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Polls closed in 25 states and DC as results began arriving. CBS projected early wins for Democrats Jon Ossoff in Georgia and Chris Pappas in New...

Oversight questions are mounting over the North Dakota Development Fund:

• Chair Jim Albrecht and vice chair Rob Lindberg submitted resignation...

Federal actions over voter lists and ballots are drawing scrutiny ahead of the midterms.

• Contempt request: DOJ asks a judge to consider contempt...

A longtime North Carolina figure losing a seat many considered safe stands out. Political newcomer Lakesha Womack led Moore by 6,415 votes with every...

Democrats have regained control of the Senate, and are expected to hold full congressional control next year. The BBC's Sarah Smith explains how this...

A voting habit that began at home, when the writer helped her mother set up at the local polls as a child, has held for decades. She has voted in...

Markets may stay calm, but the political uncertainty after the midterms could linger. Vote counting in some states can take considerable time, and the...

This article separates confirmed facts from unverified claims, which matters when polling-place reports spread quickly.

• DOJ monitor plan: In an...

Virginians will decide on three proposed constitutional amendments on Election Day:

• Reproductive care: Amendment 1 would protect decisions on...

Democrats won every statewide appellate race Tuesday, but the partisan balance stays the same on both courts.

• Supreme Court: Earls' reelection...

The White House is withholding its entire frontier AI review framework after a nonprofit sued for its release, citing national security and...

Prop. 4 would lift the current ban and let state and local governments set up public campaign funding, but it would not create a program itself.

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In July, lawmakers asked the FEC to help keep AI chatbots from feeding voters false information about the 2026 midterms. The agency's reply was blunt:...

New York's Local Government Efficiency Grant program is designed to lower costs for local governments by encouraging partnerships through...

County Executive Ken Jenkins called the ongoing scanner problems across Westchester "unacceptable" on Election Day.

• Voters were told to stay in...

The Library of Congress's September 24, 2026 Congress.gov Public Forum gave an update on the past year's enhancements and served as a listening...

The BBC reports Democrats are projected to flip the House from Republican to Democratic control, and CNN likewise projects that Democrats have flipped...

Lanhee Chen, co-lead of U.S. public affairs at Brunswick Group, calls data center policy "the crucial issue" in the U.S. midterms. He says it has...

Alabama's secretary of state race was still uncalled early Wednesday, with the Associated Press yet to project a winner. Republican Caroleene Dobson...

• Mississippi law requires the Secretary of State to publish a list of statewide and legislative candidates who miss disclosure deadlines.
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