The Minnesota Democrat will leave her party defending another open seat as it confronts an uphill battle to retake the Senate ...

The arm of the Democratic Party focused on state legislative races announced its initial target map for the upcoming election ...

President Trump’s dream of transforming Canada into the 51st state would essentially add another state with roughly the same ...

The U.S. has roughly one month until the government runs out of money, and the talks to avoid that are a mess, writes Philip ...

Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday she won't seek re-election in 2026, forcing the Democratic Party to defend ...

In the Senate, there is a 60-vote threshold that applies to government funding legislation that will require Democratic ...

Democrats got their second major Senate retirement in as many weeks, with Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith announcing she wouldn’t ...

Diana Harshbarger is leading a bill to codify a policy that only the U.S. flag can fly over public buildings and ban pride ...

The Republican leader of the Illinois House and five Illinois voters have filed a ...

While Republicans, who will be defending 22 of the 35 Senate seats up in 2026, may have the political environment working against them next year, they are still favored to retain the chamber.— Part of ...

Senator Smith announced Thursday that she would not run for re-election after just one full term in the chamber, scrambling ...

Illinois Republicans Ask State Supreme Court to Toss 'Gerrymandered' Legislative Map SPRINGFIELD ... It's gone to Democrats after the U.S. Census the last three decades. Nearly 600,000 voters ...