The head of the Justice Department praised the U.S. attorney in Washington after her tense meeting with the president.

His close margin of victory may point to challenges ahead.

Muslim voters from across the country said they felt hope and anxiety as Dr. El-Sayed moved closer to becoming the nation’s first Muslim senator.

Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.

Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical test of Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?

Representative Shri Thanedar is among a wave of Democratic incumbents in Congress whom primary voters have sent packing in a surge of anti-incumbent fervor this cycle.

At the White House’s request, senators tucked a change sought by the hemp industry into a crucial spending bill. It would benefit the son-in-law of Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed narrowly prevailed over Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for Senate in Michigan, setting up a nervy race to November for the party.

Dr. El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate, in a bitter primary dominated by the politics of Israel.

Chuck Edwards made the announcement after the House Ethics Committee recommended he be censured for “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct” toward two female staff members.

President Trump announced a proposal aimed at achieving the disarmament of Hamas and an Israeli withdrawal. Israel ramped up attacks on the Palestinian enclave.

William Lawrence defeated two moderate candidates to challenge a vulnerable Republican incumbent, but some worry his views could hurt his chances in November.

Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November.

Representative Wesley Bell beat Cori Bush, his predecessor, in a rematch. He will be a heavy favorite in the safely Democratic district in November.

The Rev. Adam Hamilton will be a serious underdog against Roger Marshall, a Republican, but Democrats think the state could be competitive if the November environment is favorable enough to them.

The Richmond-area district was going to be one of the country’s most competitive in November, before a court threw out a Democrat-drawn redistricting map. Ms. Taylor faces Representative Rob Wittman in November.

The decision by Julian Beaudion, the Democratic nominee, to leave the race was the third recent withdrawal by a Democratic Senate candidate in a red state.