Washington’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down a notorious serial killer traded accusations of lying to voters during their gubernatorial debate Wednesday,

Washington state’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down the Green River serial killer will go head-to-head in a debate as they vie to become the state’s next governor.

Jesse Jackson Jr. has the juice for a political comeback. He could upset the pecking orders of Chicago’s Black political establishment.

The presidential office was first envisioned to be more like a clerk's job, and in its earliest incarnation, it was almost unseemly to be perceived as campaigning for the office, historians tell NPR.

Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington on Saturday night, while former President Donald J. Trump is in Salt Lake City for a fund-raiser.

When President Joe Biden announced his decision not to seek reelection, The Washington Post’s average of polls (like those of other media outlets) began to shift toward the Democrats and to their new nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Two possible explanations for why Harris’s poll numbers have begun to plateau and how we should think about the race ahead of Tuesday’s debate.

A Republican-controlled Senate could be a moderating influence on a second Trump administration or a big obstacle to a Harris administration.

Washington voters will get a chance this week to hear from candidates running for offices, including governor, attorney general and public schools chief.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump participates in a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" in Washington.