Elections News Republicans Lost Seats In Congress Last Year Because Of Trump S Trade War According To A New Study

After a year of Trump-inspired inaction, some Republicans in Congress are growing restless

A year after President Donald Trump’s election and with next year’s midterms looming, congressional deference to the White House is showing signs of wearing on some Republicans. Read More

After Texas ruling, Trump and Republicans head to 2026 with a redistricting edge

Trump has prompted a redistricting race as he tries to maintain Republican control of the House in the 2026 elections. Democrats have fewer options to counter, as the battle heads into next year. Read More

What Indiana’s Defiance Means for Trump: 6 Takeaways

President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally. Read More

Judge set to choose new congressional map in fight that could reshape House control

A district judge in Utah is expected to make a blockbuster ruling on Monday on which of three congressional maps the red state will use in the 2026 midterm elections. The decision by Utah District ... Read More

The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump

Jean Leising spoke at a breakfast this fall at her 8th grade grandson’s school. Hours later, when she was set to give him a ride home from basketball practice, he bashfully told her that his entire ... Read More

Republicans emerge victorious and anxious after Tennessee special election

Republicans have held onto a conservative U.S. House district in Tennessee. But that victory in a special election Tuesday came only after a late burst of national spending and high-profile ... Read More

Anti-trans Republicans lost last week. Donald Trump doesn’t care.

The Republicans did so poorly in last week’s elections that Democrats and liberals across the country woke up to feelings of hope for the first time in a year. As the talk turned to “blue waves,” ... Read More

Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses

NEW YORK (AP) — Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party’s policies, its ... Read More

Democrats more energized for 2026 elections than Republicans, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats appear more fired up than Republicans about voting in next year's congressional elections following the party's victories in recent state and local contests, according ... Read More

Showdown for the House: Democrats, Republicans brace for high-stakes midterm clash

Democrats, energized by their convincing victories earlier this month in the 2025 elections, are betting those results foreshadow a House flip in next year's midterm showdowns. The party out of power ... Read More

Poll: Democrats have biggest advantage for control of Congress in 8 years

Heading into the 2026 midterm elections, there are some very big warning signs for Republicans in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. "I don't think rent prices or food prices are at the forefront ... Read More

Trump's Republican Party insists there's no affordability crisis, dismisses election losses

Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party's policies, its message or ... Read More