Politics News How The Trump Effect Could Lift Democratic Senate Candidates

These voters backed Trump in 2024 and Democrats in 2025. What will they do in 2026?

In focus groups, 14 swing voters from New Jersey and Virginia voiced negative views of both parties and were down on Trump and drawn to Democrats they saw as moderates. Read More

Trump’s strength, Democrats’ message and the shutdown effect. What to watch on Election Day 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and his leadership and policies dominated the debate in almost every ... Read More

US court says Trump can remove Democrats from two federal labor boards

A U.S. appeals court on Friday said President Donald Trump had the power to fire Democratic members of two federal labor boards, a major victory in the Republican president's bid to rein in agencies ... Read More

Psaki: Shutdown fight shows need for a new kind of Democratic politics

Jen Psaki reacts to the collapse of Democratic resistance in the shutdown fight and the fact that no Democratic Senate candidates support the deal, while Republicans remain in abject disarray. ‘Must ... Read More

Will Jasmine Crockett run for Senate? 3 questions loom as candidate filing period opens

Though campaigns for the 2026 midterm elections have raged for months, the candidate field for March primaries won’t be official until they are approved by local political parties and the secretary of ... Read More