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The 2026 midterms have officially become the most expensive election cycle ever, with a handful of races dominating the ad spending charts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former President Obama kicked his feud with President Trump up a notch on Wednesday as he tries to help the blue wave materialize in next week’s midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As returns are steadily being reported in Israel’s critical parliamentary elections, one thing is becoming clear: there’s uncertainty ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrats are overwhelming favorites to win back control of the House next week. Less certain is whether a Republican redraw of congressional districts in some states will curb the Democratic margin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump‘s South America policy suffered setbacks on Sunday as a key ally took a stunning defeat in Brazil and Venezuela’s top opposition leader returned to her home country to challenge its Trump-backed leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrat Amy Acton‘s chances of flipping the Ohio governor’s race seem to have received a boost as backlash to Republican Vivek Ramaswamy‘s controversial ad featuring her estranged mother keeps growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Candidates in some of the most critical Senate and governor’s races took to the stage for a final time Wednesday as voters have already started casting their ballots, with less than two weeks to go before Election Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sen. Roger Marshall (Kan.) faces his second and final debate against Democrat Adam Hamilton as the first-term Republican fights for his political life in a razor-tight race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Election Day is fast approaching with voters now able to cast early ballots in many states throughout the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated over President Trump’s recent moves that have advantaged Russia on the battlefield at the cost of the U.S.’s ally Ukraine, but whether they can force the issue in Congress remains to be seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Vice President Vance are lending their star power to frontline candidates in Michigan, offering an early glimpse into what could be a potential 2028 presidential match-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top Republican officials are downplaying the polls showing their party trailing Democrats across the midterm board even as the GOP is pulling money from certain key states and districts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iowa Representative Ashley Hinson Republican and state Representative Josh Turek, a democrat went head-to-head for the second and final time Tuesday night, just as early in-person voting is set to start in the battleground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal agents searched the Washington-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) before dawn Monday in a major escalation of the Trump administration’s probe of a political adversary just three weeks before the midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) and her Democratic opponent Annie Andrews went head-to-head Sunday night for their first and likely only debate in a contest that favors the GOP but looks increasingly gettable for Democrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices