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Denver Riggleman wins in Virginia’s 5th District

Republican Denver Riggleman on Tuesday was elected to represent Virginia's 5th Congressional District in Congress, turning aside a challenge from Democrat Leslie Cockburn.

November 6, 2018

Trump: No heads-up from Sessions on Obamacare position

Two months after oral arguments, a federal judge hasn't said whether a Republican tweak to Obamacare should stop the entire program in its tracks, pushing an explosive fight over the law beyond the midterms and forcing voters to decide which party can be trusted to balance protections for pre-existing conditions with affordable coverage.

November 5, 2018

Donald Trump, Republicans see larger Senate majority as midterm win

Republicans entered the 48-hour sprint to Election Day confident they can expand their Senate majority while bracing for a knife fight over the House.

November 4, 2018

Ronna McDaniel says Republicans can keep House

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Sunday said she's "absolutely not" resigned to losing the House on Election Day, saying candidates have a winning message despite a surge of enthusiasm among Democrats and President Trump's suggestion he'll "figure it out" if his rivals take the chamber.

November 4, 2018

Brian Kemp opens ‘cyber crimes’ probe into Georgia Democrats

Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican locked in a tough race for governor, has opened an investigation into the Democratic Party of Georgia, citing "possible cyber crimes" after it detected a failed attempt to hack voter-registration systems.

November 4, 2018

Chris Van Hollen downplays Democrats’ chances of taking Senate control

Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said Democrats could retake the Senate on Tuesday but he's realistic about their dim prospects, calling it the "toughest political map any one party has faced in 60 years."

November 4, 2018

NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds voters want Democrats to control Congress

Democrats hold a 7-point edge over Republicans as voters decide which party should control Congress, according to a poll released Sunday that finds record enthusiasm on both sides.

November 4, 2018

Stacey Abrams rejects Donald Trump claim she’s ‘not qualified’ for Georgia governor

Stacey Abrams, a Democrat running in Georgia, rejected President Trump's claim she is "not qualified" to become governor, citing her accomplishments in law school, business and minority leader in the state House of Representatives.

November 4, 2018

Kevin de Leon, Dianne Feinstein challenger, wins Republicans’ support in California Senate race

California State Sen. Kevin de Leon is running far to the left -- yet he's winning over Republicans in his bid to unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein next week, in one of the weirder bits of fallout from the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.

November 1, 2018

Daniel Best, senior adviser in charge of drug-pricing plan, has died

Daniel Best, the senior adviser in charge of President Trump's campaign to slash drug prices, has died, the administration said Thursday.

November 1, 2018

Obama steps into midterm fight over health law, pre-existing conditions

Former President Obama on Thursday stepped into the midterm fight over insurance for sicker Americans, saying protections built into his signature health law are "absolutely at stake" on Election Day.

November 1, 2018

Spike in Obamacare sign-ups this year unlikely, say experts

Obamacare is polling better and the premiums are no longer soaring, but experts don't forecast a sign-up boom when the new enrollment season kicks off Thursday.

October 31, 2018

Trump administration lets Wisconsin condition Medicaid benefits on work requirements

The Trump administration approved Wisconsin's request to impose work requirements on some Medicaid enrollees, making it the fourth state to condition benefits on seeking a job or volunteering in the community.

October 31, 2018

C.L. Butch Otter supports expanding Medicaid in Idaho

Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, a Republican, used to say that accepting Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid would be a betrayal of his state's independence — and a severe drain on its budget.

October 30, 2018

Pipe bombs, synagogue shooting result of heated rhetoric

Moments after President Trump called for an end to the politics of personal destruction at a rally in North Carolina late Friday, the crowd broke into the president's trademark Hillary Clinton chant: "Lock her up!"

October 28, 2018

Robert Bowers, Pittsburgh gunman, wanted ‘all Jews to die’

The gunman who opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday killed a 97-year-old woman and 10 others while shouting about genocide and "his desire to kill Jewish people," authorities reported Sunday, as city officials vowed to triumph over anyone who divides their denizens based on how they pray.

October 28, 2018

Ben Ray Lujan, DCCC chair, ‘confident’ Democrats will win House control in midterm elections

Rep. Ben Ray Lujan on Sunday said he's "confident" that Democrats will win back the House majority on Election Day, citing voter energy and the caliber of his side's candidates.

October 28, 2018

Donald Trump mocks ‘Wacky’ Tom Steyer despite calls for calmer tone

President Trump showed no signs of pulling back on his strident political attacks Sunday, despite pleas to do so after a week of real and potential violence. On Twitter, he labeled liberal California donor Tom Steyer as being "wacky" and unstable in a CNN interview Sunday morning.

October 28, 2018

Kirstjen Nielsen says migrant caravan ‘not getting in’

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday said the migrant caravan marching through Mexico to the U.S. is "not getting in." "There a legal way to get into this country. Those who choose to enter illegally will be stopped," Ms. Nielsen told Fox News Sunday.

October 28, 2018

Chris Coons, James Lankford warn political rhetoric inspiring violence

Senators in both parties said Sunday they're worried that political rhetoric from all sides is dividing people and tempting them to commit dangerous or uncivil acts.

October 28, 2018