The political futures of the top leaders in Congress will be determined by what happens on Nov. 3. Each of the four leaders in the House and Senate is in a precarious position as they await the verdict of voters and feverishly work to increase or retain the power of their respective caucuses in the […]

Republicans are praising President Donald Trump‘s move to send $90 Medicare checks to seniors nationwide as a politically savvy effort to reach one of the most reliable voting blocs ahead of the midterm elections, even as they acknowledge the payments may not be enough to overcome a difficult environment for the GOP. The president recently […]

DOSWELL, Virginia — Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) has spent nearly 20 years in Congress, winning reelection after reelection in a district Democrats haven’t held since the 1970s. But as the nine-term Republican worked the crowds at the State Fair of Virginia, shaking hands and talking with voters less than a month before Election Day, the […]

STAFFORD COUNTY, Kansas — A zebra skin hangs over a beam and the spiral-horned head of a kudu, an African antelope, looks down from the wall, amid a gaggle of stuffed geese and ducks. “I shot that zebra at 48 yards,” says Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), reminiscing about a bow hunting trip to Namibia as […]