Poll: Booker leads Lautenberg by 21

The surge is especially pronounced in Texas, where more than 6.3 million had voted early as of Wednesday, compared with 4.2 million at the same point four years ago.

Leo, formerly Robert Prevost, “has exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen” and has done so “whenever he was eligible to do so,” the Holy See press office said.

The reports come at an awkward time for Republican candidates, who have for months seen their poll numbers weighed down by an unpopular war in Iran that is driving fuel prices higher.

Democrats and Dan J. Sullivan have denied working together, but the Times offered fresh evidence to the contrary, prompting a sharp reaction from President Donald Trump and other Republicans.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, a Republican fighting to hold on to a swing seat, and his Democratic challenger distanced themselves from their parties on Iran, voter ID and more.

Dean Logan, the Los Angeles County registrar, said, “threats and intimidated have no place in elections.”

Republican Brian Fitzpatrick, engaged in a tight race against Democrat Bob Harvie, wants Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia disqualified from the board for alleged "conflicts of interest."

President Donald Trump's involvement in this year's midterm elections has moved from rhetoric to reality.

Three news outlets are telling a federal court that the White House is defying a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald Trump.

Political parties often support extra candidates on ballots to try to pull votes from their rivals. If state courts allow it, experts say, the federal government has no role challenging the results.

Ballot-stacking tactics are common in politics and generally considered legal — and have been employed by both parties in Alaska.

Judge David O. Carter wrote that the administration’s demand for urgent action “would wreak havoc and disrupt the election that is already underway."

In the past few months, at least nine of 15 Cabinet secretaries and several other senior Trump deputies have been formally accused of Hatch Act violations.

Their efforts have aimed to erode this double standard and make it easier to hold men accountable for sexual assault.

The videos demonstrate how foreign adversaries continue to use a familiar playbook to try to influence American voters who are deciding which party controls Congress next year.

It’s a crime in Brazil for a political candidate to accept funding or other campaign assistance from a foreign source.

Democrats need to pick up four seats to retake the Senate, and the party has a clear lead in just one Republican-held state.

Across the country this election season, taxing the richest Americans is the solution many Democrats are offering for a host of middle-class problems.

Conservative pioneers in the 1970s revealed that incendiary direct mail targeting specific slices of the electorate and arousing their emotions could motivate voters and raise funds.

Shaun M. Stebbins, who worked as an aide at Woodbine Elementary School, already had been charged in Atlantic County with sexually assaulting young children and making child porn.

In addition to being the TV voice of the Sixers, Scott is the USA Network's lead broadcaster on the WNBA.

It’s highly unusual for Justice Department officials to publicly discuss a criminal investigation or even confirm its existence.

Brown reported soreness after the Sixers’ win at the Indiana Pacers Wednesday and was unable to go through Friday’s shootaround, coach Nick Nurse said.

It happened completely by chance, but 84-year-old Marjorie Derieux became an unexpected star during the Flyers’ 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 19.

Key phrase: Tried to. Sixers fans were quick to note Brunson's deep roots at Villanova, where he won two NCAA titles.