Lindsey McPherson

Senate Republicans prepare to pick a new leader for new majority

Senate Republicans, fresh off winning the majority, will pick a new leader next week in a three-way race that could stir up some discord at what should be a unifying moment.

November 6, 2024

McConnell cheers GOP election wins: ‘It was a hell of a good day’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday celebrated Republicans winning control of the Senate and the White House, saying he views the results from the day before as a referendum on the Biden administration.

November 6, 2024

Democrats hold onto House seat in Michigan with Kristen McDonald Rivet

In the neighboring Michigan's 8th District, perennial Republican candidate Paul Junge lost his third straight House race early Wednesday.

November 6, 2024

Republicans flip open House seat in Michigan with Tom Barrett’s win

House Republicans earned their first election pick-up early Wednesday as they flipped an open House seat in Michigan.

November 6, 2024

Ohio Senate seat flips as GOP newcomer Moreno topples three-term Democratic incumbent Brown

Republican Bernie Moreno ousted three-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio on Tuesday, securing his party the Senate majority.

November 5, 2024

Republican Sen. Rick Scott wins reelection in Florida, crushing Democrats’ long-shot pickup dream

Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott sailed to reelection on Tuesday, securing a second term and taking one of Democrats' two long-shot pickup opportunities off the Senate map.

November 5, 2024

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