Scott Detrow

President Trump will speak at the White House, where he is expected to claim victory for widening the GOP's Senate majority. NPR's Noel King, Scott Detrow and Tamara Keith offer a preview.

Democrats have retaken the House in Tuesday's elections and more than 100 women have been elected to Congress. Meanwhile, Republicans consolidated their control of the Senate.

Female candidates gained a lot of ground in the midterm elections. More than 100 have been elected to Congress and governorships — including some historic firsts.

As polls across the country close, a look at some early results and a look ahead to the big races yet to be decided.

The first polls are closing in the 2018 midterm elections, with several key House and Senate races on the line in Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia and South Carolina.

If Stacey Abrams is elected governor of Georgia, she'll be the first black woman elected to be governor in any state. That gives this election special importance for black female voters.

Republicans are using four distinct strategies in the midterms to deal with President Trump: running with him, reversing course on the president, keeping him at arm's length, and splitting with him.

President Trump is not on the ballot but the midterm elections are a referendum on him. GOP candidates are using four strategies to discuss their close, not so close or nonexistent ties to Trump.

Democrats thinking about a 2020 run for president are stumping for candidates this fall, but Stacey Abrams, Georgia's candidate for governor, is getting special focus.

Heller is considered the most vulnerable Republican in the 2018 midterms. He's defending his vote on the GOP health care bill and touting a close relationship with the president.

Dean Heller is the most vulnerable Senate Republican this cycle and Democrats in Nevada are hoping a boost in Latino and labor voters will help them defeat Heller, who is embracing President Trump.

As the national Democratic Party shifts to the left, control of the House in November very likely rests on moderate Democrats beating Republicans in red districts Donald Trump carried handily in 2016.

The battle for control of the House could be decided in places like Utah's 4th congressional district where moderate Dem. Ben McAdams touts centrist messages against GOP Rep. Mia Love.

Jane Leavy tells the story of Ruth as the first baseball superstar — but also of his roles as movie star, vaudeville performer, barnstormer, pitchman for every conceivable product, and columnist.

In new books, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Joseph J. Ellis — also Jon Meacham, whose tome hit shelves in May — aim to contextualize or contrast the Trump era with the leadership of previous presidents.

The Senate made it official Saturday, confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. The bitter confirmation fight will likely linger over Congress and American politics for years.

After a contentious process, the Senate has confirmed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination. The chamber was roiled over allegations of sexual assault against the nominee.

Brett Kavanaugh secured enough votes for his confirmation to the Supreme Court and the Senate is expected to narrowly approve him Saturday. The bitter political fight shifts now to the midterms.

Three Senate Republicans who are undecided on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decried President Trump after he mocked a woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual assault at a high school party in the 1980s.

Only one copy of the supplemental investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be available to senators and their aides, who will read it in shifts in a secure room at the Capitol.