Government

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, waves as he takes the stage during a primary runoff election night event after winning the Republican party's nomination, May 26, 2026, in Plano, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, left, Democratic congressional candidate Bob Brooks, center, and U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries raise their hands during a campaign event for Brooks ahead of the midterm elections at a Steelworkers Union Hall in Bethlehem, Pa., Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Blewett)

FILE - Ballots are sorted the day after California's primary election at the LA County Ballot Processing Center, June 3, 2026, in City of Industry, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

FILE - The U.S. and South Carolina flags hang in the South Carolina statehouse, March 16, 2021, in Columbia, S.C . (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Cannon House Office Building as Republican lawmakers passed a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4, in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two voters fill out their ballots in Memphis, Tennessee on Wednesday, July 22, 206. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)

President Donald Trump speaks during a media conference, flanked by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)

FILE - King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff stands in court on Oct. 10, 2016, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin speaks to reporters in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Friday, July 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FILE - Absentee ballots during a count at the Wisconsin Center, Nov. 8, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

FILE - Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

FILE - New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill talks to reporters during a news conference in Trenton, N.J., Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)