Politics

Election 2026 Redistricting
State troopers remove people from the House gallery during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Elections

Republicans have gained an edge in a US House redistricting battle. What states are taking action?

MAY 8, 2026

Election 2026 California Governor
From left to right, Antonio Villaraigosa, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer, Steve Hilton, Chad Bianco, Xavier Becerra and Matt Mahan participate in a California gubernatorial debate hosted by CNN at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, Calif. Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Elections

U.S. Elections: The Week in Photos

MAY 7, 2026

Trump
President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Elections

Takeaways from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan: Trump’s flex pays off and Democrats win special election

MAY 6, 2026

Tennessee

Elections

Protesters march at Tennessee’s capitol as lawmakers look to carve up a majority-Black district in Memphis

MAY 6, 2026

Abortion Pill Politics
FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Elections

Abortion pill rulings bring the issue back to the forefront in a midterm election year

MAY 5, 2026

AP Poll AAPI Adults
FILE - Members of the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles hold signs reading: "#Stop Asian Hate," in a caravan around Koreatown to denounce hate against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the Koreatown neighborhood in Los Angeles March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Elections

Fewer AAPI adults report hate incidents but racism concerns linger, new poll shows

MAY 4, 2026

Supreme Court Voting Rights
Rep. Cleo Fields, D-La., center, who represents Louisiana's 6th congressional district, is joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus as they speak to reporters in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling to strike down his majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Elections

Redistricting war accelerates winner-take-all political combat that’s straining American democracy

MAY 4, 2026

Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Elections

Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act and aids GOP efforts to control the House

APRIL 30, 2026

Iran US Military By The Numbers
FILE - President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Elections

Many Democrats are stressed out by the news. They still can’t turn away, a new poll finds

APRIL 29, 2026

Trump White House Correspondents Dinner
Journalists that were in attendance for the White House Correspondents Dinner prepare for a press briefing at the Washington Hilton following an incident that disrupted the event, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Government

Reporters covered the correspondents’ dinner shooting in real time. Conspiracy theories still spread

APRIL 27, 2026

Election 2026 Ohio Governor
Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the Warren County Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner at the Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elections

Ohio GOP primary for governor shows potential headwinds for Ramaswamy as he looks to fall campaign

APRIL 26, 2026

Algeria Pope Africa
Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

Africa

A dispatch from inside the Vatican bubble during a remarkable exchange between pope and president

APRIL 24, 2026

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