mid term elections

Democrats may have more polling upside in House races

Poll of the week: The New York Times and Siena College have released multiple House polls over the last week. One of the more prominent results was in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, where House Speaker Paul Ryan is retiring.

Election officials' concerns turn to information warfare

As hackers sit down to break into dozens of voting machines here in Las Vegas this weekend, some state and local election officials that have flown in to witness the spectacle at one of the world's largest hacking conventions are becoming increasingly concerned about another threat to November's midterm elections: information warfare.

100 days to the midterm election

Voters are now 100 days away from delivering their verdict on President Donald Trump's first two years in office, and while the political landscape could shift dramatically in three months, right now, the wind is at Democrats' backs.

Trump takes swipe at #MeToo

President Donald Trump understands what got him elected -- a willingness to throw caution and decorum to the wind and to assail what his supporters see as rampant political correctness.

Begala: Democrats are about to fight like crazy

In these hyperbolic times, it's easy to fall into overstatement. Somehow, the farm-to-table dining preferences of Sarah Huckabee Sanders or the subliminal, sartorial messages of the first lady have become the subject of breathless debate. Cotton-candy controversies swirl for a moment and then disappear.

Democrats focus on midterms

California Democrat Adam Schiff, the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, had strong words for his own party.