Politics

The Justice Department is seeking to question former Vice President Mike Pence as a witness in connection with its criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to stay in power...

Abe Hamadeh, the Arizona Republican locked in a tight race to become the state’s next attorney general, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday contesting the preliminary results of an election that had already...

Don’t let his tender age fool you: Maxwell Alejandro Frost has been doing this for a while.Frost was only 15 when the Sandy Hook shooting horrified him and inspired him to get...

SACRAMENTO — Kevin Kiley, a Republican state legislator whose dogged criticism of California’s governor earned him former President Donald J. Trump’s endorsement, won a tight race for a House district in northern...

Members of a union that primarily represents freight rail conductors have narrowly voted down a tentative labor contract, their union said Monday.If the two sides cannot reach another tentative agreement by early...

HOUSTON — Saudi Arabia is slashing oil exports. U.S. crude oil in storage is dropping. Members of the European Union will soon sharply reduce how much fuel they buy from Russia.Those developments...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday that he was angered by President Donald J. Trump’s conduct on and before Jan. 6, 2021, but he took pains to avoid attacking him...

WASHINGTON — A day after clinching a narrow hold on the Senate, Democrats began laying plans on Sunday to use their majority as a bulwark for President Biden in Congress should Republicans...

With Senator Catherine Cortez Masto’s victory in Nevada, Democrats will retain Senate control next year, even if Republicans win a December run-off election in Georgia. While Tuesday’s election represented an unusually strong...

This article will be updated to include final results and other developments. The first election to put abortion rights to the test after the Supreme Court overturned Roe...