A U.S. Senate race in Texas is now set with the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton winning the GOP nomination in a primary runoff Tuesday. He'll face Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.

Democrats are looking for a path to winning more Congressional seats in the future. One way may be to court more rural voters.

Next week's primary in California includes a closely watched race between two Democrats in the state's Central Valley competing to unseat GOP Rep. David Valadao.

With his new executive order, Stein became the fourth Democratic governor to ban state employees from trading on information gained at work.

In March, Riverside County, Sheriff Chad Bianco seized around 650,000 election ballots from Riverside County's registrar of voters. The ballots were already certified in a 2025 California election.

In a statement, McConnell said the fund was “utterly stupid, morally wrong, take your pick.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is at the center of negotiations over the war in Iran, the pressure campaign on Cuba's regime and the U.S. efforts in Russia's war in Ukraine.

Longtime Sen. John Cornyn lost to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday.

Ben Rhodes was a speechwriter and security adviser for President Obama. His book, All We Say, is a collection of 15 speeches — from Ben Franklin to Trump — about what it means to be American.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Brandon Rottinghaus, professor of political science at the University of Houston, about the outcome of Tuesday's primaries in Texas.