Trump’s plan to control Congress could cost these Black lawmakers their seats

President Trump’s call for Republicans to redraw maps in their favor ahead of the 2026 midterm elections leaves several members ... Read More

Senate Republicans poke holes in the filibuster despite vowing to protect it

Facing Democratic opposition, the GOP has discarded a series of precedents and weakened minority power in order to vote through Trump's nominees and legislation. Read More

What to know about the congressional redistricting trend kick-started by Trump

President Donald Trump’s call to redraw U.S. House districts before the 2026 elections has led to a wave of political maneuvering among state-level Republicans and Democrats ... Read More

12 new GOP seats out of thin air? Republicans are halfway there

The same American electorate could return either a Republican or a Democratic majority in the US House in the event of a close election in 2026 as the two parties race to redraw congressional maps to ... Read More

The two major forces shaping Trump's second midterm election

An escalating gerrymandering race, kicked off by Texas Republicans and spreading rapidly, is coming into focus alongside the evolving battle over Trump's "big, beautiful bill." ... Read More

Missouri takes up Trump’s redistricting effort in Republican push to win more US House seats

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are meeting in a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to bolster Republicans’ chances of ... Read More

Can special elections predict our political future? The answer is complicated. | Opinion

Question: Democrats are celebrating a slew of "special elections" wins over the last several months, and see this success translating to the 2026 congressional midterm elections. But do special ... Read More

Fetterman says Democrats have ‘forgotten why we lost’ and Trump is ‘not an autocrat’

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has a warning for his party: learn from the politically charged whirlwind that put Donald Trump back in the White House and secured Republicans control of both chambers ... Read More

Trump extends his reach into Congress in ways large and small

WASHINGTON (AP) — The invitation arrived in the final days of the summer recess, President Donald Trump’s political team summoning House Republican staff to an early morning meeting about the One Big ... Read More

Missouri takes up Trump's redistricting effort in Republican push to win more US House seats

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are meeting in a special session to redraw the state's U.S. House districts as part of President Donald Trump's effort to bolster Republicans' chances of ... Read More