Lindsey McPherson

Senate Republicans get first pickup toward potential majority with Jim Justice win in West Virginia

Republicans are one seat closer to securing the Senate majority after West Virginia GOP Gov. Jim Justice won the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Joe Manchin III.

November 5, 2024

Republicans win Senate control; many House races still undecided

Republicans will take control of the Senate in the next Congress after flipping a minimum of two seats needed to strip Democrats of the majority on Tuesday.

November 5, 2024

Man smelling like fuel, carrying torch and flare gun arrested at Capitol

A man who smelled like fuel and was carrying a torch and a flare gun was arrested at the Capitol on Election Day.

November 5, 2024

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey hopes his record as a ‘proven fighter’ carries him to victory

Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. is pitching himself as a "proven fighter" in a closing message to key voters in the tight Pennsylvania Senate race.

November 1, 2024

Secret Service ‘mistakenly assessed’ risks in Butler before Trump assassination attempt, review says

Multiple Secret Service agents involved in planning security for former President Donald Trump's July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, failed to properly mitigate line-of-sight risks to the stage that led to the assassination attempt, the agency's internal inquiry found.

November 1, 2024

House battlefield grows more dangerous for incumbents as Election Day nears

The number of House incumbents favored to lose reelection is growing as Election Day nears, according to updated forecasts from political analysts.

October 31, 2024

Grassley concerned Secret Service ‘interfering’ with watchdog’s probe of Trump assassination attempt

Secret Service management sent an email to employees this summer urging an "organized response" to an inspector general investigation launched after the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a new whistleblower disclosure.

October 31, 2024

Ohio wrestles with ballot measure to pick if ‘politicians’ or ‘bureaucrats’ draw congressional maps

A ballot measure to change the way Ohio draws its congressional and state legislative districts is confusing voters who largely oppose gerrymandering.

October 31, 2024

Trump says Washington GOP Rep. Newhouse, who voted to impeach him, ‘has to go’

Former President Donald Trump is urging voters in Washington's 4th Congressional District to oust incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of the last two House Republicans who voted to impeach him for inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

October 29, 2024

This could be the year Nevada goes Republican

Of the seven presidential swing states this cycle, Nevada is the only one that hasn't swung in the past four presidential races. That could change next week.

October 28, 2024

Ohio voters sound off about Senate showdown between Sherrod Brown and Bernie Moreno

The voters tell you why the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican Bernie Moreno could be the closest of the battleground contests that will decide the Senate majority.

October 25, 2024

Army of GOP heavyweights get out the vote for Bernie Moreno’s U.S. Senate run in Ohio

Republican Bernie Moreno is relying on key surrogates -- from a former primary opponent and potential future colleagues to conservative media personalities and grassroots groups -- to drive GOP voters to the polls in this U.S. Senate battleground.

October 24, 2024

GOP’s Bernie Moreno pledges wins in Senate on energy, jobs, border — and he’s out in two terms

Republican Bernie Moreno said he would limit himself to two six-year terms if elected to the U.S. Senate, drawing a contrast with three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown.

October 23, 2024

GOP Senate candidate fights Democrats’ bid to make Ohio election all about abortion

Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno told The Washington Times his opponent, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, is weaponizing abortion in their campaign, even though there is no path to passing pro- or anti-abortion legislation in Congress.

October 23, 2024

These races will make or break the House majority on Nov. 5

The Washington Times honed in on 14 pivotal House races that will decide which party holds the majority in the next Congress.

October 22, 2024

Democratic incumbent losing ground in Pennsylvania Senate race

The U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania is tightening as two recent polls show incumbent Democratic Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr.'s lead evaporating.

October 21, 2024

House task force says Trump assassination attempt on July 13 was ‘preventable’

The July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was "preventable and should not have happened," according to a bipartisan House task force investigating the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania.

October 21, 2024

Secret Service needs overhaul, director from outside agency, says independent review panel

The next director of the Secret Service should come from outside the agency to inject "fresh thinking" into an organization that has "become bureaucratic, complacent, and static," according to an independent panel that investigated the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

October 17, 2024

Congress all over the map with ideas to move embattled Secret Service out of Homeland Security

Scrutiny of the Secret Service in the wake of two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump has led some lawmakers to question the agency's home in the Department of Homeland Security.

October 16, 2024

Speaker Johnson warns Iran: Trump assassination attempt would be ‘act of war’

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said any attempt from Iran to assassinate former President Donald Trump would be an act of war.

October 15, 2024