Special election results have anticipated recent midterm outcomes. With Democrats now overperforming, that could spell trouble for the GOP in 2026.
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations
February 12, 2026
Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins has announced her reelection bid, entering a closely watched race that Democrats have targeted in their effort to retake the Senate majority in Congress in this year’s midterm elections
February 10, 2026
Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are adept at creating digital media moments and collecting social media followers
February 06, 2026
Local leaders across the U.S. describe an increasingly hostile relationship with Washington, driven by President Donald Trump's immigration policies
February 06, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection, offering the moderate governor some progressive heft in her campaign for a second full term
February 05, 2026
Trump wants Republicans to ‘nationalize’ US elections. The Constitution might get in the way
February 04, 2026
Young Democrats across the United States are challenging veteran party figures, aiming to mount tougher opposition to President Donald Trump
February 02, 2026
As Susan Collins awaits, a generational divide splits Maine Democrats in pivotal Senate race
February 01, 2026
A judge’s decision to toss out the boundaries of the only Republican-held congressional district in New York City could help Democrats notch a win in the national redistricting wars — but for now, the outcome remains uncertain
January 24, 2026
A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to unconstitutional vote dilution of Black and Hispanic residents
January 21, 2026
Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN
January 19, 2026
Shapiro says Harris’ vetting team asked whether he was ‘an agent of the Israeli government’
January 19, 2026
A year into Trump’s second term, Iowa voters offer clues for the midterm elections
January 19, 2026
Virginia Democrats set up a referendum to try to flip as many as 4 GOP-held US House seats
January 16, 2026
Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to flip majority control of the Legislature and retain the governor's seat this year
January 15, 2026
A panel of federal judges has sided with California in the fight over a new U.S. House map approved by voters
January 14, 2026
New polling from Gallup shows that Americans are increasingly identifying as political independents and rejecting the labels of the two major political parties
January 12, 2026
Hill liberals push for shutdown clash over ICE funding but face resistance in Democratic ranks
January 08, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028
January 08, 2026
The political fortunes of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz were looking bright in the summer of 2024, when Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate
January 07, 2026
Will Amy Klobuchar run for Minnesota governor? ‘I’m seriously considering it,’ she says
January 05, 2026
The big story of the upcoming midterm elections will be the fight over which party will control the U.S. House of Representatives during the last half of President Donald Trump's second term in office
December 30, 2025
Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district will pick a new state senator Tuesday in a special election that could allow Iowa Republicans to regain a supermajority in the chamber
December 29, 2025
New York City Mayor Eric Adams was once seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party
December 22, 2025
‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line
December 21, 2025
U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego is emerging as a key figure for the Democratic Party as it aims to regain Latino support lost in 2024
December 15, 2025
More redistricting bad news for Republicans: Texas may not net five GOP seats like they planned
December 14, 2025
Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party has voted to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism
December 14, 2025
Kamala Harris is extending her book tour in 2026 and hitting politically important territory
December 10, 2025
President Donald Trump road-tested his claims that he’s tackling Americans’ affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania
December 09, 2025
Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor’s race over a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump
December 09, 2025
Jasmine Crockett launches Texas Senate bid with a vow to Trump: ‘I’m coming for you’
December 08, 2025
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas
December 08, 2025
Democrats are hoping to win a race for Miami mayor after decades out of power
December 07, 2025
President Donald Trump is angry that Rep. Henry Cuellar plans to run for reelection as a Democrat rather than switch parties after the president pardoned the Texas congressman and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case
December 07, 2025
Florida is poised to join the wave of states debating how they might reshape congressional voting districts, as political parties grapple for an edge in next year’s midterm elections
December 04, 2025
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is staying in California
December 04, 2025
After President Donald Trump announced he's pardoning Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), the congressman told reporters he will still seek reelection as a Democrat. In 2024, Cuellar and his wife were charged with accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities in an alleged scheme that took place from late 2014 through at least November 2021, according to the indictment. Cuellar has denied any wrongdoing by him and his wife.
December 03, 2025
Republicans have held onto a conservative U.S. House district in Tennessee
December 03, 2025
Republicans in Indiana's House of Representatives have introduced a new congressional map that could net the GOP two more U.S. House seats, sweeping all nine of the state's seats
December 01, 2025
President Donald Trump and top Republicans are making a last-ditch push to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress
December 01, 2025
Key wins for Italy's opposition in southern regional elections show cracks in the ruling conservative bloc's dominance, raising doubts over Prime
November 25, 2025
There was a time when presidential hopefuls were coy about their ambitions
November 22, 2025
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November 21, 2025
How Trump reversed course on the Epstein files as his administration faces lingering suspicion about their release
November 20, 2025
Democrats are debating how to approach the new Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 20, 2025
Both the House and Senate have acted decisively to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
November 18, 2025
Lawmaker calls for accountability over timing of fellow House Democrat’s retirement: ‘Election subversion is wrong’
November 17, 2025
Auriemma rips officials and beefs with Staley, but bad night for Strong and Fudd is why UConn fell
2nd man arrested in drive-by shooting that killed 7-month-old girl
Parker, Delle Donne and 1996 US Olympic women's basketball team set for Hall of Fame enshrinement
As Taiwan steels its defenses against China, some are hatching escape plans
China aims to show global leadership with Iran war diplomacy. US appears uninterested
Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo lay their foundations in the WNBA expansion draft
‘This is a recalibration’: Trump Cabinet worries no one is safe after Bondi and Noem firings
South Carolina smothers UConn 62-48 to advance to NCAA title game, snaps Huskies’ 54-game win streak
South Carolina shocks UConn in women’s Final Four, ending Huskies’ bid for perfection