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The latest headlines on the 2026 midterms and U.S. politics from news outlets across the spectrum, election-related first. Updated every hour; each opens on the outlet's site.
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Democrats Finally Lost Their Last State House Seat in Rural Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky Democrats used to brag that when the 1972 results came in, Richard Nixon had won nearly everywhere except for Massachusetts and Floyd County. It’s been a long, long way down for Appalachian and rural Democrats since then. Read more
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Trump Is Claiming Voter Fraud. Will the MAGA Power Structure Join In?
Just as day follows night and spring follows winter, one of the most inevitable occurrences in American life has begun again: Donald Trump is baselessly complaining about voter fraud following an election he did not win. Read more
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This Bipartisan Energy Deal Could Clear the Way for Trump’s Arch
Now that the most historic midterm election in memory is almost over, some of the more mundane, and yet potentially significant, issues in the new political landscape are emerging. Read more
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What Are Trump Toadies to Do Now? Pivot Hard, Obviously.
Two days after Election Day, Laura Loomer, a conspiracy theorist and proud Islamophobe who has served as one of President Donald Trump’s most fervent and influential backers, was in a reflective mood. Read more
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Trump Enters the Anger Stage Over GOP’s Catastrophic Losses
For a few very strange days this week, President Trump didn’t publicly acknowledge the Republican Party’s catastrophic losses in the midterm elections. Instead, the day after the election, he took journalists on a surprise tour of his under-construction White… Read more
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Trump Just Offered the Press Secretary Gig to UFC’s Dana White
President Donald Trump wants Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White to be the White House press secretary, he announced Saturday. “The Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,”… Read more
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Voting While Disabled Needs to Get Easier
Disabled people faced a myriad of hurdles to voting during the midterm elections, reflecting both apathy in accommodating marginalized people across the country and voter suppression in states that have sought to deliberately throw up physical and… Read more
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Abortion Laws Treat “Viability” as a Bright Line. It Isn’t.
In 2021, Kate Dineen was standing in her kitchen in Boston when her doctor told her over Zoom that her son had experienced a catastrophic stroke in utero. There was only a 50 percent chance the baby would survive after birth, with zero chance of a healthy… Read more
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It’s Stephen Miller’s First Day as Wannabe Mob Boss
How will Stephen Miller, the public face of some of President Donald Trump’s cruelest policies, operate in his new role as White House chief of staff? One likely clue is in Miller’s apparent obsession with the mobster characters in movies such as Goodfellas… Read more
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The American Dream Is No Match for Climate Change
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It is part of a series The Dream That Oil Built, which explores the connections between climate change, fossil fuels, and the American Dream. To… Read more
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The Military Chose a Strange Moment to Launch a Lifestyle Podcast
The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is a “dead man walking,” on the verge of possible impeachment, Pentagon officials reportedly said. The United States has spent the past week carrying out “minor strikes” against Iran’s Qeshm Island. Read more
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