Former Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio on Monday launched his 2026 bid to return to the U.S. Senate, following last year’s bitter re-election defeat at the hands of now-Sen. Bernie Moreno. “Standing up for workers. Treating everyone with dignity and respect. Working as hard as possible for the people of Ohio. I’ve tried to live my life by those principles. But these days that’s not what’s happening in...

The high-stakes battle between Republicans and Democrats over congressional redistricting ahead of next year’s midterm elections resumes on Monday in California and Texas, the nation’s two most populous states. In Austin, Texas, state lawmakers gather for a second straight special session called by conservative Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. At the top of their to-do list is passing a GOP-crafted redistricting map that would create up to five Republican-leaning...

Former Attorney General Bill Barr arrived to appear before House investigators on Monday as part of the House GOP’s probe into Jeffrey Epstein. He was one of the many officials subpoenaed by House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., earlier this month to appear before the panel and is part of a broader, bipartisan push in the House to uncover more information on the late financier and convicted...