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The rise of the Islamic State threat has, in a matter of weeks, turned the 2014 midterm election on its head, leaving Democrats and Republicans alike scrambling to show their hawkish side on national security and terrorism -- shelving for now the partisan sparring over ObamaCare, and the multiple scandals that dominated headlines and threatened to define the Obama administration.

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Iowa's airwaves are already jammed with ads, most of them negative, in one of the Senate races nationwide that will decide which party claims the majority.

The ads come one after another in an onslaught of spin that galls voters.

"In Iowa you see a lot of ads. You learn to identify the ones that are trying to feed you full of crap," said 62-year-old Mike Vincent of Keota, a

Changing gender makeup on Capitol Hill means more husbands juggle new roles, responsibilities. And they get gift bags.

Adam Spanberger didn’t quite fit in with the crowd when he showed up to the 107th annual First Lady’s Luncheon wearing a dark gray suit and white shirt.

“Most people thought I was Secret Service,” said Mr. Spanberger, who as the husband of Rep. Abigail Spanberger

As President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney began their final visits to swing states Monday, their campaigns were already preparing for a complicated — and possibly long — battle over Tuesdays vote.

In the key battleground state of Ohio, a new dispute has broken out over the validity of provisional ballots. That fight increases the possibility that, if