Republicans have outspent Democrats by about $237 million on advertising in competitive Senate races ahead of next week's midterm elections, according to a Bloomberg analysis of AdImpact media-buying data.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority board on Thursday named state Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw to replace chief executive Ian Choudri, who resigned late Wednesday amid a scandal over consultant travel spending, reports CalMatters.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that agents from the FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not serve as poll monitors during the upcoming midterm elections, amid growing concerns over the presence of federal law enforcement officers at voting locations, The Hill reported.

The race for North Carolina's 1st Congressional District has become the most expensive House general election on record as measured by advertising, according to new figures from ad-tracking firm AdImpact.

U.S. debt held by the public reached 100% of the nation's annual economic output in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, hitting that year-end threshold for the first time since 1946.

An Egyptian man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and other charges Thursday for a deadly firebombing attack on demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, last year. Mohamed Soliman is already serving life in prison...

Democrats have launched a $4 million advertising campaign targeting four Republican House incumbents over artificial intelligence regulation, seeking to capitalize on growing voter concerns about the technology ahead of the November midterm elections, Axios reported...

The father of Michigan Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed serves on the board of an Islamic charity that previously paid $780,000 to settle allegations that it violated U.S. sanctions by transferring money into Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

A bitter Republican primary, lingering party divisions, and voter dissatisfaction over the economy and Iran have turned what once appeared to be a safe GOP Senate seat in South Carolina into one of the nation's most unexpectedly competitive races.

Democrat candidates lead in closely watched U.S. Senate races in Texas and Michigan less than a week before the midterm elections, according to CNN polls released Thursday. In Texas, Democrat James Talarico leads Republican Ken Paxton...

The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has released a high-resolution satellite image of China's secretive reusable space plane, revealing its open payload bay and a second spacecraft docked to its rear.

Third-party candidates with little chance of winning their own elections could determine control of the U.S. Senate in November, as closely contested races in Alaska, Iowa, Ohio, and Texas threaten to complicate Republican efforts to maintain their majority, the Washington Examiner reported.

Hershey on Thursday warned that increased pressure on shoppers due to gas prices, inflation and interest rates could impact how much consumers spend on candy this Halloween.

Amid reports his election challenger secretly participated in a months-long process to recruit people with his name to run, Republican Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan said Democrats will do "anything" to gain power. Sullivan blasted Democrat Mary Peltola and national Democratic...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambitions extend far beyond Ukraine, and his determination to rebuild Moscow's former empire could ultimately trigger a devastating war involving NATO and the United States, according to a prominent military historian.

A hacker group published a searchable database containing records on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors, exposing the identities and contact information of immigration officers, border agents, and undercover investigators.

U.S. Army Pacific has been preparing under the assumption that China could attempt to seize Taiwan by military force next year, according to its commander.Gen. Ronald Clark told the TechNet Indo-Pacific conference in Honolulu on Tuesday that the military continues to regard...

The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 3.4% annual pace from July through September, accelerating from the second quarter on strong consumer spending and investment in artificial intelligence.

A Chinese executive suspected of helping Beijing obtain restricted U.S. artificial intelligence chips developed close ties with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, raising concerns about China's access to sensitive information.

US stock index futures pared declines slightly Thursday as investors assessed the latest inflation reading, released a day after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will resign nine months before the end of her term, a move that opens the way for European leaders to choose a successor ahead of France's presidential election next year.

Humanitarian aid is poised to roll into the stricken city of Oleshky on Friday, a Ukrainian official said, as a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine stretched into a third day and military units cleared away landmines. Moscow and Kyiv have observed the truce in and...

Alaska's governor ordered an investigation into whether Democrat Mary Peltola's U.S. Senate campaign should face criminal or civil charges over its role in recruiting candidates to draw votes from Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced...

Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said U.S. tax dollars should support domestic needs rather than foreign militaries as he continued to distance himself from an outside group's advertisement linking grocery costs to American support for Israel.

The Pentagon is treating the spate of mysterious freezer malfunctions that spoiled food at military bases across the United States in August as a suspected hack, according to four officials familiar with the matter. One of the officials said the military investigators were...