Inside Democrats' Secret Effort to Stack Alaska's Midterm Ballot With Another Dan Sullivan  —  Inside Democrats' Secret Effort to Stack Alaska's Ballot  —  In May, an unusual challenger entered the Senate race opposing Senator Dan Sullivan, the Alaska Republican.

Exclusive: Ad backfiring on Ramaswamy, GOP poll finds … - The ad “is having a significant effect on the gubernatorial race,” a memo attached to the poll states. … - Acton has said she was sexually abused by her stepfather when she was 12 and that her mother sided with her abuser.

A List of Things Democrats Might Do If They Retake Power  —  There are plenty of reasons to fear a Democratic trifecta in Washington, which next week's midterms may very well set up for 2028.  Below is a list of actions and policies that give conservatives cause for alarm:

Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents  —  The leaked records include the locations of ICE and CBP facilities, workers' cellphone numbers, and the members of groups tied to wiretap programs, Palantir software, and xAI's Grok chatbot.

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Elon Musk?  —  A new New York Times poll today has some surprising findings in close Senate races: South Carolina is basically a tie at 48 percent for Sen. Darline Graham and the same for Annie Andrews.  Florida isn't nearly as close: Sen. Ashley Moody …

Right-Wing Provocateur James O'Keefe Charged in Minnesota Voting Stunt  —  He and another content creator, Cam Higby, are accused of breaking the law when they posed as Islamic voters in August.  —  The two men wearing mock Islamic attire and speaking with fake accents at a Minneapolis polling place …

Iran pressed to make nuke concessions as massive post-midterms strikes loom  —  Regional mediators led by Qatar are trying to reach a diplomatic deal to restart negotiations between the U.S. and Iran and prevent the resumption of war after the midterm elections, three U.S., Israeli and regional sources say.

Israel faces weeks of political wrangling after deadlocked election  —  TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's electoral coalition opened a sizable lead over Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc with 85 percent of the vote counted.  — But while Netanyahu outperformed exit polls …

Dolores Huerta, Who Founded United Farm Workers With Cesar Chavez, Dies  —  She founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez.  In early 2026, she told The Times that she had been raped by him decades earlier.  She was 96.  —  Dolores Huerta at a women's march in Utah in 2017.By Getty Images

Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Ahead of the Midterms  —  The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in the committee's last move before the midterm elections, which have been dominated by affordability concerns.  —  “While uncertainty remains elevated owing …

Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself the ‘leader of Brazil’ after fleeing to Miami  —  Far-right senator and family land in US after crossing from Brazil into Argentina and then flying via Ecuador  —  Flávio Bolsonaro declared himself the “true president” of Brazil after losing …

ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History  —  ICE's Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.

Attack ads flood Mississippi's shockingly-competitive Senate race  —  The most-aired ad in the closing stretch of Mississippi's Senate race features a Jeffrey Epstein survivor attacking GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for voting against releasing files related to the convicted human trafficker.

Putin salutes Musk's genius as Russia plays catch-up with Starlink  —  President Vladimir Putin hailed Elon Musk as a genius on Wednesday, acknowledging Russia is only beginning to roll out its answer to his Starlink satellite internet system.  —  The admission was all the more striking …

EXCLUSIVE: Hoekstra tells closed-door meeting Canada could be blamed if U.S. midterms go against Trump  —  OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra told a closed-door meeting on Tuesday that Ottawa could be blamed if key races in next week's midterm elections go against U.S. President Donald Trump's Republican Party.

Outrage as gun control nut spray paints 9/11 Memorial in sick political stunt  —  A gun control nut vandalized the 9/11 Memorial Reflecting Pool with red spray paint in a broad daylight political stunt.  —  Jonathan Andrew Tijerina, 31, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief …

Texas county Republicans sue to block election certification unless every ballot is hand counted  —  A Texas county Republican Party is asking a federal court to stop certification of the state's upcoming election results unless officials first hand count every paper ballot in the state.

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump's “Big Lie” Into a Movement  —  In July, not long before President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address questioning the legitimacy of American elections, the pioneering conservative election lawyer Cleta Mitchell and about two dozen of her associates logged onto …

Abdul El-Sayed widens lead over Mike Rogers to 7 points in newest Michigan Senate poll  —  Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has increased his polling lead to 7 percentage points over Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman, among likely voters in a nationally watched U.S. Senate race in Michigan.

How the midterms will determine the next phase of the redistricting wars  —  Dozens of states are holding elections that will decide who controls the mapmaker's pen  —  The redistricting wars triggered by Donald Trump and turbocharged by the Supreme Court are not over—they've only paused long enough for the November midterms.

Trump reups calls to put Cruz on Supreme Court in vacancy scenario  —  President Trump joked Tuesday that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) would be his pick for the next Supreme Court vacancy, saying the senator could get unanimously confirmed because lawmakers in both parties would jump at the chance to get rid of him in Congress.

TV station says it is ‘pulling’ GOP ad attacking Pennsylvania House candidate  —  A Harrisburg-area television station said it is “pulling” a controversial advertisement attacking Pennsylvania House candidate Janelle Stelson, who is locked in one of the country's tightest House races.

Many Iowans Must Navigate a Maze to Vote  —  An executive order restored voting rights to people with past convictions.  It was followed by little-to-no public education by state officials and widespread confusion by would-be voters.  —  Raul Lara, a construction worker from the small town of Stanwood …

Google's AI Chatbot Refuses to Answer Question of Who Won 2020 Presidential Election  —  Maybe Google's AI chatbot is gunning for a place in President Donald Trump's administration.  —  The artificial intelligence would not directly answer the question Wednesday of who won the 2020 presidential election …

Kennedy to Allow Broad Use of Unapproved Peptide Injections  —  In a unilateral declaration by the health secretary, several injections promoted by online influencers will become widely available.  The F.D.A. had advised against the move.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

Record Lows Say Congressional Incumbents Deserve Reelection  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, record-low shares of U.S. registered voters say they would reelect their own representative or most members of Congress.  For the first time in a final pre-midterm reading …