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But today, Democrats are cautiously optimistic about their chances to defy those early predictions and deny Republicans the big gains once seen as inevitable. Roadblocks in Congress led to increasingly vocal frustration among rank-and-file Democrats that the president wasn’t delivering on the promises of his campaign. There was a view inside the White House six weeks ago that the summer could produce the kind of good news that now has materialized. The question is whether Biden and his White House team can maintain the discipline to keep driving these points throughout what still promises to be a rough fall election season. There was news beyond Congress that the White House also viewed as favorable.

Republicans and Democrats increasingly think people in the other party are closed-minded, dishonest, unintelligent and, even, immoral.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced on Friday that she had filed articles of impeachment against Attorney General Merrick Garland as the FBI’s search of the former president’s Florida residence roils Republicans. Greene’s resolution claims that the attorney general’s “personal approval to seek a search warrant for the raid on the home of the 45th…

Not even a single Republican voted for the Inflation Reduction Act. Can the GOP undo it?

The bill would invest billions into issues acutely impacting Texas, including climate change and health care, and is the result of months of intraparty fighting between moderates and progressives.

A conversation over the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan got heated between the Newsmax host and former national security adviser.

One House GOP lawmaker said the severity of what Trump may have done could depend as not all nuclear information is "highly, highly" classified.

Republicans in Congress who are relying on Donald Trump to excite voters in the fall elections are not only defending the former president against the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home but politically capitalizing on it with grave and potentially dangerous rhetoric against the nation’s justice system. The party that once stood staunchly for law-and-order has dramatically reversed course, stirring up opposition to the FBI and tapping into political grievances and far-right conspiracies that fed the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. It's all part of the GOP’s election year strategy to harness voter outrage over the unprecedented search, quickly and unequivocally set in motion as Trump hosted a dozen Republicans for dinner of steak and scallops at his private Bedminster club the day after the FBI action.

After the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, state Republicans near-unanimously lined up behind Trump—before further details left them silent.

A New York State judge ruled Friday that a criminal fraud and tax evasion prosecution against the Trump Organization and its former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, can proceed. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins Lilia Luciano and Tanya Rivero with the latest on that case.

Since the search at Trump’s property, Republicans have directed their vitriol at the FBI and Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Death threats and calls for violence against federal law enforcement have surged following the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s South Florida resort and home, punctuated by an incident Thursday when an armed suspect tried to enter an FBI field office in Ohio.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi deserves credit, as do party participants who eventually put climate front and center.

The GOP opposes the bill, but the same was true Sunday when Dems used Vice President Harris' tie-breaking vote to power it through the 50-50 Senate.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyAs former President Donald Trump endured one of his worst weeks yet, Republicans have been on our TV screens taking aim at everyone else—but themselves. On this episode of The New Abnormal, hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Andy Levy talk Trump and the sentence Republicans need to stop repeating.“Their big talking point that they all independently apparently came up with is… if they can do this to the president, think what they can do to you. Fi

Andrew Biggs, who was nominated to the Social Security Advisory Board by President Joe Biden, weighs in on his thoughts on the future of the program.

Democratic congressional candidate Michelle Vallejo is challenging her Republican counterpart Monica De La Cruz to a series of debates in the lead up to the midterm elections in November.

Even before the FBI raid, Donald Trump was nervous that he was being monitored by the "feds" or that Republicans coming to see him were wearing wires.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Falling prices for gas, airline tickets and clothes gave Americans a little bit of relief last month, though overall inflation is still running at close to its highest level in four [San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

A federal monitor’s report this week cited shortcomings in the health care provided state prisoners in Illinois that ranged from the mistreatment of elderly inmates to a severe shortage of doctors and nurses.

Special elections shouldn’t be oversold. But results in Minnesota and Nebraska were remarkably similar and, combined with other evidence, undercut the idea of a big GOP wave.

The responses from Trump, GOP lawmakers and Fox News have been remarkably consistent. Here are the main arguments.

For 24 hours after the FBI executed a search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and residence in South Florida, Republicans of almost every stripe flocked to Trump’s defense.

The bill enjoyed broad bipartisan support — but encountered an unexpected road bump last month after 25 Senate Republicans switched their votes in apparent political retribution.

Special elections can be predictive of the general election, and so far Democrats have been performing better than expected.

Many Republicans are expressing their outrage with the FBI's unannounced raid of Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate.

Mitch McConnell addressed the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump's home, saying the "country deserves a thorough and immediate explanation."

Some Republicans dismissed concerns about extreme rhetoric.

Democrats in 1995 enacted lawsuit reforms that limit the amount of damages plaintiffs collect.

Federal authorities would have needed to meet an extraordinarily high threshold for probable cause to sign off on such a high-profile, politically explosive operation, legal experts say.

Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey contends Jewish community leaders have told him he was right when he said Holocaust deaths during World War II paled in comparison with lives lost through abortion,

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut are holding primary elections Tuesday to decide who's on the ballot for the November midterms.

Just 14,000 votes in Georgia in 2020 and a less than 1 percent of the vote in three key states in 2016 have now both had huge implications for our country.

Greene has condemned the Black Lives Matter movement for criticizing law enforcement and calling for police to be defunded.

Sources told CBS News the search by the FBI is connected to a Justice Department probe of Trump's handling of presidential records.

In Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, the Democratic challenger is trying to defeat incumbent Lauren Boebert by downplaying his party affiliation.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a stalwart Senate ally of former President Trump, is facing fresh uncertainty in his race for reelection after telling a podcast last week that Social Security and Medicare should be classified as discretionary spending, with Congress authorized to set their budgets every year. Johnson had been cruising to reelection in…

Longtime Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette has won his Democratic primary, advancing to a general election in which Republicans hope to win back the seat and give it power over elections.

Businessman Tim Michels has won Wisconsin's Republican nomination to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) promised on Monday that if Republicans take back the House after November’s midterm elections, he will have them investigate the Department of Justice, singling out Attorney General Merrick Garland to “clear your calendar.” “I’ve seen enough. The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization,” McCarthy…

The FBI has searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence.

The Democratic-led Senate has passed a raft of significant legislation over the last several weeks, culminating in the Inflation Reduction Act.

The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, a huge estuary northeast of San Francisco, supplies water to cities and farms across California. But a historic drought is making the delta's water increasingly salty, forcing farmers and cities to adapt. (Aug. 8) (Video by Terry Chea/AP)

Republican candidate for governor Rebecca Kleefisch is downplaying Donald Trump’s endorsement and rally for her opponent on a final campaign push across Wisconsin, declining to respond to the former president’s criticisms.

Dana Nessel may face one of the people she wants investigated in the election this fall.

Unlike most Trump-endorsed candidates for governor, Tim Michels has avoided addressing whether he would certify the 2024 presidential election or attempt the legally impossible feat of reversing Trump’s 2020 loss.

Many of the 47 Republicans who backed the Respect for Marriage Act are being targeted by Democrats in the midterm elections or are retiring from Congress.

The Republican matchup in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race in Tuesday's primary elections features competing candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump and his estranged vice president, Mike Pence.

Stock-owning Democrats should be as appalled as stock-owning Republicans because this bill alone could be worth 150 basis points more of Fed tightening.

Cheney said she may have ideological disagreements with national security-minded Democrats, but "they love this country" and "do their homework."

Kentucky Republicans came to the state’s premier political event this weekend intent on winning elections in November and beyond, but some candidates aspiring to become governor had a hard time coming to terms with Donald Trump's defeat in 2020.

The bill's passage is a significant achievement for Democrats as they look to maintain their hold on Congress in the November midterm elections.

The bill's passage is a significant achievement for Democrats as they look to maintain their hold on Congress in the November midterm elections.

Meijer was one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump last year.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York that aired Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

GOP lawmakers stripped efforts by Democrats to impose a $35 price cap on the cost of insulin for many patients from the legislativle package moving through Congress.

Republicans who are running to be secretary of state in Wisconsin and Minnesota in primaries Tuesday are repeating Donald Trump’s false claims about the last presidential election and they've suggested they want more authority over how elections are run, especially in Democratic-leaning counties.

Governor Greg Abbott and his GOP cronies have raised your property taxes through the roof and run the state into the ground. | Opinion

A trend of GOP candidates ignoring or actively avoiding legacy media — particularly national outlets — is building this year. That can hamper voters' ability to make informed choices.

A straw poll conducted at the conference found that Trump is still the overwhelming favorite among attendees. Sen. Ted Cruz, who spoke at the conference on Friday, came in third with 2% of the straw poll vote, coming up short to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Some South Carolina lawmakers who oppose abortion are being cautious when it comes to tightening the state's already restrictive laws even further.

Viktor Orbán appeared at the convention in Dallas after saying last week that Europeans “do not want to become peoples of mixed race.” Texas officials attending, though, stayed focused on criticizing Democrats.

Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics.

Republicans have unanimously chosen Milwaukee in swing state Wisconsin to host the 2024 national convention, beating out Nashville in deep-red Tennessee.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is urging American conservatives to “take back the institutions,” stick to hardline stances on gay rights and immigration, and fight for the next U.S. presidential election as a pivotal moment for their beliefs.

Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking in the upcoming battle over an economic package the Democrats want to push through the Senate.

Democrats are celebrating a stunning victory for abortion rights in Republican stronghold Kansas as proof that the issue could turn back a Republican wave this fall.

Nashville’s metro council has dealt what's likely final blow to hosting the next Republican National Convention.

Vote counting continues in the close race to determine the Republican nominee for governor in Arizona, with former television news anchor Kari Lake narrowly leading lawyer Karrin Taylor Robson.

An Arizona lawmaker who embraces election conspiracies and was endorsed by former President Donald Trump has won the Republican primary for the top elections post in the presidential battleground.

A bill that enhances health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits has hit a snag in the Senate.

Businesswoman and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon has won the Republican primary for Michigan governor.

An Arizona lawmaker endorsed by former President Donald Trump and another lawmaker who also believes the 2020 election should be overturned are among four Republicans vying to be the top election officer in Arizona.

The Supreme Court’s decision to repeal a woman’s federal constitutional right to abortion has scrambled the political dynamics heading into the November elections, when control of Congress is at stake.

Anti-abortion groups are looking to the courts, lawmakers and elections to facilitate more abortion restrictions and bans after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June left the issue up to states.

Aspiring Republican candidates are jumping at two open Missouri U.S. congressional seats.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is taking aim at what he calls the “Biden recession” and spreading blame to Democrat Stacey Abrams while at the same time arguing his own state's economy is good.

In a story published on July 29, 2022, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action as Jason Quimet.

As the Senate contemplates legislation to protect same-sex marriages, there has been a sharp shift in Republican support for the issue.

In spite of strong support among Texas GOP leaders, nearly all Texas House Republicans voted against the bill intended to boost the state’s semiconductor industry.

The House has passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States and help it better compete with international rivals, namely China.

A congressional candidate in Washington state whose compelling personal story of military valor and unfathomable loss helped him win former President Donald Trump’s support is connected to right-wing extremists.

Republicans Josh Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas led the Senate challenge on Jan. 6, 2021, to Joe Biden's victory.

Indiana Republican lawmakers have narrowly advanced a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state, despite opposition from abortion-rights supporters and anti-abortion activists.

A Pennsylvania representative attended the same-sex wedding of his son three days after voting against legislation to protect the recognition of same-sex marriages.

An increasing number of Republican officials are defending House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her reported trip to Taiwan.

Former President Donald Trump continues to push for decertification of his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden, particularly in Wisconsin.

The bar, which licenses lawyers and offers training sessions, is suing Paxton in an attempt to sanction him for trying block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump.

About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices.

Gay Republicans who have fought for acceptance within the Texas GOP over the past three decades told The Texas Tribune progress has been excruciatingly slow. Many of them have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has wrapped up its public hearings — each featuring revelatory details about the day of violence itself or the weeks of efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election.

Republicans are starting to pay more attention to Texas Senate District 27 — the only competitive Senate seat in November — but whether they will go all in remains an open question.

A vote is looming in Kansas that could clear the way for the Legislature to more strictly regulate or ban abortion, but abortion opponents are hesitating to say what they intend to do if they win.

Democrats have pushed legislation through the House that would inscribe the right to use contraceptives into law.

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales was the only Texas Republican to vote for a bill seeking to codify the right to same-sex marriage. The measure passed the House, but its fate in the Senate is uncertain.

Key Republicans are warming up to passing a bill that provides roughly $52 billion in incentives for the semiconductor industry.

One of the best opportunities for Democrats to regain a governor’s office this year is in Maryland, and the race to succeed term-limited Republican Larry Hogan has drawn a crowd of candidates.

Republican primaries this year have revealed a new political strategy for numerous candidates.

Milwaukee moved another step closer to hosting the 2024 Republican National Convention when a site selection committee unanimously recommended the event be held there rather than Nashville.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating potential criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election says she's considering requesting that former President Donald Trump testify under oath to a grand jury.