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US midterm elections 2026

News, analysis and commentary of the US midterm elections that will be held on 3 November 2026

  • James Talarico speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, Austin, US, on 24 September (Photo: Brian Cahn/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock)

    Politics Weekly America
    Can the Democrats take Texas? – podcast

    Jonathan Freedland speaks to James Henson, founder and executive director of the Texas Politics Project, about why a blue wave in the Lone Star State would be seismic
    Podcast29:06
  • Donald Trump carries a folio while walking toward a lectern

    Trump doesn’t rule out declaring state of emergency before midterm elections

  • a woman drops a ballot in a box under a banner that reads 'Americans can vote wherever they are'

    DNC sues Trump administration over last-minute changes to overseas voting form

  • Donald Trump sits at the resolute desk as a digital image of him seen through an out-of-focus broadcast camera hovers slightly above his head

    Lawmakers call for action on ‘plainly illegal’ taxpayer-funded ads to promote Trump

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markIs Trump to blame for Americans getting explosive diarrhea?

    Arwa Mahdawi

  • ‘Page one of repressive playbook’: critics warn of Trump’s conspiratorial attacks

  • double quotation markAmericans are paying millions for a batch of pro-Trump ads

    Margaret Sullivan

  • Trump officials abandon effort to investigate election threats, experts warn

  • Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra clash in testy California governor’s race debate

  • Man leans forward while speaking into a microphone next to an image showing a federal agent and a detained person

    Trump DoJ indicts 10 individuals on noncitizen voting related charges in Minnesota

  • Composite illustration of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump, and a protest sign that says Stop the War on Iran!

    Send us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midterms

  • Protesters hold signs opposing a datacenter power deal

    Senate Democrats block datacenter energy bill, saying ‘toothless’ legislation ‘misses the mark’

  • President Trump sits with a serious, contemplative expression in the Oval Office

    Trump campaign ads paid with public money violate federal law, critics say

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markThe Maga cult is finally crumbling

    Arwa Mahdawi
    With the midterms looming, and after the Epstein files and the war on Iran, Trump superfans are losing faith in their lame duck president, writes Arwa Mahdawi
  • three men side by side

    How American political campaigns are using AI – and what they’re spending on the tools

    Though politicians are quiet about how they use AI, the book Rewiring Democracy examines how AI is starting to influence American politics
  • capitol building with people walking by

    double quotation markHow Senate Democrats can stop Trump from stealing the midterms

    David Walbert
    Republicans could lean on congressional procedure to defy the will of voters. But if they try that, the Senate has a clear way to fight back
  • President Trump sits at his desk signing documents while officials stand behind him in the Oval Office

    Trump announces $15bn Iowa steel plant as he bids to boost flagging midterm hopes

  • Moira Donegan

    double quotation markWhy has abortion faded from America’s national conversation?

    Moira Donegan
  • Donald Trump speaks animatedly in a dark suit and red tie in front of an American flag

    As the US midterms approach, Trump’s boasts on the economy fall flat with voters

  • John Fetterman Keynotes Texas Tribune Festival, Austin, USA - 26 Sep 2026U.S. Senator JOHN FETTERMAN (D-PA) speaks at the Texas Tribune Festival. John Fetterman Keynotes Texas Tribune Festival, Austin, USA - 26 Sep 2026

    John Fetterman accidentally calls himself ‘a lifelong Republican’

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