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Pennsylvania Democrats hope to flip Republican-held seats once they settle toss-up primaries

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrats in Pennsylvania will settle primary fights on Tuesday to shape their congressional slate for the fall election when they hope to capture the state's four swing districts and ultimately a U.S. House majority. Gov. Josh Shapiro and national Democrats are ...
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US Rep. Thomas Massie’s GOP primary in Kentucky is the latest test of Trump’s power over the party

CRESTWOOD, Ky. (AP) - Republican voters in northern Kentucky will choose between U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie and challenger Ed Gallrein in Tuesday's House primary, another test of President Donald Trump's power over his party after he handpicked Gallrein to take on the incumbent. The ...
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Alabamans to choose nominees for US Senate as voting maps in flux

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Republicans on Tuesday will choose among several U.S. Senate candidates who have stressed their loyalty to President Donald Trump as the party looks for a nominee to succeed Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor this year. Tuberville's decision ignited ...
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Oregon voters decide whether to boost their gas tax as Iran war causes prices at the pump to soar

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon voters are facing a familiar theme on their primary ballot Tuesday - well-financed Democratic incumbents looking to slide past little-known challengers while Republicans attempt to nominate candidates who could put up a fight in November in a heavily blue ...
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Defense secretary steps into key Kentucky election to attack Trump critic

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday railed against one of President Donald Trump's chief Republican critics in Congress, stepping away from the Iran war and into a Kentucky congressional election that's testing the president's political clout. Hegseth traveled to Kentucky to deliver his remarks, which ...
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At least 4 Virginia Democratic House candidates drop out after courts toss new map

(WASHINGTON) -- Overturning a new congressional map in Virginia that would have favored Democrats has had an outsized impact on the state's U.S. House primaries, with at least four high-profile candidates so far suspending their campaigns.With Virginia keeping its current congressional map, which currently ...
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Ahead of Tuesday primary, Trump target Massie says billionaires are trying to ‘buy’ his seat

(WASHINGTON) -- Days before his highly anticipated primary, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie struck a defiant tone, asserting on Sunday that out-of-state billionaires "have funneled millions of dollars in here" in an effort to "buy a seat" in Congress."How did this race become the most ...
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Warsh to be sworn in as Fed chair at White House on Friday, official says

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday will swear in Kevin Warsh as the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, a White House official said on Monday. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal ...
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Rep. Clyburn says GOP redistricting push is part of larger Black disenfranchisement effort

(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, the longtime Black representative from South Carolina whose seat could be at stake in mid-decade congressional redistricting, told ABC News that he sees the redrawing of congressional seats held by Black lawmakers as part of a larger history ...
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Civil rights veterans see history repeating after high court guts Voting Rights Act 

By Donna Bryson SELMA, Alabama, May 18 (Reuters) - Betty Strong Boynton marched into history as a teenager in the 1960s, when she was among the hundreds of peaceful protesters attacked by club-wielding Alabama state troopers on Bloody Sunday - a day that marked a ...
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US states reject anti-vaccine bills as public health groups fight MAHA

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Dozens of state anti-vaccine bills backed by "Make America Healthy Again" supporters have failed after public health groups won over Republican state lawmakers, marking a series of defeats for the backers of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
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Trump threatens to back challenger to fellow Republican Boebert after she campaigns for Massie

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a primary challenge on Saturday for hardline conservative Representative Lauren Boebert, until now a staunch Trump ally, after she campaigned for maverick Representative Thomas Massie in his Kentucky district. • "Boebert is campaigning for the ...
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