Elections

A Pennsylvania state Senate race in Lancaster County is shaping up as one of the more consequential down-ballot contests of the 2026 election, with incumbent Democrat James Malone defending a seat Republicans have strong reasons to believe they can reclaim. Malone narrowly won the 36th Senate District in a 2025 special election, defeating Republican candidate […]

Pennsylvania lawmakers are sounding the alarm over a proposed 502-page rewrite of the state’s health regulations, arguing that changes under consideration could give health authorities broader powers during future disease outbreaks. The proposed Regulation 10-242 would update Pennsylvania’s rules governing communicable and noncommunicable diseases, including expanding the list of reportable diseases and changing language governing […]

Rep. Mike Lawler is escalating his attacks on Democratic challenger Cait Conley, accusing his opponent of being a political outsider and linking her to some of New York’s most prominent Democratic figures. Lawler, the Republican incumbent representing New York’s 17th Congressional District, has sought to tie Conley to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and […]

Democrat socialist Claire Valdez is facing calls for a federal review after the New York congressional candidate said she would carry the “fight” of Mexico’s independence movement with her into Congress. Valdez, the Democratic nominee seeking to replace retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in New York’s 7th Congressional District, made the comments in a post highlighting […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly. The meeting is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence, according to Anna Bahr, Mamdani’s communications director. Bahr said the two will discuss issues affecting the city and […]

YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) — Mary Ryan may be a registered Republican, but she has never voted for President Donald Trump, turned off by his crass style of politics and chaotic approach to governing. But the 60-year-old medical writer from the Philadelphia suburbs has consistently backed her party's congressman, five-term Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick. Until now. This […]

Rep. Jeff Van Drew says he may subpoena New Jersey officials after a House hearing on 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote produced no testimony from Gov. Mikie Sherrill's administration. The South Jersey Republican, who chairs the House Judiciary oversight subcommittee, said after Tuesday's hearing that he will meet Chairman Jim Jordan to discuss next steps, […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is donating $300,000 to New York Democrats and taking her campaign show to Syracuse, Utica and Buffalo ahead of the midterms. The money goes to a state fund controlled by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Ocasio-Cortez said New York has become central to the fight for a House majority and that she will go […]

National Republicans are opening their wallets to protect Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s New Jersey seat, with a super PAC tied to President Trump's political orbit committing roughly $3.3 million to the race as control of the House hangs in the balance. Safety and Affordability PAC, a newly formed group deploying tens of millions of dollars […]

The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore this week for refusing to turn over the state's complete voter registration list, escalating a monthslong standoff over election data that has now landed in federal court. According to the lawsuit, the DOJ requested an electronic copy of Rhode Island's […]

New Hampshire’s open U.S. Senate race is rapidly turning into one of the most closely watched contests of the 2026 midterms, and Republicans have new reason to believe the Granite State could be in play. The latest ratings from two major nonpartisan election handicappers now classify the race as a toss-up, putting Republican former Sen. […]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is putting another roadblock in front of the state’s growing data-center industry, this time urging communities to demand at least $1 million from developers for every megawatt of electricity their projects are expected to consume. The announcement comes just two months after Hochul imposed what became the nation’s first statewide […]

Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan and Democratic challenger Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti committed this week to face off in a WVIA Congressional Debate on the evening of Oct. 29. The 55-minute event will take place at WVIA’s studios in Jenkins Township and air live on WVIA-TV, WVIA Radio, and the station’s website and social media […]

Pennsylvania residents could be facing another major jump in health insurance costs in 2027, with insurers seeking premium increases as high as 40% while the Shapiro administration says state regulators have limited authority to stop them. According to an investigation by Spotlight PA, insurers are seeking average individual-market increases ranging from 10% to 40%. Proposed […]

After months of pressure from Republican challenger Stacy Garrity, Gov. Josh Shapiro has agreed to take the debate stage. Pennsylvania voters will get their first televised gubernatorial debate since 2018 on October 7 at 8 p.m., when Shapiro and Garrity meet at the ABC27 studio in Harrisburg. Longtime anchor Dennis Owens will moderate. The debate […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom does not like being on Donald Trump's side on any issue. But when it comes to transgender girls and women in sports, particularly at the school level, the Democrat said he largely agrees with the Republican president. Newsom, one of his party's leading White House prospects, believes it's “deeply unfair” for people […]

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) appeared in a prerecorded video played at the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas this week, calling himself a "commonsense Democrat" and praising his Pennsylvania Senate colleague, Republican Dave McCormick. "David McCormick is the kind of senator that gets the job done," Fetterman said in the clip, adding that the […]

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley lost his bid for a second term Tuesday night, defeated in the Democratic primary by state Rep. David Morales, a Bernie Sanders-endorsed democratic socialist. Morales, 27, prevailed over the incumbent in a result that marks a first for Providence: no sitting mayor of the city had ever previously failed to secure […]