“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is not up for election this year, but he is campaigning across his home state as though he is,” the Washington Post reports. ”Rather than pitching himself, Cruz is making a spirited case for the Republican Senate bid of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Cruz, a conservative firebrand, is trying to […]

“The midterm races are kicking into their highest gear — and so are the politicians who want to run for president in 2028,” the Washington Post reports. ”An array of potential Democratic and Republican presidential contenders are hitting the campaign trail in the final weeks before Election Day to stump for their parties’ House, Senate […]

“Nearly 2 in 3 Americans say President Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself — and most of the increase over the past year has come from people who lean Republican,” according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll. ”Among Republicans and independents who lean Republican, 34 percent believe Trump is enriching himself, up […]

“Donald Trump is barnstorming the country to boost Republicans in the final weeks of the midterms. But many candidates want to keep that support quiet,” Politico reports. ”The president is nowhere to be found in GOP ads, even in red states where Republicans were happy to tout his endorsement two years ago. And some candidates […]

“GOP operatives conducting a focus group in a traditionally red Midwestern state this month were taken aback by what they heard from their own party’s voters,” CNN reports. “Asked what they blamed for rising gas prices, those voters pointed to ‘corrupt politicians’ and ‘billionaires’ — a response that surprised some longtime strategists who’ve never seen […]

A new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll finds President Trump’s approval at 33%, while 66% disapprove — a record low for this poll. Strikingly, 52% of Americans “strongly disapprove” of Trump. Trump Approval Approve 33%   Disapprove 66%   ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll · adults The same poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional […]

Washington Post: “Democratic voters and activists find themselves in an odd position less than three weeks before elections that they have been anticipating since Donald Trump won the presidency two years ago. They are eagerly consuming each new poll showing their candidates ahead in races in heavily conservative states spanning Texas, Kansas and Alaska, while […]

“Hakeem Jeffries is closing in on the Speaker’s gavel, but his path to power runs directly through an expanding group of Democratic Socialists who want major policy concessions in exchange for their support,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Emerging from primary victories in heavily Democratic districts, a slate of freshman candidates backed by the Democratic […]

“Economic anxieties are testing the loyalty of rural voters to the Republican Party, expanding the electoral battlefield into some of the most traditionally conservative districts across the nation and raising Democratic hopes,” the New York Times reports. “For a decade, farmers and ranchers have been a core part of President Trump’s coalition, voting for him […]

“The message delivered by a president during a high-stakes midterm campaign can be critical,” the New York Times reports. “As President Trump travels the country ahead of this year’s elections, he might focus on selling Americans on how he will bring the Iran war to a close, or control rising prices.” “But in a puzzling […]

“Democrats are running up lopsided majorities of the early votes as Americans head to the polls and mail in their ballots, carving out a clear majority of the votes cast so far,” the New York Post reports. “Of early and mail-in voters, 54% were Democrats, 30% Republicans and 16% independents or ‘other.'”

“Republicans across the most competitive House and Senate races have settled on a closing pitch ahead of Election Day: Democrats are too extreme to be given control of Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “It is an effort, pressed in a flood of TV ads and in President Trump’s rally speeches, to urge voters who […]

“Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Saturday disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political movement, during a heated exchange at a town hall,” CNN reports. “El-Sayed, who could make history as the first Muslim elected to the Senate, has frequently faced Republican accusations that he is sympathetic to interests connected to Islamic terror. In […]

“The fourth round of ‘No Kings’ rallies unfolded across the country on Saturday, barely two weeks ahead of the midterm elections, though they did not draw many of the Democrats running in the country’s most closely watched races,” the New York Times reports. “The demonstrations, which were more subdued and in many cases smaller than […]

“Rioters rampaged through cities across France on Saturday as weeks of student protests broadened to a wider movement of people angry over the rising cost of living,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“If we’re not in the majority a year from now, then my life is a waste up here right now.” — Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

“President Trump touted his power in his second go-around in the White House Saturday while rallying in Kentucky to bolster Republican turnout as his party struggles in the midterms, saying, ‘I can do stuff that is unbelievable,'” CBS News reports. Said Trump: “I don’t think I could have done this in my first term. This […]

“Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, Americans have seen no real wage growth on average, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,” the Washington Post reports. “Between January 2025 and September 2026, both prices and average hourly pay have risen by about 5.4 percent.”

“The Trump administration has moved forward with its effort to return a controversial Confederate statue to Arlington National Cemetery next year,” the Washington Post reports. “The Office of Army Cemeteries submitted final plans to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday to return the Confederate Memorial to a small section of the cemetery where […]

“Former Rep. George Santos (R-FL) pitched himself on Friday to fill the vacancy left by White House press secretary Katie Zacharia,” NewsNation reports. Said Santos: “Hey I’m not technically open for a job because I have one already…. butttttttt… I’d jump to serve POTUS as press secretary in a heart beat. Just saying.”

“Retiring Nevada Republican Rep. Mark Amodei said he won’t vote for the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate vying to replace him amid a string of stolen valor and other accusations — and warned that the once-safe Republican seat President Donald Trump won by 14 points is at risk of flipping blue on Election Day,” Politico reports. “Amodei […]

“Before Katie Zacharia’s brief turn as White House press secretary, Donald Trump reportedly had his eye on former Fox News host Maria Bartiromo for the job,” The Wrap reports. “However, she ‘signaled she was not going to take the job.'” “CNN’s Scott Jennings was also ‘in contention’ but was reportedly not offered the role.”

How George Washington’s voluntary surrender of power—an act unmatched in its time—shaped the American republic.

As Americans express frustration with the country’s economic outlook, Vice President JD Vance told CBS News this week it could take some time to see improvement. Said Vance: “I’ll be the first person to tell you that just as this country wasn’t broken in one presidential term, it’s gonna take more than 18 months to […]

“Bottom line, it’s gonna all work out. You know why? It always does.” — President Trump, quoted by Axios.

“Elon Musk tells biographer Walter Isaacson in a new podcast interview that the fizzled DOGE experiment, which the SpaceX and Tesla CEO once headed, proved there’s ‘no way we were gonna solve the deficit from within the government,'” Axios reports. Said Musk: “The only way we’re going to solve the national debt is with AI […]

“The highest-ranking House lawmaker from Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) home state is calling for the embattled progressive to be jailed and deported if it is found that she or her father lied on federal paperwork to get her U.S. citizenship,” Fox News reports. “Omar is under federal investigation over allegations that she or her father […]

“Even though President Trump’s efforts to bend elections to his will have so far largely failed, don’t mistake defeat for retreat. The federal government’s highest power centers are working overtime to tilt the election in the administration’s favor,” The Bulwark reports.

A new Gallup poll finds voters trust Democratic Party over Republican Party on the problem they consider most important, 44% to 33%. Which party would do a better job? Democratic Party 44%   Republican Party 33%   Gallup poll · registered voters Patrick Ruffini: “This measure happens to have an almost perfect track record of […]

“Early in September, President Trump gathered Republicans running in competitive races for a dinner in the White House Rose Garden. Prime aged beef burgers were on the menu as the president made a pledge to spend the final month before the midterms campaigning for the approximately 30 Republican candidates in attendance,” NPR reports. “‘I’m going […]