White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt came to the defense of President Donald Trump over his take on the 2026 midterm elections.

"When democracy is treated as optional, it is Black communities who pay the price first and hardest,” said Nadine Smith of Color Of Change.

The Supreme Court could reshape U.S. elections for years to come as it hears a number of cases with implications for the country’s political landscape. In perhaps the most high-stakes example, the country is waiting to see whether the justices weaken a section of the Voting Rights Act.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A group of mostly Democratic U.S. senators sent a letter Thursday to the U.S. Postal Service, voicing concern that mail processing changes could affect postmark dates for mail-in ballots during an election year that will determine control of Congress.

As Americans bet on U.S. midterm elections in November, Interactive Brokers founder and chairman Thomas Peterffy said he expects growth to accelerate this year for the prediction markets platform his company launched in 2024.

The first US sale of the Venezuelan crude oil was to a company whose senior member had donated to US President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.

The State Board of Elections is investigating a complaint that one of the Republican candidates for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat lives in Florida. She says it’s false.

President Trump signaled Thursday that Venezuela is not yet ready to hold elections, less than a week after the U.S. captured and ousted the nation’s embattled leader Nicolás Maduro. Trump,

Trump says the US ‘shouldn’t even have an election’ in 2026 because of all his accomplishments - Trump expressed frustration that his party could lose the House or Senate in the upcoming midterms

Representative Robin Kelly rounds out the major contenders, offering an alternative to a race that has otherwise been defined by the clash between Krishnamoorthi’s fund-raising and Stratton’s institutional support.