midterm elections 2026
No matter who wins the midterms, one thing is certain: Congress will only become weaker
It's the lapdog branch of government.
AOC-backed Alaska Senate hopeful accused of using racial slur
Mary Peltola — the Alaska Democratic Senate hopeful famously championed by "Squad" Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — is fighting allegations by former staffers she used the n-word in a 2024 incident.
No matter who wins midterm elections, the biggest loser is Congress
We don’t know yet who will win what elections in the midterms. But we can already predict this much: the biggest loser is likely to be Congress.
FBI visits ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan donors as feds ramp up investigation into Alaska Senate candidate
Agents have contacted donors in at least two remote communities in Alaska and a couple in Massachusetts.
They wanted Karen Bass to resign after the fire — now they’re voting for her
Many residents of Pacific Palisades wanted Karen Bass to resign after the fire in January 2025. Now they will vote to re-elect her as mayor of LA.
The unforced error of Trump’s tariff craze threatens GOP’s hopes to maintain their authority after the 2026 midterms
Heading into the midterms, the economy should have been President Trump’s and the GOP’s strong point, but it’s not thanks to the self-inflected injury of tariffs and the inflation it...
The Dems catering to the extremists ahead of Election Day is another victory for the far-left
For decades, an evergreen media storyline has been that the next election will resolve the civil war between the center and far-left factions of the Democratic Party.
Trump ask to set aside ‘Decoy Dan’ Alaska Senate ballots ‘not even possible’: attorneys
In its Saturday filing, Alaska said this was “both disturbing and impossible.” It added there would be no way to do that without violating voter privacy.
Dems try to ride blue wave to flood Congress in final midterm blitz
Republicans are facing a potential Election Day onslaught by Democrats, with control of the House and Senate in jeopardy after an October polling collapse that put a raft of candidates...
Mamdani says El-Sayed is victim of ‘blatantly racist attacks’ while defending lefty Dem
Mayor Mamdani played the race card while cheering lefty Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has authored research papers advising Arab women not to breed outside their ethnic group – saying...
President Trump lauds LA’s top federal prosecutor over election fraud push: ‘Fantastic job’
Trump weighed in Saturday after a series of legal setbacks for the Justice Department.
El-Sayed tells former Michigan rival to keep away — as feud boils over days before midterms
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed told Rep. Haley Stevens to stay away from his campaign after she demanded an apology over his comments on Israel.
House ‘Squad’ poised to double in size — and turn America into a ‘socialist hellhole’: source
The “Squad” won’t just be a fringe faction in the new House – it's set to be a substantial block that could leverage newfound power to try to turn its...
DOJ warns officials of possible jail time days before midterms — with army of watchers headed to polls
An army of poll monitors from both parties will descend on voting places across the country on Election Day and several hundred lawsuits have already been filed as both Republicans...
Trump tears into ‘moron’ Robert De Niro, mulls Hollywood tax credits during rally
Trump veered into attacking the 83-year-old celebrity while mentioning his own former reality TV show “The Apprentice” at a campaign rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.
With Marc Elias involved, you KNOW dirty tricks are afoot in Alaska race
Mary Peltola campaigns as an anti-politician, yet her campaign was working with the ultimate Democratic political operative's firm to pull off a quintessential inside-baseball dirty trick.
Feds ‘surge’ law enforcement to Alaska after ‘troubling new revelations’ in ‘Decoy Dan’ Senate scheme
“As we speak, law enforcement around the country are taking investigative steps with respect to the criminal investigation,” the top federal prosecutor in Alaska said Friday.
Ilhan Omar was so confused by marriage to ‘brother’ she crossed out her own name twice on official application
A certified copy from the Hennepin County, Minn., government shows that the Democratic congresswoman's surname was initially written as Omar, before being crossed out and replaced with Elmi. A final...
GOP NY AG hopeful meets with subway shoving victim and jabs Letitia James for transit terrors
Komatireddy, a former federal prosecutor, was endorsed by Lydia Zuniga, a 65-year-old NYU security guard who was randomly pushed onto Bronx train tracks by a deranged nut in August.
The soul of the Democratic Party is on the line in Michigan
As goes Michigan, so go the Democrats: A win for Abdul El-Sayed will propel the party down the road to worsening ideological extremism.