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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)
Democrats across battleground districts are hammering Republicans in advertisements and on debate stages over their support for a law that will reduce Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
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)
Iowa Dem Josh Turek released an anti-trans ad calling for a federal funding ban on trans care, which the outlet says would be profoundly harmful for transgender people.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
Democracy Docket reports: Blanche blames Alaska's ranked choice voting in the latest justification for a lawsuit to toss out a Democratic win.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Todd Blanche defended the justice department's pre-emptive lawsuit to block certification of Alaska's US Senate results during an interview on Sunday
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Israel presses ahead with a West Bank operation focused on the city of Hebron, the site of Friday's attack, days before an election.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
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)
PBS NewsHour reports California election officials frustrated by a DOJ demand to sequester 'noncitizen' ballots, saying immigrants voting is quite rare.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore joined 'This Week' Sunday for an interview about the midterm elections, saying key races in the South are 'in play' and Democrats 'made mistakes' not investing earlier.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
Obama, campaigning in the Midwest days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, assails 'cruelty' and indecency from Trump and his allies.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
El Diario NY reports Trump faces a crucial week on the economy before the medio término elections.
Source: El Diario NY (eldiariony.com)
Axios reports Trump's DOJ has shattered the traditional calm of a pre-election period with a barrage of politically sensitive investigations and prosecutions, nine days until the midterms.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
NPR Politics reports that polls show a more complicated picture of momentum toward the Democratic Party in midterm House races while Republicans are on defense in the Senate.
Source: NPR Politics (npr.org)
The Hill argues the Supreme Court unraveled the Voting Rights Act, and that states freed from federal oversight adopted new voting restrictions diluting minority voting power.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
VT S 329, an act relating to criminal procedures involving firearms, was read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary on 2026-05-13.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status and sponsor
States Newsroom reports Arkansas Democrats are increasingly optimistic heading into Election Day, even as many predict a blue wave in which Arkansas could remain solidly red.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)