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Blanche’s Political Campaigning Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate

The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.

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Sep 17 • 7:15 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump's push to restrict mail ballots failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms continue

The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of Trump’s effort to dramatically overhaul of the nation’s mail voting processes. But the case was just one example of the Republican president’s numerous attempts to assert federal control over the upcoming midterms.

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Sep 17 • 6:26 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
If anyone can defy 'political gravity' it's Trump and his team: Kellyanne Conway

Former Trump senior counselor Kellyanne Conway analyzes new polling ahead of the midterms and discusses voter concerns over the cost of living, inflation, and key Senate races, on 'The Story.'

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Sep 17 • 6:17 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
JD Vance’s telling ‘give us another chance’ flub

Vice President JD Vance this week asked voters for “another chance” — something that is decidedly contrary to President Donald Trump’s midterm messaging — before seeming to catch himself.

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Sep 17 • 4:44 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Kennedy renews attacks on vaccines at Children’s Health Defense conference

Kennedy, who previously downplayed his anti-vaccine activism, has now made it a key element in midterm elections and central to his legacy as HHS secretary.

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Sep 17 • 4:40 PM EDT • Health • statnews.com
New York voters can expect no changes to mail-in ballot process

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected efforts from the Trump administration to restrict mail-in ballots for the midterm elections.

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Sep 17 • 4:33 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Democrats seize on House GOP’s decision to leave town early

The Republican-led chamber has no more workdays scheduled in Washington before the November midterms.

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Sep 17 • 3:21 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Will Trump actually send out $5,000 checks after the midterms?

Polling says voters do not believe the president’s claims

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Sep 17 • 1:57 PM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
The “Dark Money” Myth: Don’t Confuse Issue Education with Political Speech

In a recent article covering the 2026 midterms, The New York Times sounded an all-too-familiar alarm, warning readers of a tidal wave of "dark money" supposedly washing over the election. The narrative is meant to incite outrage, painting a picture of shadowy figures “upending” and “manipulating” politicians, our political process and indeed democracy itself through secretive nonprofit organizations.

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Sep 17 • 11:24 AM EDT • Politics • philanthropyroundtable.org
Steph Ruhle kicks off the first ever live show of Money Power Politics

We are just 47 days away from the midterm elections and polling shows Americans are not happy with President Trump's economic policies. MS NOW Political Director Shawna Thomas, MS NOW Business Analyst Ron Insana, Axios Co-founders Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei join Stephanie Ruhle for the first ever live show of "Money Power Politics" to share their analysis.

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Sep 17 • 10:21 AM EDT • Politics • ms.now
Trump, Whatley emphasize administration’s track record at rally

President Donald Trump has tested his midterm campaign appeal in North Carolina as he tries to help his handpicked Republican Senate hopeful and former national party chairman.

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Sep 17 • 5:25 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling.

The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.

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Sep 17 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Ohio voters are mad as hell, but will they actually hold any politicians accountable in November?

Before it turned reliably red, Ohio was considered a bellwether for national politics. In every presidential election since 1964, the candidate who won Ohio, went on to win the White House. “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation,” was the old saying. We were the quintessential battleground state until we weren’t. That streak ended in […]

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Sep 17 • 3:35 AM EDT • Politics • ohiocapitaljournal.com
Trump emphasizes crime in midterm push in North Carolina

The president made violent crime the central issue in his first large-scale outdoor rally this year and cites the GOP’s 1988 “Willie Horton” attack ad on Democratic nominee Michael S. Dukakis.

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Sep 16 • 10:44 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Here’s a Guide to the Midterm Sprint

We break down the state of the race.

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Sep 16 • 6:41 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump’s latest branding battle: From the Politics Desk

Plus, new GOP cracks emerge over the Iran war as midterms loom.

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Sep 16 • 5:42 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Speaker Johnson recesses the House early as Rep. Thomas Massie pushes Hegseth impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is closing up the House early, sending lawmakers home Wednesday to campaign for the midterm elections after what he claim

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Sep 16 • 5:28 PM EDT • Politics • wtop.com
The one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, according to this poll

Americans have grown more concerned about the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence over the last year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

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Sep 16 • 4:52 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Congress on track to approve major Russia sanctions bill — that could hand new tariff powers to Trump

Congress is poised to deliver President Donald Trump one final win ahead of the midterms — a major Russia sanctions bill that critics warn will empower him to impose sweeping new tariffs that could reverberate across the economy.

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Sep 16 • 4:32 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Electors bill pitched as protection against political coercion

Massachusetts has never had an issue with presidential electors swapping their allegiance at the last minute, but lawmakers heard support for a bill they say will proactively protect the “wil…

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Sep 16 • 3:17 PM EDT • Politics • wwlp.com
Trump-aligned groups are pouring money into the midterm races

Big money groups aligned with President Donald Trump are pouring huge sums of cash into midterm races in the final sprint toward Election Day.

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Sep 16 • 3:11 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Pat Kessler to join FOX 9 as political contributor ahead of November midterm elections

Emmy Award-winning journalist Pat Kessler is joining FOX 9 as a political contributor ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

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Sep 16 • 3:04 PM EDT • Politics • fox9.com
House centrists propose four solutions to stop ‘extreme partisan gerrymandering’

The House Problem Solvers Caucus, a group of centrist Democrats and Republicans, unveiled its agenda to combat mid-decade redistricting, which has been adopted by red states and blue states alike to gain an advantage in the 2026 midterm elections. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY), the group’s co-chairs, said during a Wednesday press conference the […]

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Sep 16 • 2:55 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Can faith-based politics help Democrats win the midterms?

Candidates are highlighting their religion on the campaign trail

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Sep 16 • 2:39 PM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Trump-aligned groups are pouring money into the midterm races

Big money groups aligned with President Donald Trump are pouring huge sums of cash into midterm races in the final sprint toward Election Day. The groups have now reserved more

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Sep 16 • 2:33 PM EDT • Politics • kdhnews.com
WATCH: House Democrats blasts 'do nothing' Republican majority in midterm pitch to voters
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Sep 16 • 2:28 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Healthcare affordability is shaping competitive races ahead of the midterm elections

Healthcare costs are rising at their fastest pace in decades, just as early voting begins in Virginia. KFF Health News' Julie Rovner says the moment echoes the run-up to the Affordable Care Act — and voters are taking notice.

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Sep 16 • 2:19 PM EDT • Health • wamu.org
What Trump Has Tried to Change About the 2026 Election – and What Courts Have Blocked

All eyes are on the midterms, where Republicans face long odds to retain control of the House and an increasingly uphill battle in the Senate. President Donald Trump is trying to change that. From executive orders tightening voter requirements to stationing federal agents at polling centers, Trump ...

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Sep 16 • 1:32 PM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
As midterms approach, House Democrats say they are fighting for affordability

The economy and cost of living are voters' top concerns 47 days before November's election

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Sep 16 • 1:07 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Grassroots groups encourage college students to participate in midterm election

The Texas secretary of state reported in 2024 that 81% of eligible Texans are registered to vote and even fewer than that show up to the polls.

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Sep 16 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Antiestablishment anger is raging, and 4 other takeaways from primary season

But lessons from these contests will play a major role in the critical midterm elections

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Sep 16 • 12:01 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
Why the Supreme Court’s rebuke of Trump might help democracy more than Democrats

The reactions to the US Supreme Court putting an end to President Donald Trump’s efforts to significantly restrict mail ballots in the 2026 midterm elections were about what you’d expect.

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Sep 16 • 12:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Speaker Johnson sending House home early, staving off Hegseth impeachment vote over Iran war

Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Sep 16 • 11:58 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
This Week in Politics: Republican Midterm Convention

As November midterm elections approach and the approval rating of President Trump’s party declines across the country, the Republican Midterm Convention was held in Dallas, Texas, on Sept. 9 and Sept. 10. The event was largely an effort to rally party support. Republicans predicted the event would benefit many candidates currently running in the House...

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Sep 16 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • villanovan.com
Trump taking notes from India? US$5,000 cash pitch draws ‘freebie’ comparisons

Indian politicians and commentators accuse the US president of mimicking South Asia’s election playbook to woo voters ahead of the midterms.

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Sep 16 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • scmp.com
U.S. reaches highest number of measles deaths in decades

How the midterms could change health care, the sedative contaminating the fentanyl black market, and other health news from Morning Rounds

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Sep 16 • 7:56 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
House votes for a third time to end Iran war in symbolic move as conflict drags on

The action is likely the last House vote on issue ahead of the midterm elections

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Sep 16 • 6:45 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Takeaways from a disruptive primary election season

Six months of primaries offer pointed insights into how voters feel heading into the November midterms.

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Sep 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump told Republicans to talk about him. Data shows they aren’t listening.

A Post analysis of more than a million social media posts shows that GOP candidates are largely ignoring the president’s midterm advice.

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Sep 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Analysis | The midterms are over. Sort of.

Most Americans don’t live in competitive House districts, so who will represent them in Congress next year was likely decided in the primary.

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Sep 16 • 5:29 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
House votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powers for the third time

The House on Tuesday voted to approve a measure that would require President Donald Trump to end his war with Iran, offering a potent political rebuke of the administration’s handling of the war just weeks before the midterms.

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Sep 15 • 10:38 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Democrat rebels defy Jeffries to hand GOP critical win just before midterms

House Democrats Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez broke ranks to rescue a Republican rule vote, dealing a fresh blow to Hakeem Jeffries.

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Sep 15 • 6:13 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Mideast escalation risks an oil shock ahead of the midterms

The strikes put the Trump administration in a newly precarious position less than two months before the November midterms.

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Sep 15 • 5:09 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Congressional Black Caucus launches effort to boost voting among Black, rural and young voters in midterms

Organizers say they hope to boost turnout and influence closely divided House districts by focusing on voters' best interests.

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Sep 15 • 5:05 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
This blue state is the midterms’ surprising new Senate battleground

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report changed its rating of New Hampshire’s Senate race from ‘Lean Democratic’ to ‘Toss Up.’

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Sep 15 • 4:40 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Fewer than half of Americans expect midterm elections to be 'free and fair,' poll finds

Fewer than half of Americans believe the upcoming midterm elections will be "free and fair," according to a new poll — a sharp decline from after the 2024 election.

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Sep 15 • 4:19 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
‘I’m not going to be a Republican!’: John Fetterman promises, again, not to defect

The Pennsylvania senator has faced ongoing questions about leaving the Democratic Party and made a video appearance at the Republicans’ midterm convention last week.

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Sep 15 • 3:03 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Texas won’t release first maternal death report since overturning of Roe v. Wade until after midterms

The report, which has traditionally been released every other year on or near Sept. 1 will now not be released until Dec. 1.

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Sep 15 • 2:14 PM EDT • Health • houstonpublicmedia.org
Supreme Court pushes back against Trump and GOP ahead of the midterm elections

The Supreme Court’s recent rulings on mail-in ballots and redistricting foreshadow a frosty reception to further attempts to change the rules before the election, experts said.

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Sep 15 • 1:38 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Does Trump want to win the midterms?

He is not making it easy on Republicans in the House and Senate

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Sep 15 • 1:14 PM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Supreme Court's lifts a cloud over midterms by letting mail ballots flow as normal to voters

Thousands of election offices around the country can send out mail ballots as they had intended without worrying about complying with new Postal Service rules imposed at the 11th hour.

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Sep 15 • 12:41 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
The Supreme Court has finally had it with Trump’s plan to steal the midterms

The Republican justices often put a thumb on the scale to benefit the GOP, but not all of them will put a boulder on it.

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Sep 15 • 12:40 PM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Trump slams Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots

President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms, saying justices who opposed him were “not the people I int...

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Sep 15 • 9:43 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
The Latest: Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms

The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway

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Sep 15 • 8:31 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
September 15 Playbook: Mail Voting Returns to Status Quo

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Sep 15 • 8:14 AM EDT • Politics • politicspa.com
Georgia politics: Mail ballot ruling, Cobb plans, AI voting concerns

From a major U.S. Supreme Court decision affecting mail ballots to new concerns about artificial intelligence and Georgia's voting system, several developments could affect voters ahead of the midterms.

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Sep 15 • 7:32 AM EDT • Politics • fox5atlanta.com
Black Caucus launches effort to boost voting among Black, rural and young voters in midterms

The Congressional Black Caucus Institute is launching a multimillion-dollar campaign to engage lower-propensity voters in key districts before the midterm elections

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Sep 15 • 6:13 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Democrats say supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot restrictions will ensure ‘safe, secure and accurate elections’

Comments come after court on Monday rejected the president’s mail ballot restrictions ahead of the November midterm elections

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Sep 15 • 6:02 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
With Trump’s Plans Blocked, States Work to Restore Trust in Mail Voting

President Trump’s efforts to restrict mail voting ahead of the midterms were thwarted by the Supreme Court, but they have sowed confusion and doubt among some voters.

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Sep 15 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Democrats Gain Midterms Edge as Trump Drags Down Republicans, Per Times/Siena Poll

Even some Republicans are losing faith in Trump’s economy, a New York Times/Siena poll found, and Democrats were favored on the top issues as the sprint to the midterms gets underway.

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Sep 15 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The one thing Trump won’t give GOP midterm hopefuls: Less Trump

Here’s what Republican candidates need as midterm elections loom.

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Sep 15 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms

The decision allows states to continue sending ballots under existing processes used by nearly one-third of voters.

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Sep 14 • 9:02 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump ’s mail ballot restrictions for now, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action

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Sep 14 • 8:02 PM EDT • Politics • wtop.com
Supreme Court blocks sweeping mail ballot restrictions for midterm elections

The Trump administration had said the plan was necessary to protect against voter fraud, while states and voting rights groups said it could inject chaos in contests that will determine control of Congress.

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Sep 14 • 7:57 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s mail ballot curbs for midterms

Illinois is among the states that challenged the restrictions.

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Sep 14 • 7:51 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms

The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they've used for years

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Sep 14 • 7:49 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms

The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they've used for years

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Sep 14 • 7:49 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms

The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they've used for years

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Sep 14 • 7:49 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms

The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections

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Sep 14 • 7:46 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms

The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.

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Sep 14 • 7:38 PM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Screen Mail-In Ballots

The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.

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Sep 14 • 7:37 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Supreme Court says Trump cannot enforce new mail-in ballot regulation

The decision means a Postal Service measure that could lead to ballots not being sent to voters won’t be in effect for this November’s midterm elections.

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Sep 14 • 7:36 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s plan to limit mail-in voting in midterms

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to change how mail ballots are sent to voters across the country, rebuffing a proposal that election officials warned would have had catastrophic consequences if allowed to take effect for this year’s midterms.

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Sep 14 • 7:34 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
How politics have mixed into college football programming ahead of midterms

Sen. Ted Cruz, the Power Four football conferences and top coaches are pushing a new bill that some athletes say would upend college sports. And ahead of the midterms, billions of dollars are being spent on political ads, including during sports programming. NBC News' Ryan Chandler reports on how Saturdays are starting to look more like an Election Day.

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Sep 14 • 7:11 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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How Democrats Are Rethinking Election Protection for the 2026 Midterms

Democrats are gearing up to fight back against what they see as potential voter intimidation on the part of Republicans ahead of this year’s midterm elections. State parties announced Monday that they are launching an initiative called the “New Battlefield Project,” intended to recruit 10,000 ...

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Sep 14 • 6:05 PM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
Gas Prices Could Cost Republicans the Midterms

Many voters understand that the president isn’t directly responsible for the price of oil. Except this time, he is.

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Sep 14 • 4:46 PM EDT • Politics • theatlantic.com
Live Results: Delaware midterm primaries

Delaware’s Democratic U.S. senator, U.S. representative and state attorney general will go before voters in a state primary Tuesday as they seek reelection.

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Sep 14 • 3:38 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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‘The idea has surfaced two months before the midterm elections to revive the “Mommy Wars” debates’

Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

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Sep 14 • 3:06 PM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Some Democrats recalibrating approach to transgender issues

An increasing number of Democratic leaders have begun to push back against their party’s unflinching support for the transgender community this midterm season.

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Sep 14 • 2:59 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Vance to Campaign in Kansas as Democrats Target a Republican Stronghold

Vice President JD Vance is beginning a key final stretch of midterm campaigning by dropping in on the Senate race in Kansas, where Republicans were long seen as heavily favored.

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Sep 14 • 1:30 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump’s $5,000 dividend requires congressional approval, Mike Johnson says

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) argued that President Donald Trump’s controversial $5,000 dividend proposal requires congressional approval, though he shied away from overt criticism of the measure. Trump’s promise to divvy out $5,000 to every U.S. citizen at the Republicans’ midterm convention last week sent shockwaves around the country and within the Republican Party. Johnson […]

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Sep 14 • 12:44 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Republicans are squirming over Trump’s $5,000 check quid pro quo

President Donald Trump’s pledge to send every US adult $5,000 if the GOP wins the midterms has his allies performing rhetorical gymnastics in recent days.

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Sep 14 • 12:09 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
As Supreme Court Weighs Trump Mail Ballot Plan, Another Judge Blocks It

The ruling delivered another blow to the plan with a looming Supreme Court decision that could determine whether it goes into effect before the midterm election.

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Sep 14 • 10:40 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
How Democrats and activist groups are planning to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections

The anxious contingency planning as voting gets underway has become a marker for how fraught democracy has become in the country that once stood as an example to the world.

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Sep 14 • 9:16 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Democrats adopting the socialist term may distract voters from the issues these candidates support

The growing focus on adopting socialism terminology could hurt Democrats in the upcoming midterm election cycle

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Sep 14 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • indianacapitalchronicle.com
Senate returns today for final legislative sprint ahead of midterms
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Sep 14 • 8:36 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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September 14 Playbook: The Races Defining the Midterms

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Sep 14 • 8:07 AM EDT • Politics • politicspa.com
Arizona independents expected to have influential sway in the November midterms

More than 900 thousand voters registered in Maricopa County have no party affiliation, a larger group than either Democrats or Republicans.

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Sep 14 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • kjzz.org
Some Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power

An increasing number of Democratic leaders have begun to push back against their party’s unflinching support for the transgender community this midterm season.

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Sep 14 • 7:47 AM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
As Midterms Rage, Gillibrand Wants Congress to Talk Menopause

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is devoting a hearing to a topic that affects millions but is poorly understood and widely ignored, including when it comes to federal research money.

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Sep 14 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump, Vance open midterm campaign tour as GOP troubles deepen

The president and vice president are trying to rescue Senate candidates in North Carolina and Kansas, both states Republicans carried two years ago.

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Sep 14 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Lone Star Politics: Sept. 13, 2026

Lone Star Politics is looking at the big headlines from the RNC midterm convention. Plus, a sit down conversation with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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Sep 14 • 4:18 AM EDT • Politics • nbcdfw.com
Second federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has issued a new order freezing President Donald Trump's attempt to limit mail voting for the midterm elections.

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Sep 14 • 1:16 AM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
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RNC convention leaves town. Home stretch of election begins.

Labor Day weekend is usually the kick-off to the last two months of the election where candidates really hone their message and hit the campaign trail. Lone Star Politics breaks down the highlights of the first ever midterm Republican National Convention in Dallas and speak to Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and State Rep. James Talarico.

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Sep 13 • 8:07 PM EDT • Politics • nbcdfw.com
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Grassroots initiative bringing candidates' stances on science issues

Salisbury, Md. – With election season underway, a nationwide grassroots initiative is working to put candidates’ stances on certain science policy issues in front of voters. Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) is a non-partisan, grassroots coalition of early-career scientists and researchers. As midterm elections get closer, they’re working to make sure voters know their candidates’ positions on science and...

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Sep 13 • 5:16 PM EDT • Science • wmdt.com
House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump's $5,000 'dividend' needs congressional approval

Trump made the unusual pitch at the party's midterm convention in Dallas last week, promising a “Trump Dividend” if voters keep the GOP in power on Capitol Hill.

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Sep 13 • 3:36 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Political debate over AI intensifies amid warnings about ‘catastrophic risk’

(CNN) — The debate around artificial intelligence is ramping up in Washington, with Democratic lawmakers sounding alarms on the dangers they say the technology poses and Republican leaders suggesting those concerns are inflated and secondary to winning the AI race with China.Some Democratic lawmakers last week pressured House Speaker Mike Johnson to reconvene the chamber immediately to work on AI regulation, citing what they describe as the “catastrophic risk posed by advanced artificial intelligence.” But the Louisiana Republican on Sunday resisted those calls, instead saying industry leaders should meet with lawmakers to find “balance” in any potential guardrails.“If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China, and that is a threat to every single American,” Johnson said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”Meanwhile, former President Barack Obama told Democrats to make artificial intelligence regulation a central part of their agenda during a private fundraiser Thursday, warning that the technology could be dangerous “if we don’t get on top of it.”In a fireside chat with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Obama said whoever runs in the 2028 presidential election should have a “very clear plan” on AI, adding that he saw the need for a “blueprint” on AI guardrails even at the end of his presidency a decade ago.“Certainly, if I were running for president next year, this would be one of my central agendas, and I would have a very clear plan, and I would talk about this, and I would say, ‘Here’s our plan for safety, here’s our plan for making sure our kids are not corrupted by this,’” he said, per excerpts of the remarks provided to CNN by his office. Obama’s remarks were first reported by the New York Times.Concerns over the rapid acceleration of AI reached a fever pitch after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in a 3,800-word essay Saturday that the race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown. The call to action came after an OpenAI test model breached the Hugging Face online platform, deepening concerns about cybersecurity.In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Saturday, Amodei called on industry leaders to work together to avoid “the wrong paths” and the possibility of AI harming humanity.One Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, resigned from the firm over worries that the industry wasn’t doing enough to prevent AI from destroying humanity by the end of the decade.Obama said Democrats need a plan to get their agenda on AI underway should they win the House majority in this year’s midterms.Speaking to Jeffries, who is presumed to be speaker of the House should Democrats prevail in November, Obama said, “Once you are speaker, I would strongly urge that the Democrats put together a framework for a very public conversation, and you can break it out into three or four or five issues.”Obama stressed that the framework should be centered on the reality that the technology can’t be stuffed “back into a box.”“This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get on top of it, I think can be dangerous. If we do get on top of it, I do think it’s beneficial,” Obama said, laying out examples of AI’s potential use in drug development and finding pathways to a clean energy future.“We don’t want to shut off those opportunities, but we have to understand that this is a tool,” he said.Jeffries agreed with the former president in a statement provided to CNN on Sunday.“President Obama is correct that decisive action must be taken on Artificial Intelligence,” he said, adding, “In the majority, we will move urgently on this issue with a legislative response that recognizes the importance of American companies continuing to lead in the Artificial Intelligence area, while putting in place meaningful guardrails that protect the American people from bad actors and the very real damage that can be done to humanity.”Jeffries also accused Republicans of having “abdicated their responsibility to govern” and said Democrats “will not repeat their error.”A source familiar with Obama’s thinking said the former president sees Amodei’s letter and similar reaction from other tech moguls as an encouraging development.But President Donald Trump waved off their concerns, saying he is not worried about any existential threat posed by AI, focusing instead on the US winning in its development of the technology over China.“We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way,” Trump said to reporters at the Amgen Irish Open on Sunday.About the concerns expressed by Democrats and others over the technology, the president said, “I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up, and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen.”One of Trump’s top economic advisers, Kevin Hassett, also rejected the calls for slowing the technology down, saying on Sunday the bigger concern is a scenario in which a “malevolent actor has access to an AI that’s better than the one we have that can protect us.”Hassett, the National Economic Council director, said on “State of the Union” the White House may hold meetings this week about addressing Amodei’s concerns, but he did not specify whether Trump had floated greater safeguards.“I have concerns that if we don’t win AI, we’re going to be put in a very bad position,” Hassett said. “We are leading China right now.”CNN’s Alison Main and Molly English contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. 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Sep 13 • 1:22 PM EDT • Politics • applevalleynewsnow.com
Trump dismisses AI leaders’ calls to slow down, citing Chinese competition

Democrats are increasingly attacking the administration’s hands-off approach to artificial-intelligence regulation as midterms approach.

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Sep 13 • 11:31 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump and Newsom take different approaches to energize voters ahead of midterms

With the midterm elections less than two months away, President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom are employing contrasting strategies to energize their respective voter bases.

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Sep 13 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
CBS News political panel on what voters can expect to see on the midterm campaign trail
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