Who has already voted for the 2026 midterms?  Who's undecided?  How might they vote?  —  Why undecided voters probably won't care about Trump's closing message, and an early voting update.  Your weekly political data roundup for October 25, 2026. … It was a very busy week at Strength …

Venues Start Canceling on Vivek Ramaswamy Over His Disgusting Ad: 'People Don't Want Him There'  —  Businesses have begun pulling out of Vivek Ramaswamy's bus tour with other GOP candidates.  'It's that damn ad,' a top Ohio Republican tells Zeteo.  —  ∙ Paid

AG Todd Blanche says DOJ is “doing our own research under the law” with Alaska Senate challenge  —  Washington — Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the Justice Department was looking to “put guardrails in place” with its move to prevent the Alaska Senate election from being certified …

James Talarico's extremism and the Texas race that should not be close  —  The campaign bus rolls through North Texas under a cloudless sky.  Inside, James Talarico, the 37-year-old Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, speaks in the measured cadence of a man who once taught middle-school English …

Musk says SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink connection as service restored  —  Elon Musk has said his company SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink internet service, after Ukrainian officials said connectivity issues appeared to have been resolved.  —  The tech billionaire accused Ukraine …

Democrats aim for deep-red Mississippi Senate seat as Scott Colom argues he can unseat Republican incumbent  —  Colom would be Mississippi's first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.  —  Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom listens during a maternal health roundtable …

Abbott says opponent Hinojosa supports Sharia law  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ripped state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee in the Texas gubernatorial race, for an endorsement she received from the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a group designated in Texas as a foreign terrorist organization.

Trump administration has pushed off 13% of Americans enrolled in food stamps  —  Stakeholders concerned more people at risk of food insecurity after One Big Beautiful Act took effect  —  Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) has decreased significantly …

A “Little Epic Fury”?  Impossible.  —  Trump calls a new war with Iran a ‘little’ Epic Fury.  With oil at $117 and Iran vowing a painful response, nothing about it is little.  —  Get MeidasTouch in your Google feed  —  Preferred Source … Speaking to the press yesterday …

A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors.  It Tore the Town Apart.  —  The new patrol officer parked his black Dodge Charger outside a house off Main Street and approached on foot.  A Mexican ballad was playing.  Someone had called in a noise complaint, claiming it sounded as if people were fighting.

Public Colleges Are Passing the $50,000-a-Year Mark.  For Locals.  —  At the University of California campuses in Berkeley, Irvine and Santa Barbara, students get an unwitting education in navigating the housing market.  —  The University of California, Santa Barbara …

US military gives Elon Musk's SpaceX access to sensitive tracking data  —  This gives the company an advantage in tracking objects in orbit, raising national security concerns and fears of greater control over the space industry  —  The US military has given Elon Musk's SpaceX access …

GOP Closes Campaign With Unapologetic Bigotry  —  The attacks on Abdul El-Sayed are dishonest and ugly.  But will they work?  —  REPUBLICANS KEEP SAYING their campaign against Abdul El-Sayed isn't trying to exploit fear and hatred of Muslims.  —  Then they keep doing things to prove that it is.

How the Supreme Court Is Shaping the Midterm Elections  —  Recent rulings have affected the ads voters see and the candidates on their ballots  —  WASHINGTON—From gerrymandered voting maps to the latest surge in political spending, the Supreme Court's fingerprints are all over the 2026 midterms.