21 h. ago A Mamdani 2025 win could be costly: How the leftist win could shape the 2026 midterms

Traditional Democrats have sought to distance themselves from Mamdani, including high-profile New York lawmakers who have yet to endorse the party’s NYC mayoral nominee

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55 h. ago ‘He’s trying to rig the midterms’: Trump intervenes to protect his allies in Congress

With elections next year, president is pushing extraordinary measures to ensure GOP maintains control of legislatureThey are more than a year away – a lifetime in today’s fast and furious political cycle. But one man is already paying attention, pulling the levers of power and trying to tip the scales of the 2026 midterm elections.Donald Trump has made clear that he is willing to bring the full weight of the White House to bear to prevent his Republican party losing control of the US Congress in the midterm elections next year, orchestrating a more direct and legally dubious intervention than any of his predecessors. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Joni Ernst’s rumored decision not to run upends the 2026 midterms and may create a whole new Senate map for Democrats

Democrats may have a clear path to winning a 50-50 Senate and could even win a majority -- if a wave of momentum is on their side, writes John Bowden

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7 d. ago Doomsday scenarios after Texas and California go nuclear on redistricting: See how it all plays out

A mid-decade redrawing of congressional maps would have implications far beyond the 2026 midterm elections, write John Bowden and Eric Garcia. The Independent illustrates, with interactive maps by Alicja Hagopian, what’s at stake for control of the US House of Representatives — and potentially the last two years of the Trump presidency.

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8 d. ago ‘Fire with fire’: The doomsday political scenarios after Texas and California launch their warheads over redistricting

A mid-decade redrawing of congressional maps would have implications far beyond the 2026 midterm elections, write John Bowden and Eric Garcia. The Independent’s interactive maps illustrate the Cold War-like scenarios at play between Democratic and Republican leaders for control of the US House of Representatives — and potentially the last two years of the Trump presidency.

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8 d. ago The senate race in Iowa that could signal a blue wave for the 2026 midterms

A win for Democrat Catelin Drey over far-right Christopher Prosch would hamstring the state’s Republican governorHe has compared abortion access to the Holocaust and pushed conspiracy theories about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 2020 presidential election and climate crisis. Christopher Prosch is betting that Maga still rules in the US heartland.On Tuesday, the far-right Republican will take on Democrat Catelin Drey in a special general election for Iowa state senate district 1 after the previous incumbent, Republican Rocky De Witt, died in June. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Texas House has enough lawmakers present to pass gerrymandered congressional map – US politics live

Quorum in state House also paves way for redistricting battle across the country to continueTrump pledges to scrap mail ballots before 2026 midtermsNewsmax and Dominion settle for $67m in defamation suit over US election liesAn aid group that coordinates medical care in the United States for badly injured children from Gaza has said it is “distressed” by the US state department’s decision to stop issuing visitor visas for Palestinians after a far-right influencer complained directly to the secretary of state about their work.Laura Loomer, who has previously described herself as a “proud Islamophobe”, told the New York Times that she had spoken to Marco Rubio on Friday night to warn the secretary of state of what she called the threat posed by “Islamic invaders”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Texas senator asks FBI to help locate and arrest Democrats for leaving state

John Cornyn ramps us gerrymandering showdown between lawmakers and Trump administration seeking GOP seatsThe US senator John Cornyn of Texas has asked the FBI to aid Texas law enforcement in locating and arresting Democrats who left the state to forestall a plan sought by Donald Trump to aggressively redraw the state’s congressional map in a way that could help Republicans keep their House majority after the 2026 midterm elections.The senator’s request is a significant escalation in the fast-moving showdown that could set up a confrontation between the blue state leaders shielding the Democratic state lawmakerss and the Trump administration. Earlier on Tuesday, Texas Democrats denied a legislative quorum for the second day in a row by scattering across the country, with many decamping to Chicago, Illinois, where the Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, has vowed to protect them. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Democrats have early edge over Republicans in 2026 midterm election poll

Dissatisfaction about the economy, inflation and immigration is driving voters away from Donald Trump and GOP — including among young voters who turned out for him in 2024

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4 w. ago Democrats just got their dream candidate in North Carolina. Here are four other Senate seats likely to flip

Can anyone step up in Maine against Susan Collins? A blood feud risks Republicans losing Texas and Michigan’s Senate race becomes a referendum on Gaza, Eric Garcia writes

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