Campaigns drag grieving families into midterm attack ads
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)
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323 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
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)
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)
A Votebeat news analysis says the 2026 midterms will also decide who runs elections in 29 states.
Source: Votebeat (votebeat.org)
CBS News reports President Trump attacked El-Sayed over his faith during a Port Huron rally for Republican candidates ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
CBS News reports Trump attacks Abdul El-Sayed at a Michigan campaign stop in the last full week before the midterm elections.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Rapper Nicki Minaj joins Trump onstage at a Michigan rally as the latest big name to campaign in Michigan, where a Senate race is playing out ahead of the 3 November midterms.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)
Voters sound off about the economy ahead of the midterm elections; NBC News reports those feelings could be the deciding factor in who wins control of Congress.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
President Trump and former President Obama both took to Michigan this weekend to rally supporters ahead of midterms.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
Democracy Docket reports at least 18 early voting sites in Alaska Native communities have yet to open and says the closures are hampering turnout.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Former President Barack Obama, at his first campaign rally for the midterm elections in Ohio, calls President Donald Trump an agent of "chaos and cruelty" and a man of broken promises.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
PBS NewsHour reports Trump escalates rhetoric against El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race, leaning into anti-Muslim rhetoric as Election Day approaches.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Trump heads to Michigan and Blanche defends the DOJ's Alaska lawsuit as the administration ramps up warnings about voter fraud less than two weeks before the midterms.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
TIME reports polls show growing Latino frustration with President Trump and asks whether Democrats can turn it into votes in Florida beyond the midterms.
Source: TIME (time.com)
National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said the economy is the best we've ever seen as the Trump administration and Republicans make final pitches heading into the midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The Hill reports gas, diesel and food prices are expected to remain elevated through Election Day, creating a political headwind for Republicans at risk of losing House and possibly Senate control.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)