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FILE - Lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as night falls on Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Less than 20 races to be called as control of Congress hangs in the balance

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New York Democrats and a Republican (GOP) majority in the House of Representatives illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Tone-deaf New York Democrats could deliver a GOP House

By Irit Tratt

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives at Manhattan federal court Oct. 23, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

New Jersey school is removing Sen. Bob Menendez’s name from its building

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Activists supporting Ukraine demonstrate outside the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, April 20, 2024, as the House prepares to vote on approval of $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Leaders in Ukraine, West laud U.S. aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’

By Samya Kullab and Elise Morton - Associated Press

Robert Ward leaves the volunteer fire station after voting during a primary election, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Cusseta, Ala. Fifteen states and a U.S. territory hold their 2024 nominating contests on Super Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Crowded race for Alabama’s new U.S. House district, as Democrats aim to flip seat in November

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Rosemary McCoy talks about a local gerrymandering lawsuit in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 18, 2023. Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled in the summer of 2023 that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the voting power of Black residents. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough, File)

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, July 7, 2023, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Former President Donald Trump's decision to back out of Fox News' first GOP primary debate this week likely costs the network a chance at a very large audience for the end of summer. It also tests the network's ability to pivot yet again after what has been a tough year, paying $787 million to settle a defamation lawsuit just as a trial was to begin, and firing popular personality Tucker Carlson shortly after the settlement. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Stop the nonsense: Impeachment as a political tool

By Tim Constantine

Former Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., during a Senate Rules Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Southwest Airlines said Monday, July 17, 2023, it added former U.S. Senator Blunt, to its board of directors. Blunt, 73, spent 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Senate from 2011 until leaving office in January as the fourth-ranking Republican. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Southwest Airlines adds former Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri to its board of directors

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FILE 0 LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride speaks during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Thursday, July 28, 2016. McBride, now a Delaware state Senator, announced Monday, June 26, 2023, she's running for the U.S. House of Representatives. Already the first openly transgender state senator elected in the country, she'd be the first transgender member of Congress if she wins in November. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

If this Delaware senator wins a U.S. House seat, she’ll be the 1st trans member of Congress

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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks during the House Select Committee on Intelligence annual open hearing on world wide threats at the Capitol in Washington, March 9, 2023. The first Republican presidential primaries are nearly a year away and the candidate field is unsettled. But already, a shadow contest of another sort is underway with several Republicans openly jockeying to position themselves as potential running mates to Donald Trump, the early front-runner for the nomination. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

New York’s Stefanik raises $3 million for House GOP

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

State Sen. Jennifer McClellan, D-Hanover, speaks at the Call for Action on Gun Safety at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, in Richmond, Va. Voters in a Richmond-based Virginia congressional district will settle a special election Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, for the open seat previously held by the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald McEachin, who died in November shortly after being elected to a fourth term. Democratic nominee McClellan faces GOP opponent, pastor Leon Benjamin. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)

Democrat Jennifer McClellan wins special election for Virginia’s 4th District

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Illustration on lessons from the Virginia General Assembly and Congress by Linas Garsys/ The Washington Times

Virginia General Assembly and Congress: A tale of two legislatures

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 21, 2022. President Joe Biden on Thursday, Dec. 29, signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023, and provide tens of billions of dollars in new aid to Ukraine for its fight against the Russian military. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

House Republican proposes putting a bust of Ukraine leader in U.S. Capitol

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

An election worker verifies a ballot on a screen inside the Maricopa County Recorders Office, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. On Friday, Dec. 2, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Arizona’s Maricopa County announced that more than 540,000 voters visited voting centers on Election Day and that only 248,000 Election Day ballots were counted. Therefore, the county “lost” some 292,000 votes. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Report: ‘Human error’ helped spur wrong ballots in Nashville

By Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

Republicans winning the midterm elections illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Democrats’ upcoming shellacking

By Scott Walker

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, speaks to a reporter at his home, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Lewiston, Maine. Golden is being challenged by Republican Bruce Poliquin in the November election. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine rematch could be a bellwether for control of Congress

By Patrick Whittle - Associated Press

Illustration on crime in America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Time to hold Biden and Democrats accountable for defunding police

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

2022 Race for the Senate Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Senate is within Republican reach

By David N. Bossie

Illustration on a political revolution starting in Wyoming by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Wyoming GOP primary signals beginning of taking America back

By Harriet Hageman

2022 Midterm Election Predictions Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

2022 midterm elections’ survey results less precise, more propaganda

By Michael McKenna