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Search crews combed the area for two days until a National Park Service ranger discovered his remains at the island's northwestern tip on July 6

The Republican Party is holding its first-ever midterm convention in Dallas to rally voters as the GOP fights to keep control of Congress in November

CNN's Audie Cornish and the Group Chat break down Governor Gavin Newsom's PBS interview, where he claims there's no "controversy" in his party over Benjamin Netanyahu

Democratic socialists have expanded their power in the primaries during this year's midterms, including Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier in New York, Melat Kiros in Colorado and Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania

The Trump administration has begun an intensive, weekslong hunt for noncitizens among the nation’s registered voters, despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud

Thousands of protesters are rallying Friday on the National Mall in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm elections, following a wave of changes to voting laws and redistricting that civil rights groups have condemned as detrimental to Black Americans

A new Emerson College poll revealed which Democrats have the strongest lead over Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a 2028 presidential election matchup

His comments come as speculation about prospective candidates’ interest in running is continuing to grow ahead of this year’s midterms

A push for Justice Department involvement in the Nolan Wells case intensified Thursday as members of the Congressional Black Caucus, civil rights leaders and the teenager's family pressed for a federal review of a case that has generated national attention and persistent questions more than a month after his death

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been increasingly mentioned as a prominent potential contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, but a newly released poll indicates she would encounter a competitive primary field

Democratic socialist candidates had just toppled five incumbents, capturing two House primaries in the city and a handful more in state legislative races

Former Transportation Secretary and potential 2028 candidate Pete Buttigieg drew criticism from a former RNC chairman when he appeared to sidestep opportunities to disavow the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party and instead called himself a "Buttigieg Democrat."

Attorney Ben Crump announced the preliminary findings at a news conference held during the 117th NAACP National Convention

The uninhabited island is a federally protected wilderness area that has no facilities

What exactly happened on Horn Island is still unclear, as is how the Ocean Springs native died; an investigation by local officials is ongoing

Al Sharpton makes wild claim about Trump's UFC fight on White House lawn

On July 4, Nolan Wells set out to celebrate Independence Day on a popular barrier island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast

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The two-term Democratic governor of deep-red Kentucky, in demand as a surrogate in key 2026 races, talks horses, faith and family politics as he considers a run for the White House

Her latest remarks at the Mackinac policy conference walked back an earlier definitive statement, leaving her political future open to interpretation

A federal appeals court appeared skeptical on Thursday of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to punish Democratic Senator Mark Kelly over comments urging US troops to refuse illegal orders

The evening raised a record-breaking $42m (£31m) for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the lead sponsors Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos thought to have contributed $10m, and individual guests writing cheques for up to $1m in order to make the Anna Wintour-approved final cut

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., used a variation of a common attack on Democrats, turning it on President Donald Trump over the weekend

President Trump’s escalated attacks on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have created opportunities for Democrats racing to seize control of the lower chamber in this year’s midterm elections

The post features a video of Harris delivering remarks while standing outside in front of a sign displaying fuel prices

They coyly acknowledged interest in running for president, forcefully condemned the Trump administration’s handling of the war in Iran and eagerly outlined political blueprints for the midterms and beyond

Before explicitly telling Al Sharpton she was considering running for president again on Friday afternoon, former Vice President Kamala Harris had not exactly been hiding her ambitions

Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked 100 days with a trash-pickup celebration in the Bronx

Al Sharpton’s National Action Network is set to draw some of the biggest names in politics

During a "fireside chat" at Sharpton's National Action Network Convention in New York City, Khanna pointed to a “comprehensive economic vision” and commitment to a “multiracial democracy” as two reasons he could run

The Jackson family is expecting to welcome three of the four living former U.S. presidents as speakers: Barack Obama, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Bill Clinton

Jesse Jackson Sr. began in Chicago, before events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where he was born, to honor his long civil rights legacy

On October 8, 1941, Jesse Jackson was born into a world where he could not walk into the same buildings as his White neighbors or check out a book at the local library

Tributes are flowing for the charismatic US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, after news broke that he has died at age 84