Politics News Looking Ahead To Trump S Second Term

DeSantis urges GOP to produce ‘results’ ahead of 2026 instead of 2028

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said the Republican Party needs to do a “good job” if it wants to win next year’s midterm elections, adding that this needs to be the party’s “No. 1 priority.” CNN’s Jake ... Read More

The next election that will provide midterm clues: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Trump offers Saudi crown prince a warm welcome. And the House overwhelmingly passes the Epstein files bill. Read More

Trump treading water on Epstein and the economy as MAGA coalition splinters

President Donald Trump’s 2024 coalition is in disarray, and the president embarked on a last-ditch effort this week to convince voters ahead of a contested midterm cycle that all is right at the White ... Read More

The right battles to define the post-Trump GOP, just 1 year into his presidency

The fight to define what the political right will stand for after President Trump leaves office is revving up, not even a year into his second term. Signs of what were once behind-the-scenes rifts ... Read More

Trump's agenda put to the test in first elections of his second term

All eyes are on New Jersey, where Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Trump-backed Republican Jack Ciattarelli are in a tight race for governor. Key races in New York City, Virginia, and California are ... Read More

Affordability: Does Trump have an answer?

And in a Washington Post/ABC News poll taken just before the elections, 71% of Americans said they were spending more on groceries than a year ago, with 59% blaming Trump for rising prices. Read More

Trump desperately tries to make his loss on the Epstein files look like a win | Opinion

Trump knows that his usually loyal Republican allies in the House are about to abandon him and his desperate efforts to keep the Epstein files locked. Read More

An epochal political week opens with shutdown about to break record

A defining week has dawned in American politics with huge implications for Donald Trump’s second presidency, for his fellow Republicans and for a Democratic Party seeking to build a new future from ... Read More

Democrats see a plan to undermine elections in Trump's surge of federal agents in cities

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker often warns that President Donald Trump may deploy military-style forces during the midterms to intimidate voters. Read More

Democrats pitch alternatives for Trump's ballroom: From the Politics Desk

Convert it into a museum: Saikat Chakrabarti, a Democrat who’s running for retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat in California, suggested turning the ballroom into a Smithsonian-run museum. If elected, he ... Read More

Week in Politics: This week's elections; SCOTUS and Trump tariffs; shutdown update

We look at what Tuesday's vote means to both parties, and how the Supreme Court is looking at President Trump's tariffs. We also look ahead to what's next in the shutdown. Read More

Democrats sweep the first major elections of Trump’s second term

Voters in multiple states on Tuesday are participating in the first major elections of President Donald Trump’s second term. Follow here for live news updates, results, analysis and more. Read More