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Democrats gain midterm edge, NPR poll shows. And, U.S. pauses 'Project Freedom'

candidates," Montanaro says, especially when some key groups seem to be turning away. People who make less than $50,000 a year, white men and women without college degrees and rural voters had a positive

‘Why are we talking about this?’: Democrats are furious that the Bidens won’t go away

2026 or 2028. “Let everyone finish venting about ‘24 now and get it out of their systems,” former Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), who narrowly lost her reelection that year as Trump carried her state

Kentucky primaries 2026: Poll times, key races and what to watch

2026: Poll times, key races and what to watch Donald Trump’s effort to unseat Republican Congressman [Thomas Massie](/news/2026/5/16/how-thomas-massie-came-to-represent-republican-dissent-in-age-of-trump) has transformed Kentucky’s 4th District primary into one of the most closely watched

In many states, election-denying candidates are running to control voting

2026 midterms — the unprecedented mid-decade redistricting, President Trump's sagging favorability numbers and Democrats' hopes of retaking the House and potentially the Senate — is an election story that could have implications

The DNC is meeting — and Israel is at the forefront once again

primaries that is often directed against their candidates. In a sign of the heightened sensitivity around the politics of Israel, one DNC member who was granted anonymity to discuss private conversations said they had received

With food benefit cuts looming in the US, Californians eye billionaire tax

2026, according to analysis by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington, DC-based think tank. This reduction in rolls happened even before the OBBBA cuts began. Brooke Rollins, the agriculture secretary, wrote

First Thing: Race for California governor deadlocked as primary results across the US pour in

candidates face off in the general election regardless of which party they belong to. In the heated primary for Los Angeles mayor, [Karen Bass came out ahead](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/karen-bass-los-angeles-mayoral-primary) – but falling short

This Republican voted to convict Trump. Now he's up for reelection. Can he survive?

candidate tops 50% of the vote. A former college administrator, Letlow [won a special election](https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/978015222/louisiana-to-hold-2-special-elections-saturday-to-fill-congressional-seats) in 2021 for the House seat her late husband, Luke, was set to assume before he died

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester,](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8a81d3959efd2be33393a45aa91ba4fd4288620f/646_0_6880_5504/master/6880.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Keir Starmer with potential successors Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham. Photograph: Paul Ellis/Reuters Less than two years ago, [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) swept