Welcome to The Midterms, Actually. Every week I’ll be writing about two things: one big idea or trend I see forming across the 2026 primaries, and one thing I’m hearing from a voice on the ground. You...
Republicans are hoping President Donald Trump won’t make this week’s GOP midterm convention all about himself. The president — with his approval rating at record lows for his time in office amid the c...
President Donald Trump and hemp industry lobbyists are hoping to win a final vote on Capitol Hill next week to skirt a ban on intoxicating products — with shutdown politics as leverage. Nine months ag...
BANGOR, Maine — Republicans had months to research and rebuke Graham Platner. They now have exactly 100 days to sink his replacement. Troy Jackson is like Platner but worse. He’s a socialist who’s fli...
‘It’s a stone around your neck’: Arizona Republicans once again nominate 2020 election deniers
To make it out of a Republican primary in Arizona, there’s one key litmus test: believing the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. Election deniers who played prominent roles in efforts to over...
“Unfortunately, the Trump administration’s reckless actions on the economy and the costly fallout from the war in Iran have made it difficult for working families to afford a car and left millions mor...
In a bid to partially satisfy ultraconservative holdouts who are refusing to advance the legislation without policy changes, leaders and the White House are now in discussions to possibly allow a vote...
Senate Republicans are growing anxious about the midterms. They once felt like they had a glidepath to keep or even grow their majority in November, unlike in the House, where GOP control is razor-thi...
Attorney General Pam Bondi was already in trouble with congressional Republicans. Now she could be facing an even more existential threat to her political future after President Donald Trump ousted Ho...
