The president contended that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, would “invite hordes of jihadis to our shores” as he sought to bolster the G.O.P. candidate in a tight Senate race.
President Trump’s comments, coming in a key midterm battleground nine days before the elections, underscored the dark themes and personal vilification he and his allies have embraced as part of their closing pitch.
Supporters of the right-wing presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro waved American flags and brandished a blowup doll of President Trump clutching an imprisoned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at a rally last month in São Paulo, Brazil.
On Sunday, Brazilians will choose between a beleaguered left-wing incumbent and a right-wing challenger. Trade, security and democracy are on the table.
A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the G.O.P. Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results.
Democratic candidates are ahead in two, hold a narrow edge in a third and are tied in a fourth, new polling shows. The seats embody the fights playing out nationwide in the midterms.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leftist incumbent, and Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing challenger, face off in a narrow race that could redefine the future of Latin America.
The return of thousands of Israeli expats to vote in their country’s tight election has set off debate over their political influence. We traveled to Tel Aviv to find out why.
Our politics reporter Kellen Browning walks through the four Senate races that progressive Democrats are closely watching in the upcoming midterm elections.
Israelis head to the polls on Tuesday for an election that will determine the country’s next prime minister. But it can take weeks, months or longer to form a new government.
Senator Roger Marshall was slow to recognize the steep challenge he faced in his solidly conservative state. Now he is confronting dissent among voters with deep economic worries.
Rick Jackson’s run for governor as a political nobody was his latest gamble. The campaign has brought scrutiny to the businesses that made him a fortune.
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