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Noem declines to retract ‘definition of domestic terrorism’ comments about Pretti during Senate hearing

(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem faced questions about immigration enforcement operations as she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday -- refusing to apologize for or retract her statements about a U.S. citizen shot and killed by federal law enforcement ...
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Texas Senate showdown kicks off midterms to determine control of US Congress

By Joseph Ax March 3 (Reuters) - A hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Texas headlines the official start of the midterm elections on Tuesday, when voters in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas cast the first ballots of the campaign to decide which party controls ...
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Factbox-Six US House primaries to watch in Texas on Tuesday

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - Voters in Texas on Tuesday will pick Democratic and Republican candidates for November's midterm elections that will determine control of the U.S. Congress for the next two years, in a state where races have been shaken up dramatically by ...
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It’s election season again. This is why and how AP calls races across the country

WASHINGTON (AP) - So, who won? That's a question The Associated Press has answered many thousands of times in U.S. elections held since shortly after the news organization was founded nearly 180 years ago. Declaring a winner involves a careful and thorough analysis of the latest ...
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The Latest: Primary voters head to the polls in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas

The midterm elections officially begin Tuesday with primaries in Texas, North Carolina and Arkansas. As war with Iran breaks out, Democrats and Republicans are figuring out who they want to lead their party into November's general election, when control of Congress and statehouses around ...
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Supreme Court blocks ruling that ordered New York to redraw its congressional maps

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday blocked a New York state court ruling that had ordered the Empire State's congressional map redrawn ahead of the 2026 midterms.A state judge in New York ruled earlier this year that New York ...
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Texas GOP Sen. Cornyn tries to hold his seat while Democrats Crockett, Talarico face off for Senate

DALLAS (AP) - Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn is trying to hold on for a fifth term in Tuesday's GOP primary, while Democrats will choose whether to send Rep. Jasmine Crockett or state Rep. James Talarico to a November general election where the party ...
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A mess in Texas? What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries

NEW YORK (AP) - The 2026 midterm season begins in earnest on Tuesday with two of the nation's most consequential Senate primaries playing out in Texas, a political behemoth that Democrats have been fighting to flip for decades. Is this the year? Republican leaders ...
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North Carolina primary could mean Roy Cooper vs Michael Whatley in pivotal fall Senate race

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's primary will be the official starting gun for one of the country's most closely watched U.S. Senate campaigns, likely pitting former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper against former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley. Each candidate is the most high-profile ...
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Trump’s Republicans defend Iran strikes as Democrats push for war powers vote

By Patricia Zengerle, Nolan D. McCaskill and David Morgan WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's Republicans insisted on Monday that the attack on Iran was fully within his authority as commander in chief, while Democrats said the administration has not made its ...
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Trump to speak at White House Correspondents’ dinner he once shunned

By Jarrett Renshaw March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he will attend and speak at the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner in April, ending a long boycott of the event that underscored his fraught relationship with the press. "The ...
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Trump contradicts US intelligence on Iran, doesn’t address regime change as before

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Monday claimed the U.S. was "very nearly under threat" from Iran, contradicting U.S. intelligence assessments as he sought to justify his administration's ongoing attack."An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat ...
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