A closely watched Alaska Senate contest edged tighter Wednesday as new ballot drops chipped away at Mary Peltola’s advantage over Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. The latest unofficial results from the Alaska Division of Elections put Peltola’s lead at 3,975 votes, a reduction from the 4,250-vote margin recorded just one day earlier on Tuesday. The shrinkage…

This winter, the average American household is expected to spend $995 keeping warm, a figure that underscores a deepening financial strain on working families. That projection comes from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, known as NEADA, which represents state governments in their efforts to secure federal energy funding. The $995 figure represents an $84…

Democrats searching for fresh congressional leadership after a strong midterm cycle have landed on a counterintuitive choice: a Maryland lawmaker who has never left office since 1991. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, 67, a father of three from an affluent Washington suburb, has become the preferred alternative for progressives seeking to dislodge Chuck Schumer from the…

A push to delay Senate Republicans’ leadership election is gaining just enough procedural traction to create noise, even as insiders say it almost certainly won’t succeed. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has collected the five colleague signatures required under conference rules to formally request a Republican conference meeting on the question of postponing Tuesday’s scheduled leadership…

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy faces several weeks of rehabilitation after medical staff at The Johns Hopkins Hospital confirmed he suffered a small hemorrhagic stroke. Dr. Jose Suarez, chief of neurosciences critical care at the Baltimore facility, offered an optimistic prognosis for the 53-year-old Democrat following his six-day admission. “Senator Murphy experienced a small hemorrhagic stroke,”…

Two-thirds of sitting Republican senators will not face voters until 2030 or 2032, well after Donald Trump has left the White House, a structural reality that could accelerate his political decline if Republicans suffer major losses Tuesday. That arithmetic stands in sharp contrast to every House Republican, all of whom will seek reelection while Trump…

A new poll showing a dead heat in one of America’s most reliably Republican states has rattled the final stretch of a Senate race few expected to matter. The New York Times/Siena poll put Democrat Annie Andrews and Republican incumbent interim Sen. Darline Graham each at 48%, a figure that has drawn sudden national attention…

Elon Musk has contributed an additional $76 million to Republican efforts in the first two weeks of October, pushing his total political giving this cycle past $442 million. The funds were directed to his super PAC, America PAC, cementing the group’s status as one of the largest super PACs operating in the current election cycle….

North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer has raised serious concerns about Elon Musk’s growing influence over national security and military communications infrastructure. Cramer’s remarks came after Ukraine was blindsided by a disruption to a satellite communications service developed by Musk’s SpaceX, raising alarm among lawmakers. The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk personally ordered a slowdown…

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is targeting seven-term Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Dayton, Ohio, with its first major ad buy in his western Ohio district. The DCCC is dropping separate six-figure buys on two coordinated television ads aimed at putting pressure on Turner in what has long been considered a safe Republican seat. The…