City Councilmember Erik Bottcher is bowing out of the crowded race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler in Congress and running for state Senate instead. Bottcher will vie for the Democratic nomination in the ...

Republicans are eyeing a handful of states, including two won by President Donald Trump in the last election, as potential flip opportunities in the 2026 Senate races. Roughly one-third of Senate ...

As he awaits his trial on federal drug trafficking charges, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is staying in a jail that has recently housed some of the most infamous celebrity convicts, ...

An Onondaga County lawmaker who served 20 years as a sheriff’s deputy plans to launch a campaign today to unseat state Sen. Rachel May, D-Syracuse, in the 2026 election. Rich McCarron, 54, of Onondaga ...

Colorado Republican state Sen. Mark Baisley, right, seen speaking outside the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in Denver in December 2023, is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate. (Lindsey ...

Montrose County Commissioner Sean Pond has thrown his hat in the ring for the U.S. Senate election this year. Pond, a Republican who hails from Nucla, is the latest to announce his challenge to Sen.

CNN abruptly cut into its regular programming to air live coverage of a press conference held by Donald Trump following his announcement that U.S. forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas ...

Esme Murphy, a reporter and Sunday morning anchor for WCCO-TV, has been a member of the WCCO-TV staff since December 1990. She is also a weekend talk show host on WCCO Radio. Born and raised in New ...

New episodes of State of Texas are on KXAN or the KXAN+ app every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Don’t want to wait? The attached video shows this week’s program now. AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As the new year begins, ...

State Rep. James Talarico raised nearly $7 million for his U.S. Senate run during the latest fundraising quarter, increasing his total haul to $13 million since launching his bid, his campaign said ...

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