Blake Hounshell

Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democrat who won a House race in Florida, will soon be the youngest member of Congress and its first denizen of…

A new push by nonprofit groups hopes to revive the practice in New Jersey and possibly elsewhere across the country.

Democrats would have loved to keep the chamber. But politically, being in the minority will have its benefits.

If Trump wins back the White House, we may be even more confused over just how many presidents there have been.

To make sense of the brewing clashes in Congress, we spoke with Carl Hulse, the chief Washington correspondent for The Times.

As they worked to hold the chamber, Democratic strategists used subtle maneuvers to try to discourage strong potential Republican candidates from running.

Defying history, Democrats won power in state capitals across the country, while Republicans deepened their control of red states.

In Arizona and Nevada, Republicans’ path to victory appeared to narrow, though both races remain close. The G.O.P.’s odds of success are greater in the…

The midterms’ results showed the limits of “Team Crazy,” in the words of Representative Peter Meijer — one of many harsh judgments coursing through a…