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At 73, Sherrod Brown is mounting a comeback bid in Ohio. He is one of the Democrats his party is counting on to retake control of the Senate.

Representative Rashida Tlaib was supposed to headline an event called "Chomp the Oligarchy" for three candidates for Congress who face Jewish Democrats in Tuesday's primary.

Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy's logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain.

Violent crime rates, including murder, have dropped precipitously. The trend began before the president's current term.

Ed Markey is hoping that his progressive politics will save him in Massachusetts.

Asked whether the deployment of the Abraham Lincoln had gone on too long, the president said its deployment had lasted "not nearly long enough."

Decades before his rise to the New York State appellate court, he was a probation officer who tried to help Mr. Oswald, then a teenager living in the Bronx.

Some lawmakers and their families have traded millions of dollars worth of stocks since the start of this term.

Republican and Democratic challengers are both using the issue to attack members of Congress as unethical, seizing on a common practice that enrages voters.

The campaign of Mary Peltola said it was focused on issues important to Alaska and did not approve a message of support from Ms. Harris.