5 (Reuters) - Missouri asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to use a Republican-drawn congressional map in November's midterm elections aimed at helping the party preserve its narrow U.S. House majority. In an emergen...

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Boston extended on Friday a ban stopping President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the ...

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Friday a federal policy giving party committees access to discounted TV and radio advertising rates long available to political candidates, as major Republican committees h...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A group of three military veterans and an architectural historian on Friday asked a U.S. judge to block the Trump administration from starting work on a triumphal arch in Washington. The U.S. Interior ...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Lawmakers urged the U.S. Postal Service on Friday to halt work on new mail-in voting rules, saying they threaten the integrity of the November congressional elections. "The Postal Service's continued i...

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The White House has released a new "arcade" website where users play 1980s-style ​video games that block "the coming ‌horde" at the U.S.-Mexico border, fill Trump Accounts for children and pursue other priorities of Presi...

BEEVILLE, Texas, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The makeup and toys on Valencia Macias' table are items people buy on impulse at discount stores. But on a sweltering summer day in South Texas, she is trying to sell them to turn them into gas money, grocery money, ...

By Luc Cohen Sept 4 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to enforce a new U.S. Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, leaving states in limbo as to whether they wil...

By Daniel Trotta Sept 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday announced plans to break ground on a 250-foot (76-meter) arch in Washington, despite legal challenges and the ​lack of final approval from a government planning ‌authority. The ar...

By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - SpaceX founder Elon Musk has spent more than $800,000 in recent days on over a dozen key congressional races through his super PAC, funding direct-mail and other campaign materials for Republican candidates ...

By Steve Gorman Sept 3 (Reuters) - The Republican nominee for a Missouri statehouse seat has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to distribute narcotics, accused of plotting to plant drugs on his primary election rival in the ​final months of...

By Jack Queen NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday proposed new regulations that would strip schools of tax-exempt status if they offer students that consider race in admissions or programs. The rules propose...

By Andrew Chung Sept 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new U.S. Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, moving swiftly after a judge temporarily blocked the ...