Sex, Spies and Politics

Senate Democrats debate their future as Chris Van Hollen challenges Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader after the party’s sweeping midterm victories ... JD Vance is seriously considering sitting out the 2028 presidential race as Republicans grapple with their historic losses and th ...  Show more

Democrat Scott Colom leads Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 3,200 votes as officials count crucial affidavit ballots in Hinds County, with both sides preparing for possible legal challenges ... Democrats prepare to take control of the House with its largest freshman clas ...  Show more

The US 2024 election calendar kicks off in earnest this week as the wannabee Republican nominees head to Iowa. Trump is making a quick pit stop via the courts - to tell them to grant him immunity from prosecution. And Nikki Haley is trying a novel tactic of pissing off the Iowan ...  Show more

First: "We cannot have her. She's incompetent. She's as bad as Biden." Donald Trump continues his personal attacks against Kamala Harris as fellow Republicans urge him to stick to the issues.  Plus: Ukraine seizes hundreds of square miles of Russian territory, pushing Putin's bac ...  Show more

Voters in New York are choosing the successor to George Santos, the disgraced Republican who was expelled from Congress in December.

Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics and government for The Times, explains how the results of the race will hold important clues ...