DALLAS, TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 09: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on stage on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 09, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. U.S. President Donald Trump will headline the Republican National Committee’s first-ever midterm convention as he aims to highlight his administration’s achievements…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House on September 04, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to spend as much as $500 million from his political operation to help…
President Donald Trump on stage with FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, Dec. 5, 2025. Jia Haocheng | Pool Via Reuters President Donald Trump made the World Cup one of the most visible political stages of his second…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (R) welcomes US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the “Our Team, Our Year” Get Out The Vote (GOTV) rally at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 2026. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Voters in New York, Maryland, Utah and South Carolina head to the…
A demonstrator holds up a sign outside the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, May 7, 2026. Kim Chandler | AP A panel of federal judges on Monday blocked Alabama from using congressional district maps that would dilute the votes of Black people in the 2026 midterm elections. The ruling in U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Alabama,…
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, holds a blanket as she walks off the Senate floor after the Senate stayed in session throughout the night at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, July 1, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images Maine might send Sen. Susan Collins packing after this year’s midterm elections. That…
A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pennsylvania, Jan. 14, 2025. Ted Shaffrey | AP The AI-driven data center boom in Pennsylvania — which includes a $20 billion investment from Amazon — is leading to political angst in districts in…
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks to the media outside the U.S. Capitol after the House of Representatives voted to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, in Washington, July 3, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters The reticence expressed by Democrats about removing President Donald Trump from office — even after he ousted…
Garrett Mauch spreads manure as fertilizer on fields at his family’s farm in Lamar, Colorado, on January 21, 2026. RJ Sangosti | The Denver Post Via Getty Images | Denver Post | Getty Images The Strait of Hormuz shutdown caused by the war in Iran is jacking up fertilizer prices, hitting farmers in their pocketbooks…
J. David Ake | Getty Images News | Getty Images A series of policy changes in the so-called “big beautiful bill” are undermining the Affordable Care Act marketplace, in ways that may at first seem relatively subtle but which add up to a major change, health policy experts say. That, in turn, has important implications…
