The former attorney general who previously served as U.S. senator is expected to run despite facing a crowded GOP primary field and possible opposition from President Trump.
Two GOP sources say they expect former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce a comeback Senate bid in Alabama before Friday's deadline. Sessions was one of President Trump's earliest supporters.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, about the polarization of the committee amid the impeachment inquiry.
Democrats have taken control of the Virginia legislature for the first time in nearly 25 years. To voters, this election was about much more than just state politics.
A relative of the three women and six children who were killed tells President Trump to stop U.S. "loopholes from systematically injecting high powered assault weapons to Mexico."
Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's campaign has asked the state for a recanvass of the votes from Tuesday's gubernatorial election, in which he trails by about 5,000 votes.
In Tucson, Ariz., residents rejected a "sanctuary city" label. In San Francisco, they supported a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes, and in Jersey City, N.J., they closed the door on Airbnb.
The House impeachment inquiry moves into a new phase next week with public hearings. This, as the committee releases another transcript from a key State Department official who testified privately.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, about how social media platforms decide what makes an advertisement political.
The president's campaign may be raising lots of money off impeachment, but it may not be firing up rural voters as Republicans anticipated. We talk about that and six other lessons from the elections.