Democrats are on track to win the largest House majority since 2008, when they won 257 seats. More

Lawmakers in states with new total Democratic control said they would try to join an effort to try to elect the next president effectively by popular vote. But momentum has stalled before. More

Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out a series of steps the United States wants to see before Venezuela holds free elections. More

A phalanx of lawyers, observers and campaign officials are watching the counting of votes in the race for Senate, where a Democratic challenger has a slim lead. More

Nithya Raman’s win in Los Angeles adds to the list of major cities with democratic socialist leaders. More