2026 Midterm Elections

President Donald Trump, rattled by a string of embarrassing primary losses this year, is scrambling to save his endorsed candidate in South Carolina's Senate runoff – and turning to a surprising source for help.

Sen. Darline Graham, appointed by Trump to finish the term of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, faces Rep. Ralph Norman, a House Freedom Caucus stalwart, in an Aug. 25 runoff after a compressed two-week sprint from the primary, and the contest has split MAGA world, reported the Washington Post.

President Donald Trump is quietly trying to kill congressional corruption investigations against him before they even begin, legal experts warn.

Alarm bells are ringing after the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel published a new opinion that Trump's executive privilege extends to all of his advisers — even those who don't work in government, Talking Points Memo reported Friday.

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was quick to assert that he wouldn't challenge House colleague Mike Johnson for speaker if Republicans hold the majority in November — but it's a different matter if they lose, according to a new report.

Scalise delivered a slew of non-answers to Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman Friday morning as the reporter grilled him on a potential attempt to claim Johnson's gavel.

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is facing yet another serious allegation on top of an existing avalanche of scandals.

Miller swore under oath he had video proof his girlfriend witnessed a disputed custody exchange with his ex-wife. But according to Mother Jones, new court filings suggest that evidence quietly fell apart — and his own attorneys allegedly never corrected the record with the judge who granted him protection based on it.

President Donald Trump's tanking popularity presents Democrats a "historic" opportunity to flip southern Senate seats they've been unable to claim for decades, according to an analysis by CNN's Harry Enten.

With less than three months until the midterms and Trump's approval rating sinking to new lows, polling shows Democratic candidates leading in three crucial states, according to the data analyst.

House Republicans have given up on a helping hand with fraud from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, according to a new report.

Congressional GOP lawmakers told Politico Thursday that they've grown deeply skeptical that Vance's plans to crack down on alleged abuse of social programs will reach Trump's desk this year — and that could spell trouble for the midterms.

MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff opened Wednesday's edition of "All In" with a profile of one of the most colorful MAGA election deniers to get dealt a defeat this year.

Specifically, he said, it went down in Minnesota, "where Mike Lindell, the MyPillow guy, aka Mike Pillow, aka Lumpy Pillow Kiss My You-Know-What, was a candidate in the Republican primary for governor. Lindell used his own money to spread election lies in the lead-up to January 6th" — and he was even photographed exiting the White House "with a memo appearing to bear the phrases 'Insurrection Act now' and 'martial law if necessary.'"

A columnist excoriated President Donald Trump's press secretary after she announced her resignation on Wednesday.

Karoline Leavitt, who has been Trump's chief communicator since the beginning of his second term, announced she would step away at the end of the month to spend time with her family after having a baby in May. The news came as a surprise to some in the White House, considering that the midterms are less than three months away.

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) faces a new chapter of his scandal, as his attorney's release of an unredacted naked picture of his daughter has triggered a federal civil rights suit.

Per the complaint, detailed by the Chandra Law Firm, Miller and his attorney, Aaron Minc, published a public Dropbox folder on X earlier this month meant to rebut abuse allegations from Miller's ex-wife, Emily Moreno. Court filings allege the folder contained an image described as showing the toddler in a state that could qualify as sexual abuse material, with the girl's name left fully unredacted more than 70 times across the same document.

The Republican Party's attempt to manipulate Democratic primaries by boosting beatable candidates is falling flat on its face.

According to MS NOW's Steve Benen, the loss by progressive Francesca Hong on Tuesday night in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary, despite Republican PACs spending millions on ads supporting her, showed voters have caught on to the "meddling."

Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) sister faces a significant new obstacle in her race to replace her late brother after a political foe of President Donald Trump's vowed to block her, according to a new report.

Darline Graham Nordone, a political novice, received just over 32 percent of the vote and will face Rep. Ralph Norman in a two-week runoff, Politico reported late Thursday night.