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Black voters — especially in southern states — are casting early ballots at a pace well ahead of previous midterm elections, giving Democrats a reservoir of likely support a week before Election Day.

Ranking members on Senate health panels are pressing Cigna and other health insurance companies on their decision to work with President Donald Trump’s administration to remove hundreds of thousands of people from Affordable Care Act plans over fraud allegations.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will campaign with vulnerable Rep. Mike Lawler Tuesday where they plan to address mailings that appear to come from a right-leaning group that Lawler’s campaign says made false claims about his position on immigration.

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, called for a strong turnout in next week’s election, predicting it would help sweep her to victory in a tight race against Republican Rick Jackson.

Sherrod Brown’s potential victory in his Ohio Senate race and Rep. Sean Casten’s bid for the top Democratic slot on the House’s banking panel are forcing the crypto industry to prepare for some of their toughest critics in new roles next Congress.

President Donald Trump vowed to appeal a federal judge’s order to restrict his sweeping plan to transform a municipal golf course in Washington into a championship course.

Republicans began the 2026 midterm election cycle with the Senate map as one of their biggest advantages. It hasn’t turned out that way.

A national film and television production incentive is getting a behind-the-scenes push for inclusion in an end-of-year tax package, lawmakers say.

Opinion: Corporate leadership must act quickly to ensure their legal, government relations, and communications teams are ready to work together to manage potentially changing rules governing congressional investigations and committee practices.

House Republicans will elect their 2027 leaders on Nov. 10, teeing up a likely competitive intraparty contest for the week following the midterm election, two GOP aides told Bloomberg Government.

A broad coalition of influential industry groups is keeping the pressure on congressional leaders to enact legislation before the end of the year to expedite permitting for energy and infrastructure projects.

The Federal Aviation Administration must require prospective spaceport operators to prove the public benefits of their plans outweigh potential damage to the surrounding communities, a national coalition of more than 90 local groups said in a regulatory filing.

Republicans’ message that government programs are rife with fraud and abuse is looming over a tightening Minnesota Senate race in the last days before the midterm elections.

Much of the millions spent on AI-related campaign ads this year have focused on voter pushback over data centers. But candidates in some of the country’s tightest and most closely watched races are explicitly citing AI risks and safety concerns, or expressly calling for regulating the technology.

Voters on Nov. 3 will choose their federal legislators — and 39 states also present ballot initiatives from tax changes to social issues. California and Colorado voters lead with 14 measures to decide on.

A proposed overhaul of small business eligibility standards could expose nearly 57,000 small federal vendors to larger rivals, including publicly traded companies.

President Donald Trump’s latest staff shake-ups echo a return to his tumultuous first administration, which was marked by a revolving door of staff, volatile public firings, resignations, and persistent internal White House conflict.

Democrats are preparing to launch congressional investigations into the administration’s handling of files related to the late, disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein if they regain power after the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

US Senate candidate Mary Peltola was involved in a car crash Saturday night, forcing the Alaska Democrat’s campaign to delay rallies planned for Sunday and Monday.

Ahead of the US midterm elections on Nov. 3, national polls show that most Americans are deeply dissatisfied with the direction of the country.

President Donald Trump used a campaign rally to intensify his attacks on Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, his Muslim faith and his Egyptian heritage, repeatedly portraying the Michigan-born Democrat as sympathetic to Islamic extremism without offering any evidence for his allegations.

Mid-decade redistricting is reminding national parties why governors' races and state legislative contests matter.

Aspiring firefighters, welders, and phlebotomy technicians in a handful of states can now access federal financial aid to pay for short-term workforce training at community colleges.

President Donald Trump will still dominate as the center of power in Washington, even if Democrats win in the midterms, said a rising K Street lobbyist with close ties to the administration.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur and two other Democratic incumbents face rematches in November that will test the party's ability to win over former Trump voters in a vastly different political climate as they seek to flip the House majority.

In the home stretch in one of the most closely watched and costliest House contests, both candidates have been leaning into populist policy ideas, a sign of the angst over rising insurance premiums and distrust of the corporations behind the high costs.

Control of the Senate is up for grabs, and a Democratic majority starting in January could hamper President Donald Trump's ability to fill any US Supreme Court vacancies that open during the remainder of his term.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is warning his party to tamp down their projections of a blue wave in the midterms and stay focused on their message as Election Day draws near.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is warning his party to tamp down their projections of a blue wave in the midterms and stay focused on their message as Election Day draws near.

Elon Musk’s enormous promise to give a SpaceX share to every child in America could vaporize billions in taxes for Musk — but not so much for recipients.

The Trump administration is suing to preemptively stop Alaska election officials from certifying the results of next month’s Senate contest if the Republican candidate loses, claiming there’s a risk of “voter confusion” because two individuals with similar names will be on the ballot.

The Trump administration is suing to preemptively stop Alaska election officials from certifying the results of next month’s US Senate contest if the Republican candidate loses, claiming there’s a risk of “voter confusion” because two individuals with similar names will be on the ballot.

Autonomous vehicles would get exemptions from some safety rules that manually operated cars must follow under a proposed plan the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled Friday.

Both parties are intensifying campaign spending in congressional districts that strongly favored President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, a sign of an expanding House map that could lift the range of anticipated Democratic gains on Nov. 3.

The Education Department’s proposal to overhaul its federal grant program for the expansion of charter schools is one step closer to being released.

State lawmakers are moving to restrict automated license plate readers as privacy concerns intensify about the technology’s surveillance potential.

Autonomous truck developer Aurora Innovation Inc. in recent months entered the lobbying fight surrounding proposed legislation that would ban Chinese-tied automobiles from the US market.

In the home stretch in one of the most closely watched and costliest House contests, both candidates have been leaning into populist policy ideas, a sign of the angst over rising insurance premiums and distrust of the corporations behind the high costs.

Control of the Senate is up for grabs, and a Democratic majority starting in January could hamper President Donald Trump’s ability to fill any US Supreme Court vacancies that open during the remainder of his term.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur and two other Democratic incumbents face rematches in November that will test the party’s ability to win over former Trump voters in a vastly different political climate as they seek to flip the House majority.

More than a dozen organizations are calling on Congress to investigate Meta’s reported involvement in the sidelining of an active criminal investigation against it, according to a letter obtained by Bloomberg Government Thursday.

Senate Finance’s ranking member said he’ll work to restore a clean energy direct payment program that he deemed “wildly successful” if Democrats win back control of Congress.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at bringing down housing costs in a bid to show that his administration is addressing voters’ affordability concerns in the final sprint to the midterm elections.

President Donald Trump will still dominate as the center of power in Washington, even if Democrats win in the midterms, said a rising K Street lobbyist with close ties to the administration.

Model Evaluation and Threat Research, Inc., a research nonprofit that evaluates frontier artificial intelligence models, hired its first federal lobbyists last month ahead of a crucial AI summit at the White House.

The Education and Justice departments will reassess civil rights guidance from the Obama and Biden administrations that might not align with the Supreme Court’s landmark Loper Bright Enterprises. v. Raimondo decision regarding agency interpretations of federal law.

Grant funding and efforts to revitalize the domestic maritime base are top priorities for the maritime industry, regardless of who wins in the upcoming midterm elections and gets control of Congress.

Latino voters overwhelmingly support stricter oversight of artificial intelligence and a majority oppose local data center developments, according to a new poll released Thursday, findings that put an important voting bloc at odds with President Donald Trump ahead of a pivotal midterm election.

The White House has begun reviewing proposed regulations to overhaul college accreditation, the century-old accountability system President Donald Trump sees as a means to transform higher education.

A Democratic Congress would be poised to challenge President Donald Trump’s industrial policies, after he pursued curbs on renewable energy, trade, and immigration with Republican-led chambers since 2025.