Election

The Guardian reports on declining Trump support in a heavily Republican West Virginia county ahead of midterm elections. According to the investigation, soaring gas prices, conflict in the Middle East, and datacenter expansion projects are shifting political sentiment among traditionally loyal Republican voters. The reporting...

Hasan Piker, a Twitch commentator who identifies as a socialist, discusses Republican political ads that target him and Democratic candidates he supports. In an interview with NPR's Leila Fadel, Piker addresses the strategy of associating candidates with his commentary and expresses skepticism about its effectiveness...

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Thursday against California election officials, seeking to block the state from counting mail-in ballots cast by approximately 20,000 people the federal government has identified as likely noncitizens until their citizenship status is verified. The lawsuit follows the Justice Department's...

According to ABC's 7.30 program, some members of the Make America Healthy Again movement—a coalition of wellness influencers, vaccine skeptics, and pharmaceutical industry critics who supported Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign—have developed reservations about their alignment with Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. two years...

Democratic strategist James Carville told Chris Cuomo that corruption and cost-of-living concerns are the dominant drivers of the 2026 midterm elections, rather than individual headline-making events. Carville expressed confidence Democrats can win the House but argued the larger challenge is passing broadly popular policies that...

CalMatters CEO Neil Chase and Politics Reporter Nadia Lathan presented a live discussion on California's statewide ballot propositions ahead of the November 2026 election. The session provided an overview of the measures appearing on the ballot, explanations of what each proposition would do, and analysis...

ABC World News Tonight reported on three major stories: a sex assault investigation at the University of Chicago involving a woman at an off-campus fraternity party; midterm election coverage three weeks ahead with rising inflation data; and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy stating he feels betrayed by...

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico participated in a CNN town hall where he fielded questions from voters on abortion, Christianity, Ukraine, voter ID requirements, Israel, and data centers. The event featured one-on-one discussions between Talarico and individual voters on their stated concerns ahead of the...

India's Supreme Court issued notice to the Election Commission of India and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on October 15, 2026, responding to petitions filed by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition figures challenging alleged voter removals and irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision...

U.S. consumer prices accelerated in September, driven by surging gasoline costs, Reuters reports, dealing a political blow to President Trump and Republicans ahead of the November 3 midterm elections and putting an interest rate increase later this month back on the radar.

WSJ reporter Josh Dawsey returns to his college town of Columbia, South Carolina, to examine what is driving young voters — who helped boost Trump's 2024 victory but show growing dissatisfaction in recent polling — ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Dawsey interviews students, USC's...

During a U.S. Senate debate on Tuesday, Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) directly stated he has no plans to run for President in 2028 and confirmed he will serve his full Senate term. When asked about his future political ambitions, Ossoff plainly said: "Yes, I will....

Stephen A. Smith, appearing on NewsNation's town hall program, analyzed divisions within the Republican Party, arguing that some of President Donald Trump's supporters feel betrayed due to shifts in messaging, policy implementation, and public optics. Smith characterized the internal party friction as stemming from a...

President Trump announced an agreement to obtain diesel from Russia, according to the Associated Press. Trump framed the deal as an effort to address high fuel prices ahead of U.S. midterm elections, a move AP describes as a reversal of years of U.S. pressure on...

Delhi has experienced protests challenging election integrity allegations, police detentions of demonstrators, and commuter restrictions, prompting former Supreme Court Justice Madan B. Lokur to publicly question the judiciary's response. According to Lokur's analysis, India's courts have failed to intervene robustly on constitutional grounds regarding the...

Ari Weitzman, managing editor at Tangle News, predicts Democrats will gain control of both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections, but through outcomes that diverge from current polling models. According to Weitzman's analysis, Texas will remain Republican-controlled, Ohio represents a likely Democratic...

Prediction market platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket are expanding rapidly across Australia and globally, embedding themselves in elections, sports, and entertainment betting while remaining loosely regulated. Celebrities including LeBron James and Sydney Sweeney have inked endorsement deals with prediction platforms, and legacy news outlets have...

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten examined recent Texas polling and identified what he characterizes as an unusual leftward shift in Democratic support downballot from the Senate race and across the state. Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico returned to the campaign trail after recovering from...

Retailers including Dollar General and Under Armour are reducing their merchandise assortments to address profitability challenges, according to a CNBC analysis. Excess inventory typically forces heavy discounting that erodes margins; cutting selection allows retailers to curate stock more carefully and avoid overstock situations.

NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter joined PBS NewsHour to discuss the 2026 midterm election landscape, including President Trump's campaign activities, the emerging competitiveness of the South Carolina Senate race, and the closest Senate contests. The analysis covers taxpayer-funded pro-Trump advertising and broader GOP electoral...