Candidate chides Pete Davidson of 'SNL' over eyepatch joke

HOUSTON (AP) - A Texas Republican congressional candidate has chided "Saturday Night Live" comic Pete Davidson for poking fun at the eyepatch he wears because he was badly wounded during his third tour in Afghanistan as a Navy SEAL.

Last-minute early voters hit the polls across North Texas

Early voting numbers across North Texas are way up from the last midterms, with record turnout that seems more like a presidential election year.

Trump vs. Obama in the final weekend of the midterms

The final weekend of campaigning in the midterms might come down to this: Donald Trump versus Barack Obama.

Attacks renew debate: Should US have domestic terrorism law?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The package bombs sent to Democrats across the country and the killings of Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue may seem like clear-cut cases of terrorism. But the suspects will almost certainly never face terrorism charges.  

Migrants traveling to US sue Trump, government; claim violation of constitutional rights

(FOX NEWS) - A dozen migrants traveling by foot from Honduras to the U.S. to seek asylum filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security and others, claiming a violation of their due process under the Fifth Amendment.

Trump takes immigration message to Missouri in rally blitz

President Donald Trump implored voters on Thursday to reject Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and to instead install a Republican in her seat who would fully back his agenda.

Oprah campaigns for Stacey Abrams in metro Atlanta

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey was in metro Atlanta on Thursday stumping for Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.

Democrats, Republicans in Texas split on key issues in midterms

Immigration and border security top the list of concerns for Texans in a recent poll -- but digging deeper shows a clear difference between Republicans and Democrats.

Poll: Ted Cruz leads Beto O'Rourke by 3.6 points with days to go before election

The race for U.S. Senate in Texas continues to be the closest in a generation, according to a new poll released Wednesday that has Ted Cruz up just three and a half points over Beto O’Rourke among likely voters.

Trump stokes pre-election fear of immigrants to drive voters

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an "invasion" of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end to the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Biden says he's 'sick and tired' of Trump White House

Former Vice President Joe Biden said he is “sick and tired” of the Trump administration during a fiery speech Tuesday stumping for Democratic Party candidates in Wisconsin one week ahead of the midterm elections.

Trump: End birthright citizenship for some US-born babies

Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an "invasion" of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end for the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Immigration takes center stage in final days of Texas campaigns

Republicans across the country are embracing heated rhetoric and policies around immigration in the final days of the 2018 midterm campaign.

Investigative series looks at Facebook and politics

Politics and social media go hand-in-hand, sometimes for good and sometimes not. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Dana Priest investigated how Facebook went from idealistic to something else. In the early days, a gangly, t-shirt-wearing kid named Mark Zuckerberg said the mission of the social network was to unite the world. So when did it change? And can Facebook really affect the outcome of the...

Trump to visit neighborhood scarred by violence at synagogue

To Marianne Novy, President Donald Trump isn't wanted "unless he really changes his ways." For David Dvir, politics should take a pause for grief: "It's our president, and we need to welcome him."

Mesquite polling location yields complaints of voter intimidation

There have been several complaints about voter intimidation at a Mesquite polling station. Some voters say they felt intimidated by campaign workers as they walked inside.