2026 Midterm Elections

A MAGA-hat-wearing millionaire from Wyoming running for the state’s sole House seat is being forced to sue members of his own party over allegations of a secret whisper campaign and an anti-gay slur, according to a new report.

Reid Rasner, an openly-gay 42-year-old financial adviser and avid Trump supporter, is pursuing legal action against fellow Republicans he claims spread rumors accusing him of sexual misconduct—allegations he characterizes as baseless attacks rooted in homophobia, according to Semafor's Dave Weigel.

A national security expert was left stunned Friday after President Donald Trump purged the leadership of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Thursday night, a move effectively “disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration” at a time when the president is pushing to enact sweeping changes to election law.

“As of this morning, the commission charged with helping states safeguard ballots and securely administer elections is rudderless, just four months before a national election,” wrote Miles Taylor, who served in the first Trump administration as Homeland Security chief of staff, in an analysis published on his Substack Friday.

Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters made an impassioned plea to Fox Business viewers Friday to visit the GOP’s official website over fears of what a midterm election loss could mean for President Donald Trump.

Speaking with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, Gruters warned the network’s viewers that were Democrats to regain control of Congress, Trump’s presidency could soon be in jeopardy.

Former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor sounded the alarm Thursday over what he warned was an imminent “scheme” to “hijack the midterm vote” – an alleged plot that at its center is President Donald Trump’s “boyhood pal.”

The “boyhood pal” in question is Peter Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida lawyer who first met Trump in the 1950s at the New York Military Academy. Ticktin was in the Oval Office as recently as last week according to Taylor, and has vigorously pushed Trump to declare a national emergency over unsubstantiated claims of foreign election interference in the 2020 election.

Maine Republican Susan Collins' carefully constructed Senate re-election strategy just collapsed, according to a new report.

Democrat Graham Platner's abrupt exit from Maine's US Senate race has left Collins' campaign scrambling after he suspended his campaign while facing multiple credible allegations of sexual misconduct and assault—eliminating what insiders viewed as Collins' most valuable asset: an opponent so flawed that voters might overlook her own vulnerabilities.

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) has been hit with a new lawsuit alleging that he is ineligible for re-election because his campaign documents weren't filed properly.

According to MS NOW's Mychael Schnell, Mills' GOP primary challenger Michael Johnson "recently filed a formal legal complaint alleging Mills improperly notarized his candidate documents — and Johnson wants a judge to strike his fellow Republican from the Florida primary ballot."

Mitch McConnell's prolonged hospital stay — with no end in sight — has created a critical problem for Donald Trump's military spending agenda.

The former Senate Majority Leader, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee controlling Pentagon spending, has been hospitalized for weeks with no expected return to Congress in sight. His absence couldn't come at a worse time—Trump is pushing hard for a new Pentagon budget before the midterms, and McConnell's support is essential to making it happen, according to a report from Politico.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) has been hit with a cease-and-desist warning from his Democratic opponent, who alleges that his campaign ads are spreading false and defamatory claims that he is under an FBI investigation.

According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the ads in question say that Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, the Democratic nominee in the race, "is currently under criminal investigation for stealing taxpayer money, assertions his campaign said falsely stem from a federal case that appeared to have quieted after the grand jury met in Philadelphia in 2022."

President Donald Trump has a potential new scheme to implement his desired voter suppression and intimidation tactics against his political critics — but it's the same old playbook federal courts already threw out when he implemented his tariffs, Hofstra University law professor James Sample told MS NOW's Katy Tur, and it's even more tenuous now than it was then.

"There was an interview on CNN with Peter Tickton, who Donald Trump calls his childhood friend," said Tur. And Tickton, in that interview, said "he wants him to push an executive order to effectively seize federal control of the upcoming midterms by declaring a national emergency based on alleged foreign interference through electronic voting machines."