Tamara Keith

The midterms went better for President Biden than most polls and pundits predicted. He gave a rare formal press conference Wednesday and took a victory lap.

What can we say so far about the impact of former President Donald Trump's endorsements in the midterms?

Control of congress is undetermined but we do know that the overwhelming victories that the GOP predicted did not happen, despite historic trends that usually give the party out of power huge wins.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Douglas Keith of the Brennan Center for Justice about why money is pouring into state judicial campaigns.

Days ahead of midterm elections, President Biden is giving his closing argument on the state of U.S. democracy with the backdrop of the U.S. Capitol, where the Jan. 6 attack took place.

Jill Biden is a sought-after headliner on the midterm campaign trail in a way her husband, the president, is not.

A Trump-endorsed Republican and a Democratic state senator are facing off in a congressional race that could help decide control of the House of Representatives

The new district could play an outsized role in which party controls the House of Representatives. We talk to voters about how they see it.

The economy is a top concern this midterm election, but voters have other things on their minds, too. We hear from early voters in a competitive North Carolina House district.

President Biden is set to announce Wednesday that the U.S. plans to draw 15 million barrels of oil out of its strategic stockpiles in December.

Biden's approval ratings are underwater, so many Democratic candidates in tough races have avoided campaign appearances with him. But there are places where he can help.

A mother-daughter baking duo is responsible for the 6-foot tall "Pan Solo" sculpture that sits outside of the family business, One House Bakery, in Benicia, Calif.

President Biden is on his biggest midterm campaign outing yet, a trip that is taking him to Colorado, California and Oregon. But compared to past presidents, he hasn't been on the road that much.\

Ad spending by Democrats on abortion-related messaging took off after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, Republican spending on crime ads tripled in September.

You can learn a lot about how candidates and their backers think they can win an election by looking at how they spend ad money. Two themes are emerging: crime and abortion.

The Justice Department is appealing part of a judge's order that could potentially delay the investigation into how White House documents ended up in former President Trump's Florida home.

President Biden unveiled the official White House portraits of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday — reviving a tradition set aside during the Trump era.

The event marked the first time in 10 years that a sitting president has invited former leadership back for a revealing of portraits — a tradition that stalled during the Trump years.

The administration hopes the funding request will become part of an upcoming short-term spending bill aimed at funding the federal government beyond Sept. 30.

President Biden wants to focus midterm arguments on the threat of political violence and risks to rights and freedoms. It's a strategy that worked for Democrats in a recent special election race.