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Topic: Midterms

President Donald Trump (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s looming downballot disaster

People cast their ballots at a vote center in Los Angeles, on November 4, 2025, where Proposition 50 is the only measure on the ballot in the state’s special election. Californians were voting November 4 in a ballot measure likely to further tilt the liberal state towards the Democrats, as the party seeks to neutralize gerrymandering ordered by President Donald Trump. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN/Getty Images)

Red states make their own SAVE Act mess

Marissa Martinez - The 19th

Cutting taxes. (Deagreez via Getty Images)

Tax refunds are up. Tariffs erased gains

U.S. President Donald Trump attends UFC 327 at Kaseya Center on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump's plot to take over the midterms

Doug Bock Clark, Jen Fifield - ProPublica

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President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Trump: Economic pain better than a nuke

U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Alex Brandon/Getty Images)

States fighting to keep their voter data

John J. Martin - The Conversation

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order cracking down on mail-in voting ahead of midterm elections in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Trump EO hands election control to USPS

Nathaniel Rakich, Votebeat, Jessica Huseman, Alexander Shur, Votebeat, Carrie Levine, Sasha Hupka - Votebeat

Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in New York City on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump critics: Voter roll EO is illegal

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media after voting at a polling station setup in the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center on March 19, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump changes elections without Congress

Carter Walker - Votebeat

(Bill Oxford / Getty Images)

SCOTUS litigates late mail-in ballots

President Donald Trump (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

The GOP's losing the Latino vote again

Gary M. Segura, Matt A. Barreto - The Conversation

Steve Bannon speaks on stage during The Semafor 2025 World Economy Summit on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Semafor)

Bannon: ICE at airports is "test run"

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Cleta Mitchell attends the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Oversight of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith," in Rayburn building on Thursday, January 22, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

The woman behind the SAVE Act

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) talks to reporters after meeting with some of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers at the U.S. Capitol on September 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Big money shapes Illinois Senate primary

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters ahead of a briefing by Trump administration officials to members of the Senate on U.S. strikes on Iran, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Voters sidelined over Middle East policy

Democratic candidates Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, who are competing for their party’s nomination in the Texas U.S. Senate primary ahead of the 2026 general election. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / John Medina / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary could rewrite Dem playbook

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President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump officials attended Flynn summit

Doug Bock Clark - ProPublica

Election signs decorate the sidewalk at the Ben Hur Shrine polling place in Austin as early voting begins for the March primary elections in Texas, Feb. 17, 2026. Voters can cast their ballots to decide who represents Republicans and Democrats in the November midterm elections. (Sara Diggins/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Dem turnout breaking records in Texas

Paul Cobler - The Texas Tribune

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger waits to speak at a canvass launch event on November 02, 2025 in Lake Ridge, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Spanberger slams Trump on affordability

Special elections across the country continue to show strong turnout for Democratic candidate, leaving many concerned for the 2026 midterms. (Allen J. Schaben / Getty Images)

GOP faces worrying pattern in midterms

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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Hannah Beier / Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto )

Postmark changes risk election chaos

Indiana State Senators meet in the Senate chamber in the Indiana State Capitol building. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Indiana GOP rejects Trump maps

Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

McCarthy: MTG was just the beginning

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks to the press on Capitol Hill on July 24, 2025. ( Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP fears "rough" 2026 midterms

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