7+ hour, 20+ min ago   (160+ words) “Democrats are grappling with several liabilities that risk impeding the momentum they have gained to retake control of Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “New opportunities have come on the map for Democrats as President Trump has become increasingly unpopular…...

14+ hour, 19+ min ago   (152+ words) “David Crowley, the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor, ranks as the most surprising winner in this year’s turbulent primary season. But the Milwaukee County executive’s against-the-odds story began long before election night,” the Washington Post reports. “Crowley’s parents became addicted…...

18+ hour, 45+ min ago   (65+ words) A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 54% to 46%. Generic Congressional Ballot Democrats 54% Republicans 46% CBS News/YouGov poll · adults · ±2.3% A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional…...

19+ hour, 57+ min ago   (171+ words) New York Times: “The mainstreaming of anger on the left at systemic economic and political conditions has in some ways been a slow train coming, although not apparently one with the kind of force that destroyed the old Republican Party....

20+ hour, 8+ min ago   (177+ words) Ron Brownstein: “The 2026 election will be decided where the wave meets the wall.” “Signs are accumulating that the blue wave of Democratic support this year may be even higher than in the 2018 election, when a backlash against President Donald Trump’s…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (294+ words) “Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them ‘finish the job,’” Politico reports. ”But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.” Think…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (171+ words) The Economist: “As the midterms approach, America’s two main parties are conducting opposite experiments. Republicans march in lockstep behind Donald Trump, who summoned his troops to Dallas this week to celebrate his awesomeness…” “Democrats, by contrast, are bickering over their…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (212+ words) “On the night Republicans gathered to mourn the killing of Charlie Kirk and warn against the dangers of violent rhetoric, a crowd at the party’s irregular midterm convention in Dallas repeatedly called for a sitting Senate candidate to be shot,…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (138+ words) “A handful of U.S. states with some of the most competitive congressional races in the country are caught in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney,” the Washington Post reports. “While the…...