Democrats running in the reddest districts on this cycle’s map are warning their party not to blow a rare pickup opportunity by turning the midterms into a referendum on President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump’s aggressive federal bureaucracy overhaul has spawned a new type of Congressional candidate: former government employees who want voters to send them back to Washington to fix what they say the administration has broken.

Election officials across the country are preparing a bulwark against unfounded claims of fraud stemming from the period after polls close when shifting vote totals can alter initial perceptions for days or even weeks.

State and local tax agencies want to block a privacy provision in federal air safety legislation that would limit their use of aircraft tracking data for audits and revenue collection, casting it as a tax shelter for owners of private jets.

A bill reflecting Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s (R) alternative tax strategy for a proposed liquefied natural gas megaproject won wide approval in the state House Friday despite concerns it would deprive local governments of revenue.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed a budget bill Friday that ties five business deductions to maintaining the state’s 5% personal income tax rate, putting fresh pressure on a proposed ballot measure that could lower the rate to 4%.

The US-Iran deal is setting the stage for a recovery in Chinese oil demand that risks driving up global inflation pressures, according to Bloomberg Economics, assuming the agreement holds and eventually restores energy flows to the world’s second-biggest economy.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Trump administration officials have been clear that they don’t want to trigger a vote in Congress by changing the “fundamental architecture” of the North American free trade deal.

Months of warnings that supply disruptions from the Iran war could cause devastating spikes in crude prices have eroded some of the oil industry’s credibility with the White House, just as executives are now cautioning that global inventories are dipping perilously low.

China’s Commerce Ministry said it firmly opposes the US decision to label additional firms as “military companies,” accusing Washington of using national security as a pretext to curb the development of Chinese firms.

A top Senate committee is seeking to enforce President Donald Trump’s clampdown on US defense contractors’ shareholder distributions as the US military races to innovate and build cheaper weapons faster.

Renewable energy groups asked a federal judge to order the US Defense Department to lift its freeze on approvals of wind energy projects that has threatened billions of dollars of investments.

Democrats running in the reddest districts on this cycle’s map are warning their party not to blow a rare pickup opportunity by turning the midterms into a referendum on President Donald Trump.

Clean energy developers are having a harder time securing financing for projects as they wait for IRS rules on new restrictions for the lucrative energy tax credits.

Election officials across the country are preparing a bulwark against unfounded claims of fraud stemming from the period after polls close when shifting vote totals can alter initial perceptions for days or even weeks.

Both chambers of Congress are moving toward taking a fresh look at potential changes to a growing drug discount program used by certain hospitals, though lawmakers are divided on the approach.

State and local tax agencies want to block a privacy provision in federal air safety legislation that would limit their use of aircraft tracking data for audits and revenue collection, casting it as a tax shelter for owners of private jets.

Just three weeks into the job, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is already facing an unusually high-stakes test.