Midterm elections
Gas price is seen at a Mobil gas station in Vernon Hills, Ill., Friday, June 11, 2021. The rising cost of gasoline is being felt across the U.S., as the national average price has gone up from $2 per gallon last year to $3 per gallon as of June 9, according to data from the American Automobile Association. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Republicans point to inflation in bid to retake Congress

By Will Weissert And Josh Boak Jun. 18, 2021 10:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt speaks during a news conference outside of the Clark County Election Department in North Las Vegas, Nev. Florida Sen. Rick Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senate Committee says he expects former Laxalt to challenge incumbent Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto next year. (AP Photo/John Locher)
GOP chair expects former Nevada AG Laxalt to run for Senate

By Michelle L. Price And Steve Peoples Jun. 07, 2021 04:49 PM EDT

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador thumbs up after voting in congressional, state and local elections in Mexico City, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Mexicans on Sunday were electing the entire lower house of Congress, almost half the country's governors and most mayors in a vote that will determine if Obrador's Morena party gets the legislative majority. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexico votes on López Obrador's 'transformation' at mid-term

By Christopher Sherman And Mark Stevenson Jun. 06, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file photo, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Every Republican in Congress voted against the $1.9 trillion "American Rescue Plan," which President Joe Biden signed into law three months ago. But ever since, Republicans from New York and Indiana to Texas and Washington state have promoted elements of legislation that would not  exist if they had their way. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)
Republicans promote pandemic relief they voted against

By Steve Peoples May. 06, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, on the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Big effort aims to elect candidates with science backgrounds

By Bryan Anderson Apr. 02, 2021 02:38 PM EDT

House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., flanked by Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., left, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, speaks a news conference on passage of gun violence prevention legislation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Clyburn: COVID relief bill will boost Dems in 2022 midterms

By Meg Kinnard Mar. 23, 2021 03:53 PM EDT

El presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador en Ciudad de México el 13 de julio del 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexican president wants referendum on judging predecessors

Sep. 15, 2020 10:15 AM EDT