In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections is beginning, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide who they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues. Friday marks the start of early voting in Virginia. Voters in a handful of other states, including Idaho, Minnesota and South Dakota, are able to cast absentee ballots in person, typically at a local election office or voting center. More expansive early voting is scheduled to begin in those and other states in the coming weeks. Election administrators say they’re prepared and confident the vote will be accurate and secure.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of President Donald Trump’s boldest efforts to reshape November’s electi…

President Donald Trump has scored a series of wins at the Supreme Court, but he's had some setbacks on key issues, despite the court’s conservative majority. On Monday, the justices rejected his administration’s planned restrictions on mail ballots for the midterm elections. None of the justices he appointed publicly disagreed. Trump criticized the court on social media, expressing frustration over losses on tariffs and birthright citizenship. While the court has allowed Trump to advance much of his agenda, including on immigration and transgender rights, some high-profile losses have rankled him. The court’s recent decisions also suggest a reluctance to intervene in election litigation before the midterms.

The loved ones of the 67 people killed in last year's collision between an airliner and Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., have a message for Congress and regulators. They want more action now to ensure other families won’t be left clutching memories instead of each other. Several of the victims’ families joined with top lawmakers and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to demand action. But it may be difficult for this Congress to pass anything ahead of the November elections. Senator Ted Cruz said he hopes to get a bill passed during the lame duck session after the midterms.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. war against Iran has cost the Department of Defense more than $38 billion through Aug. 1, and will continue costing…

President Donald Trump is assailing the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms. He said in a social media post Tuesday that the justices who opposed him were “not the people I interviewed.” The Trump administration had made a last-minute push to have the U.S. Postal Service play a central role in deciding who would be able to receive a mail ballot. But state election officials argued there was not enough time to make the changes for the Nov. 3 midterm elections — and said their systems were already secure and accurate.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonprofit run by Black federal lawmakers launched a multimillion-dollar effort Tuesday to engage lower-propensity voters i…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump ’s mail ballot restrictions for now, capping a flurry of last-mi…

Democratic state parties announced Monday that they are launching an operation for the midterm elections they're calling the "New Battlefield …

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has issued a new order freezing President Donald Trump's attempt to limit mail voting for the midterm elections. A previous order from another judge is already before the U.S. Supreme Court. Election officials say they could not implement Trump's new requirements before November. The decision issued late Sunday by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols is significant because he was nominated by Trump and earlier declined to freeze the president's executive order, saying at the time it was premature. In issuing a preliminary injunction, he wrote that it's now clear many people could lose their ability to vote if it goes into effect.