Jeffries: Democrats will deal with Hegseth if Trump doesn’t
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats will deal with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if they take the majority in the November midterms.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
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580 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats will deal with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if they take the majority in the November midterms.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Mary Peltola, Alaska's Democratic Senate candidate who suffered minor injuries in a car crash, pauses midterms campaigning.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)
Political analyst Juan Williams criticizes several candidates in the 2026 midterm elections for increasingly unethical and deceptive political advertising tactics, per The Hill.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The Guardian US reports candidates like Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan are backing Medicare for All as a campaign issue in the midterms.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
ABC News reports one week before midterm elections, President Donald Trump is struggling to deliver on his promise to bring down costs, and Republicans may pay the price.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
NPR reports Republicans are spending millions on the midterms and may not win districts drawn to favor them; Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
Katie Fire Thunder's Montana campaign, with printed signs and an endorsement by a state senator, is less than eight weeks from Election Day.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
Tennessee officials urge caution over ballot problems; Sen. Heidi Campbell calls for election officials to resolve complaints that voting machines default to candidates people did not want to select.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Eight days into early voting, turnout for Tennessee's Nov. 3 midterm election is more than 57% higher than in 2022, with more than 665,600 ballots cast, but lags 2018.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Colorado Newsline wants to hear Coloradans' questions or concerns about voting, and reports more than 730,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Nov. 3 election, with turnout on pace to rise.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
State judicial races are on the ballot in November, with State Supreme Court races in 24 states, half of them retention elections in which voters decide whether an incumbent judge should remain.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Vox reports polls show young voters have soured on President Donald Trump and the Republican Party since his 2024 victory.
Source: Vox (vox.com)
Axios reports 2026 midterm campaigns use other people's family tragedies in attack ads, sometimes over the objections of the families themselves.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Inside Climate News reports Republicans are courting Iowa farmers with fuel plans ahead of the midterms as top Trump administration officials have traveled to Iowa.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
A super PAC aligned with the data center industry made Darline Graham its first bet in a South Carolina Senate race, per the item.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
The New York Times reports on who's winning the race for Congress eight days from the midterms, with the state of play as of Oct. 26.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The New York Times reports 11 midterm races could shape the progressive movement's future as the left says its populist message can attract moderates and conservatives on Election Day.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The New York Times reports on 11 midterm races that could shape the progressive movement's future; the left says its populist message can attract moderates and conservatives.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Stateline reports that rising costs of healthcare, gas and groceries during Trump's second term have put Republicans on defense in races across the country ahead of November's midterm elections.
Source: Stateline (stateline.org)
On 3 November, US citizens will decide whether Republicans retain control of Congress or Democrats come to power in the US midterm elections.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)