Shortly after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his surprise decision to step down from leadership, Senate Republicans appeared hesitant to line up behind any potential successors but expressed optimism in the conference’s ability to select a good replacement come November.  A top contender to step into McConnell’s role took himself out of the running Tuesday, instead choosing to make a bid for the No. 2 position in the...

Frustrated by higher prices, an influx of illegal immigrants and global instability, and unconvinced that an elderly President Biden could fix these problems, voters cleared a path for former President Trump to return to the White House. Or, concerned about the perceived threat Trump poses to democracy, the rule of law and abortion rights, voters again rejected his “MAGA” movement at the ballot box, choosing four more years...

Republicans in Alabama chose Justice Sarah Stewart on Tuesday as their nominee to lead the state Supreme Court, after the justices vaulted into the national spotlight last month for their decision to recognize frozen embryos as children. Stewart defeated Bryan Taylor, a former state senator and legal adviser to two governors, to secure the GOP nomination. She will face Circuit Judge Greg Griffin, a Democrat from Montgomery, in...