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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her acceptance speech during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22.

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Two abortion rulings could weigh into elections in Georgia, Texas

Democrats could find campaign fodder in court rulings restricting abortion access

By Sandhya Raman and Daniela Altimari
Posted October 7, 2024 at 5:25pm, Updated at 8:40pm

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22.

Policy

Congressional estimators find sharply lower revenue take from Harris tax plans

By David Lerman
Posted October 7, 2024 at 10:47am
Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., seen here at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, is expressing optimism about her party's chances in House races.

Campaigns

One month out, Democrats say they are expanding House field

By Daniela Altimari
Posted October 4, 2024 at 6:43pm
Vice President Kamala Harris and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., arrive for a campaign event at Ripon College in Wisconsin on Thursday.

Campaigns

Calling Trump ‘petty’ and ‘vindictive,’ Liz Cheney makes conservative case for Harris

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 4, 2024 at 5:39am

At the Races: Please bet responsibly

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted October 3, 2024 at 3:00pm
Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., faces Democrat Will Rollins, whom he narrowly defeated two years ago.

Dean of California GOP faces a tight rematch

By Daniela Altimari
Posted October 3, 2024 at 5:00am
Former President Donald Trump posts on his social media platform Truth Social often, such as this one displayed at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in September 2023.

Trump averages more than 24 Truth Social posts a day and he was even busier during the VP debate

By Alex Angle
Posted October 2, 2024 at 5:12pm
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on Oct. 1, 2024, in New York City.

Fact-checking Vance’s health policy claims

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted October 2, 2024 at 4:29pm
Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz take part in the vice-presidential debate at CBS Studios in New York on Tuesday.

Fact-checking the Vance-Walz debate

By FactCheck.org
Posted October 2, 2024 at 4:07pm
Patrons watch the vice presidential debate between Republican candidate JD Vance and Democratic candidate Tim Walz at Union Pub on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

7 things I think I think about the vice presidential debate

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 2, 2024 at 3:56pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shake hands at a vice presidential debate Tuesday night in New York.

Former defensive coordinator Tim Walz didn’t call many blitzes against JD Vance

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 2, 2024 at 1:23pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio (left), speaks with Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., after their vice presidential debate on Tuesday in New York City. This is expected to be the only vice presidential debate of the 2024 general election.

Vance’s attempt to rewrite Trump’s Obamacare history

By Niels Lesniewski and Lia DeGroot
Posted October 2, 2024 at 8:39am
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, debates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee, on Tuesday night in New York. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Takeaways from VP debate as Trump vows veto of any federal abortion ban bill

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 1, 2024 at 11:25pm
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about flooding in North Carolina at the White House daily press briefing on Tuesday.

Hurricane relief funds stable for now, officials say

By David Jordan, John T. Bennett and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 1, 2024 at 5:39pm
Voters stand in line to cast their ballots on the first day of early voting in Virginia at the Prince William County Office of Elections in Manassas, Va., on Sept. 20. The 7th District is a priority for both Democrats and the GOP.

Swinging for the fences in Virginia swing seat race

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 1, 2024 at 5:00am
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the White House on Monday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Biden floats recess action on Helene supplemental

By David Lerman
Posted September 30, 2024 at 2:41pm, Updated at 7:50pm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

VP debate gives Walz a chance to ‘go on offense’ on immigration

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 30, 2024 at 2:09pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, tours a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin in Douglas, Ariz., on Friday. (Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris border visit shines light on House, Senate races in battleground Arizona

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 27, 2024 at 5:43pm, Updated at 8:50pm
Democrats and Republicans disagree about the fundamentals of the Texas Senate race, but Democratic Rep. Colin Allred has seen the race shift toward him and his party.

Ratings changes reflect hyper-competitive campaign

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted September 27, 2024 at 12:59pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, is expected to give a speech on border security Friday.

Harris campaign seeks to turn tables on Trump on border security

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 27, 2024 at 7:33am

At the Races: Expanding states of play

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 26, 2024 at 3:00pm
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican nominee for vice president, is seens at the Republican National Convention on July 17.

On campaign trail, Vance lays out ‘concept of a plan’ for health care

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted September 26, 2024 at 7:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., conclude a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Short-term funding patch ready for Biden’s signature

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 25, 2024 at 4:36pm, Updated at 6:27pm
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at a manufacturing plant in Mint Hill, N.C., on Wednesday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump, Harris hit must-have states as they clash over economic visions

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 25, 2024 at 5:13pm
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on food security in Smithton, Pa., on Monday. He was in Georgia on Tuesday.

‘Take their factories’: Trump vows to snatch jobs from other countries

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 24, 2024 at 3:50pm
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has made claims aobut Haitian immigrants in Springfield that are unsupported by facts.

Vance’s misleading claim about immigrants and murders in Springfield, Ohio

By FactCheck.org
Posted September 23, 2024 at 12:50pm
Former President Donald Trump is well defined among voters.

Trump’s biggest problem remains Trump

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted September 23, 2024 at 11:14am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., background, greet Architect of the Capitol workers during the “first nail ceremony,” marking the start of construction of the inauguration platform on the West Front plaza of the Capitol on Wednesday.

December stopgap funding bill readied for House floor action

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 22, 2024 at 5:11pm, Updated at 6:19pm

At the Races: Making an Empire statement

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted September 19, 2024 at 2:30pm
House candidate LaMonica McIver, front right, poses with, from left, New Jersey Democratic Reps. Rob Menendez, Mikie Sherrill and Frank Pallone Jr. during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Democrat LaMonica McIver wins NJ special election

By Jackie Wang
Posted September 18, 2024 at 8:16pm
Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute conference Wednesday in Washington.

Harris warns of ‘massive detention camps’ under Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 18, 2024 at 2:47pm
Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., attend the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Victim Perspectives” on Sept. 10.

House panel helped boost Ohio immigrant pet-eating claims

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 18, 2024 at 1:48pm
Republican House candidate Matt Gunderson features his wife and four daughters in a campaign ad.

Is 2024 the year of the ‘girl dad’ candidate?

By Daniela Altimari
Posted September 18, 2024 at 5:00am
Audience members begin arriving for a town hall-style campaign for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Flint, Mich., on Tuesday.

‘High-speed chase’: Trump contradicts Florida sheriff at town hall

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 17, 2024 at 9:23pm