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Janelle Stelson, a candidate for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, speaks during a debate on April 9, 2024 in York, Pa. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)

The challenger who narrowly lost to GOP Rep. Scott Perry wants another chance to beat him in 2026

Democrat Janelle Stelson is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry again after losing to him in 2024 by barely a percentage point in a right-leaning congressional district in Pennsylvania. She made her announcement Monday.
 
President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable at "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: The House returns in a rush to pass Trump’s bill

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks behind his security detail through a crowd of reporters as he tries to push President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts across the finish line even as conservative and moderate GOP holdouts slow that effort, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP struggles to win over holdouts on Trump’s tax bill in late-night session

 
Governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference regarding the shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pa. on Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Finding a strong candidate for governor in Pennsylvania may help GOP protect its US House majority

 
Sacramento Kings interim head coach Doug Christie, left, talks with referee Brian Forte (45) during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

New Kings coach Doug Christie has ‘unfinished business’ as he takes on the full-time role

 

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House Freedom Caucus members inch closer toward Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

House Republicans are getting closer to passing President Donald Trump’s tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security.

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Sacramento Kings interim head coach Doug Christie, left, talks with referee Brian Forte (45) during the second half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

The Sacramento Kings hire Doug Christie as full-time coach following an interim stint

 
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., speaks during a campaign event in front of employees at an insurance marketing firm, Oct. 17, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, file)

Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump

 
In this July 17, 2017, file photo, New York Knicks general manager Scott Perry poses for a picture after a news conference in Greenburgh, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The Kings announce the hiring of Scott Perry as their general manager

 
In this July 17, 2017, file photo, New York Knicks general manager Scott Perry poses for a picture after a news conference in Greenburgh, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The Kings agree to hire Scott Perry as general manager, AP source says

 
Sacramento Kings General Manager Monte McNair poses for a photo during the NBA basketball team's media day in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Kings and GM Monte McNair agree to part ways. Scott Perry is hired as replacement, AP source says

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters about his push for a House-Senate compromise budget resolution to advance President Donald Trump's agenda, even with opposition from hard-line conservative Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts faces opposition from House Republican holdouts

 
Rob Bresnahan speaks at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, Aug. 17, 2024, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Pennsylvania Republicans who narrowly won their House seats feel the heat of early votes back home

 

AP Race Call: Republican Scott Perry wins reelection to U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District

 

Republican Scott Perry wins reelection to U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District

 
FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Scott Perry led a conservative House takeover. Now he’s in a tough race against a moderate Democrat

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and other Republican leaders meet with reporters to condemn former President Donald Trump's guilty conviction in a New York court last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Johnson also called President Joe Biden the worst president in American history. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson appoints two Trump allies to a committee that handles classified intelligence

 

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

 
FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chair of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2023. A liberal activist wants a Pennsylvania court to bar U.S. Rep. Scott Perry from the state's primary ballot, arguing that Perry engaged in insurrectionist activity and cannot appear on the state's ballot under the Constitution's insurrection clause. The seven-page lawsuit was filed Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Lawsuit aims to keep Pennsylvania congressman off ballot over Constitution’s insurrection clause

 
FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chair of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2023. A federal judge is ordering Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss and illegally block the transfer of power to Democrat Joe Biden. The ruling, late Monday, came more than a year after Perry’s personal cellphone was seized by federal authorities. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Congressman told to hand over hundreds of texts and emails to FBI in 2020 election probe

 

Congressional candidate’s voter outreach tool is latest AI experiment ahead of 2024 elections

 
FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chair of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2023. Texts and emails sent by Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania have emerged publicly in a court filing that hints at how Perry worked to keep Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A court filing gives a rare look inside the FBI seizure of a lawmaker’s phone in 2020 election probe

 
FILE - Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., speaks with reporters hours after former President Donald Trump rescinded his endorsement of Brooks in Alabama's Republican primary for Senate, dealing a major blow to the congressman's campaign, March 23, 2022 in Hueytown, Ala. The congressional committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested for three more House Republicans to come in and testify. The requests to Reps. Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks and Ronny Jackson come weeks after investigators revealed new evidence of their involvement in former President Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to stay in power. (AP Photo/Kimberly Chandler, File)

Jan. 6 panel wants answers from GOP’s Brooks, Biggs, Jackson