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US midterm elections 2026
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Live blog: Impacts of war anger, high prices on today's voting

We're tracking how President Trump's foreign policy is influencing key House and Senate races and results

Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat and the rival Abdul El-Sayed defeated in the Senate primary, speaks with the media next to Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers who she endorsed
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Stevens' heel turn was entirely in line with her pro-Israel backers

The Democrat's sudden support for Mike Rogers is little more than a recognition of everything AIPAC and Co. has done for her

darline graham and donald trump
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Is Darline Graham the canary in coal mine for midterm war backlash?

This South Carolina contest is unexpectedly close in Tuesday's elections, drawing the president three times to shore up votes

Abdul El-Sayed Ted Cruz
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Unhinged attacks against El-Sayed reach a fever pitch

Republicans are now accusing the Democratic Senate nominee of being a 'jihadi' and posing a threat to national security

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Farmers PAC behind election attack ads against GOP

Polls show tight races in more rural states as midterms near

Vice President Henry Wallace
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What if Dems didn't scuttle Henry Wallace VP nomination in 1944?

The anti-imperialist who coined "century of the common man" was already vice president when he was prevented by party bosses from running with FDR again.