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19 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 11, 2026.
WatchThe discharge petition for the Epstein Files Transparency Act II crossed the threshold Wednesday with four Republicans and every Democrat signing on.
WatchRep. Thomas Massie says he will force a vote when Congress returns, and GOP sources expect it to pass after midterm losses tied to the Iran war.
The fourth-generation farmer won a seat Democrats have not held since 2010, after Rep. Chuck Edwards dropped his bid following a House censure.
WatchThe Senate is anyone's guess as Democrats need four flips in a map built on Republican turf, and counting in the closest races could take days or weeks.
WatchCBS News polling points to a Democratic House majority of 229 seats, while the Senate map has widened to red states like Kansas and Texas.
An NPR analysis of final-week ad buys finds the fight is less about stopping a Democratic wave than about how high it crests, with Republicans' 218-214 majority at risk.
Campaigning in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the House minority leader declined to predict a seat count, while Speaker Johnson says control will come down to about 22 'jump-ball' districts.
With a month to go, spending suggests the question is how big a Democratic majority could be, not whether Democrats win the House. Republicans hold a 218-214 edge.
In an unsigned order with no noted dissents, the justices said Missouri's election 'has already started' and ordered the 2022 district lines used on Nov. 3, preserving Democrat Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City seat.
The Kentucky Republican, who lost his primary in May, accuses the war secretary of waging an unauthorized war in Iran, bombing a girls' school, demoting Sen. Mark Kelly and seizing Nicolás Maduro without Congress's consent.
The court ruled that a congressional redistricting bill is an 'act' of the legislature like any other, so it can be put to a referendum. The 2020-census map stays in force for the midterms.
The longest-serving woman in the history of the U.S. House was a passenger when her vehicle was hit Sunday morning in Toledo. Police say the other driver was picked up by a second car and fled the scene.
The test vote clears the way for final passage of Republicans' comprehensive immigration enforcement legislation, designed to fund border security measures through 2028.
Rare cross-party vote approves E15 ethanol blend sales despite opposition from Republican hard-liners and oil refiners.
GOP shows new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears as four states consider drawing new maps in coming weeks.
The 224-204 vote, forced by Rep. Ayanna Pressley's rare discharge petition, marked the most significant immigration rebuke of the Trump White House since the new Congress convened, with 11 Republicans crossing the aisle.
The Senate must also approve the stopgap measure as libertarian-leaning House Republicans balked at a long-term extension of the controversial surveillance program.
Trump-endorsed conservative defeats Democratic challenger in Northwest Georgia district, dashing hopes for upset.
A bipartisan Senate vote to restore DHS funding collapsed within hours when the House passed its own rival bill, leaving the 42-day shutdown without resolution as senators begin a two-week recess.