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272 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
Capital B reports a new nationwide election dashboard from the NAACP and the Memphis, Tennessee-based Black environmental organization about where candidates stand on data centers.
Source: Capital B (capitalbnews.org)
PBS NewsHour reports its politics crew takes a closer look at what to watch in the 2026 elections and takes questions around election security and voting rights.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek has released an anti-transgender ad days before the midterm elections, drawing criticism from fellow Democrats and his Republican opponent.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
The DCCC is pushing for advertising targeting Republican candidates over their record on AI and data centers in dozens of key House races in the midterm elections.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
There are seven days until the final votes will be cast in the 2026 midterms, and tens of millions of voters have already cast ballots for Senate, House, governor and state legislature races.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The Appeal reports private prison companies are pouring money into GOP coffers ahead of midterms, calling Trump's second term a financial boon to the industry.
Source: The Appeal (theappeal.org)
With a week until the midterm elections, Trump is expected to rally supporters in Corpus Christi to boost Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who faces Democrat James Talarico in a Senate race.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Truthout reports private prison companies are pouring money into GOP coffers ahead of midterms.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The Justice Department called on election officials in Washington state to set aside some 400 ballots it says may belong to noncitizen voters.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
Vice President Vance heads to Michigan to rally voters in Howell, where Rep. Tom Barrett faces Democrat Will Lawrence in a House race one week before the midterms.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Record spending from billionaire megadonors, corporations and dark money nonprofits is defining the 2026 election cycle; voters in multiple states could reshape campaign finance laws.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
The Justice Department called on Washington election officials to set aside ballots from over 400 people it says illegally registered to vote without U.S. citizenship; it says 1,500 votes were cast.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The Justice Department plans to send 1,000 election monitors to 50 states ahead of Election Day, expanding a practice that has spurred concern among Democrats and voting rights advocates.
Source: Stateline (stateline.org)
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Fox News's Laura Ingraham that he believes polls showing big leads for Democrats are underestimating Republicans with one week to go until the 2026 midterms.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Elie Mystal says in The Nation that an Alaska case is a red flag that Trump has no intention of accepting election results Republicans lose.
Source: The Nation (thenation.com)
Democrats hold an 8-point lead over Republicans 52-44 one week before the midterm elections, according to a Marist Poll conducted with NPR and PBS News.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Former Sen. Joe Manchin said the atmosphere is right for a 'complete tsunami' in the midterms, where the GOP is projected to lose the majority in the House.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Laura W Brill writes that twenty-two states and Washington DC let voters register on election day, a week away, and asks why politicians are not doing more to reach young people.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
A Marist University poll released one week before the midterms found Sen. Susan Collins trailing Troy Jackson by 2 percentage points among likely voters in the Maine Senate race.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows Democrats holding a slight edge with Election Day a week away, and Israelis vote in an election that could change leadership.
Source: NPR Politics (npr.org)