Aaron Blake: “A new poll last week confirmed the Democratic establishment’s fears that Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed could hurt its hopes of winning the chamber’s majority.” “The Fox News poll showed his personal image 13 points underwater among registered voters — 42% favorable to 55% unfavorable as he ran about even with his GOP […]

Dan Pfeiffer: “Trump’s tariffs were stupid economically, but they were also unconstitutional. Because Congress would never vote to raise costs on the American people, Trump used legal authorities so dubious that even this Supreme Court felt compelled to strike them down.” “So, American families spent $1,100 of their hard-earned money on illegal tariffs that never […]

“Recent weeks have seen the whirring and chirping to life of the various election prognostication machines we’ll all be refreshing between now and November,” NOTUS reports. “They differ when it comes to the Senate — control there is either a toss-up or a slight Democratic advantage, depending on which you like best. But for the […]

“President Donald Trump issued an Election Day warning to voters in Alaska on Tuesday, urging them to make sure they vote for the ‘real’ Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and not the primary challenger with the same name who will also appear on the ballot,” Mediaite reports.

Jonathan Bernstein: “I’m not so concerned with the various crosstabs about which people still support him and which do not – it’s sufficient for most things to just know that most people think he’s doing a bad job, and then for specific situations it all depends on who the key groups are. What I do […]

“The star of Tuesday’s primaries is President Donald Trump’s adopted home state, where outgoing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moved to redraw congressional maps,” Semafor reports. “With that, DeSantis fired the starting gun for ambitious Republicans to seek new safe-looking seats, simultaneously retiring Tampa- and Orlando-area Democrats who are now competing for Trump-won districts. The remapping […]

“The 2026 midterms are becoming a watershed election for primary meddling, mysterious super PACs, alleged straw candidates and all other manner of political shenanigans,” Axios reports. “Why it matters: With the number of battleground House districts diminished by redistricting and the fight for the Senate extremely tight, each one of these schemes could have an […]

“A poll claiming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was leading Councilmember Nithya Raman by a wide margin — and picking up support from most voters who backed Spencer Pratt in the mayoral primary — was bogus, the company behind the poll acknowledged Monday,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “The fake poll by Median Strategies showed […]

“Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic primary has complicated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s plans to help Democrats retake the Senate in the November, tying his party’s fortunes to a candidate some Democrats in Michigan say they cannot support — even if it means costing Democrats the Senate majority,” the Washington Post reports. ”Michigan is […]

“The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the powerful pro-Israel lobby, has spent tens of millions of dollars on key congressional campaigns, but its latest mark is a California Democrat in a once-sleepy race,” the Washington Post reports. ”AIPAC’s super PAC, United Democracy Project, poured nearly $2.5 million into a Tuesday runoff between two Democrats competing […]

“The U.S. recently reached a grim milestone: As of July 23, more measles cases have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention than in any year since 1991. It took less than seven months to blow past the three-decade high recorded last year,” ProPublica reports. “This potentially deadly disease is easily prevented. […]

“President Donald Trump said he won’t try to revive a stalled truce with Iran, leaving the simmering conflict in the Middle East and a tussle for control of the Strait of Hormuz stuck in limbo,” Bloomberg reports.

“Russia warned that the UK would face ‘consequences for which it will have to answer’ after reports that Kyiv used drones made by British companies to carry out strikes inside Russian territory,” Bloomberg reports.

“Embattled GOP Rep. Cory Mills is running for reelection Tuesday in a Florida primary that will test voters’ tolerance of serious controversy, including claims involving sexual misconduct and domestic violence,” the Washington Post reports. ”If Mills, 46, wins his race, Democrats believe the scandal-laden Republican’s victory could make the reliably red seat vulnerable to an […]

“South Korea’s president said Tuesday a solid alliance with the U.S. strengthens the foundation of national security, as many South Koreans were baffled and concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump’s abrupt order to ‘substantially reduce’ joint military exercises,” the Associated Press reports. CNBC: South Korea must brace for “worst-case scenario,” President Lee says, as Trump […]

“Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) insisted that he has ‘zero interest’ in running for president in 2028 during an interview Monday night,” Mediaite reports.

“A series of severe heatwaves and prolonged droughts have turned many European riverbeds into barren sandscapes this summer,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Major arteries for trade and agriculture across the continent—including the Rhine, Danube and Po—are now at record low levels, disrupting freight transportation, forcing nuclear power plants to shut reactors and eroding agricultural […]

“President Trump has a new rule for America’s partners: Cross him in one theater, and the consequences will follow you into the next,” Axios reports. “Trump has spent his second term battering U.S. allies, humiliating their leaders and using decades-old security relationships to settle personal and political scores.” ”The Iran war has only deepened those […]

“Weeks after being rebuked by President Donald Trump for dropping cases related to alleged damage to the Reflecting Pool, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro is going to unusual lengths to try to keep behind bars a woman accused of vandalizing a memorial elsewhere on the National Mall,” Politico reports. New York […]

“Speaker Mike Johnson on the campaign trail Monday aimed to stoke fears among voters that the Democratic Party is being overtaken by its far-left flank,” Politico reports. “Democrats are ‘in the midst of an open civil war’ between moderate and progressive factions, Johnson said at an event in Virginia while stumping for vulnerable Rep. Jen […]

“Some battleground candidates are going viral for shooting from the hip. Jon Ossoff is doing it from a carefully controlled script,” Politico reports. ”Ossoff drew attention Sunday for calling out a little-known aide to President Donald Trump by first name on a Midtown Atlanta rally stage. It was part of a larger prepared speech that […]

“Vaccination rates among American kindergartners decreased during the 2025–2026 school year for all tracked vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday,” Axios reports. ”Exemptions from getting one or more vaccines increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia, growing to 4.2% from 3.6% the year before.” ”The drop-off coincided with […]

Stephen Collinson: “As Donald Trump’s critics see it, he’s striking out badly on foreign policy.” “But the president is still taking mighty swings.” “His long-broken memorandum of understanding with Iran reached its 60-day expiration date on Monday. Instead of celebrating a nuclear deal that might have justified his war, Trump vented his frustration by finding […]

“Alaska voters are choosing candidates for November’s general election in a series of primary contests Tuesday, including a U.S. Senate race that will be among the most closely watched in the nation this fall,” the Associated Press reports. “The campaign featured over a dozen contenders in each of the top races — for Senate, U.S. […]

“The White House hit back hard — for a reason — after Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) targeted close Trump aide Natalie Harp over the weekend,” Semafor reports. “The onslaught stems in part from Ossoff’s status as a potential presidential candidate.l ”But his comment that Trump ‘wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie’ landed […]

“I mean, it would be a lot easier to just mass deport Muslims and start to use military force to round them up. I mean, really, honestly, it would be much easier. It would be much easier, instead of having Americans relocate. It would be much easier to actually start using military force to start […]

“President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere,” the Associated Press reports. “Trump explained his decision by citing South Korea’s refusal to join his war against Iran […]

“Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation’s largest reservoirs, are drying up, sending a Colorado River system that provides water and electricity for millions of people into a state of crisis with no end in sight,” the New York Times reports. “Water levels in Lake Powell, along the Utah-Arizona border, fell to a record low on […]

“The last time President Trump vowed to halt a country’s nuclear weapons program, he held three face-to-face meetings with Kim Jong-un of North Korea, declared that the two men had developed a ‘great relationship’ and walked away empty-handed,” the New York Times reports. “That was in Mr. Trump’s first term. Not only did the diplomatic […]

“A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to abandon its plans to keep the FBI headquarters in D.C. ruling it was improper for the Justice Department to usurp the U.S. General Services Administration’s Biden-era decision to relocate the agency to Maryland,” the Washington Post reports.