GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson sought to calm uneasy Republicans on Wednesday, brushing off the party’s losses on Tuesday’s off-year elections as a temporary “blip” that doesn’t foreshadow trouble in the 2026 midterms.
Read More Johnson stresses that Tuesday’s Democrat election wins are ‘not indicative of what’s to come’ while VP Vance shares message of his own
Former state delegate Jay Jones, the Democrat candidate, has defeated GOP incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares in the race for Virginia’s top legal office.
Read More Democrat Jay Jones wins Virginia attorney general’s race
Democrat Abigail Spanberger has defeated Republican Winsome Earle-Sears to become Virginia’s next governor — and the first woman to hold the office in the state’s 246-year history.
Read More Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia gubernatorial election
President Donald Trump denounced California’s mail-in voting system and its controversial redistricting measure, labeling the process a “GIANT SCAM” and declaring that all mail-in ballots were under “very serious legal and criminal review” by his administration.
Read More Trump: ‘Unconstitutional’ Calif. redistricting voting involving mail-in ballots is ‘RIGGED,’ will face ‘legal and criminal review’
Richard “Dick” Bruce Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States under former President George W. Bush, died on Monday at the age of 84 — leading Bush to post a tribute for his longtime political confidant.
Read More Fmr VP Dick Cheney passes at 84, George W. Bush posts special tribute
In a moment that blended family emotion with political fervor, New Jersey Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli received an unexpected boost on the eve of a high-stakes election when his son, U.S. Army Capt. Jake Ciattarelli, surprised him at a packed campaign rally after flying in from deployment in Kuwait.
Read More N.J. GOP gubernatorial hopeful Jack Ciattarelli’s Army Capt. son surprises him with visit on state’s election eve