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Two of the closest U.S. Senate races in the midterms in November are in Arizona and Nevada. The Senate is 50-50, and Republicans aim to gain an advantage.

African Americans make up 6.8% of Wisconsin's population. In Milwaukee, Black people comprise nearly 40% of all residents. High Black voter turnout in the state's largest city is key for Democrats.

Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker, says she will step down as leader of the House Democrats next year. Now, a new batch of lawmakers is in the leadership spotlight.

Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate, but Republicans are one win away from taking over power in the House.

New Hampshire law requires it to hold the country's first presidential primary, but Democrats will have their first primary in South Carolina. (Story aired on All Things Considered on July 6, 2023.)

The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a farmworker bus early Tuesday on charges of driving under the influence-manslaughter. At least 40 were injured.

Ukraine is fighting Russia on three separate fronts: a recent incursion into Russia, an ongoing slugfest in eastern Ukraine and naval skirmishes in the Black Sea. We look at how all three are going.

In the days after Alabama's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos to be "extrauterine children," the chief justice's ties to a movement that experts call "Christian extremist" have come to light.

Consumer spending from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve rose 3.1% year over year, new data show, a figure in line with the decade leading up to the pandemic and another positive sign for the economy.

The pioneering Japanese-American conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly decades died Tuesday.