Florida governor urges Republicans to be bolder and draw sharper contrasts with Democrats to keep Trump-aligned voters engaged in future elections.

Trump confidently carried Iowa Senate District 35 by about 21 points in 2024. In January, Democrat Mike Zimmer flipped the seat, winning by roughly 4 points over Republican Katie Whittington. The result was about a 25-point overperformance by Democrats compared with Trump’s margin a year earlier.

Cole faces explosives charges in connection with the Jan. 5, 2021 placement of the pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees. Nobody was hurt before the bombs were rendered safe, but the FBI has said both devices could have been lethal.

Nasry Asfura, the conservative candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, clung to a razor-thin advantage in Honduras' presidential race on Friday as counting stretched into its sixth day in the tight contest drawing close attention from Washington.

Trump claims efforts in Honduras to "change the results" of an election in which he's backed the party of an ex-president convicted of trafficking cocaine to the U.S.

Trump cannonballed into the deep end of Honduran politics this week, first endorsing presidential candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura from the conservative National Party and then announcing the pardon of ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández — of the same party — sentenced to 45 years in a U.S. prison for helping move tons of cocaine.

State and local elections officials across the country are preparing for a variety of ways the Trump administration could interfere with the 2026 midterm elections. We discuss the risks and what tactics the president and his allies have suggested.

Republican Matt Van Epps won a special election on Tuesday to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.