2026 Midterm Elections

President Donald Trump is digging in on several controversial priorities despite knowing he's "paying a price among Senate Republicans" — who, multiple insiders told The Washington Post, are growing increasingly "tired of carrying that weight.”

“It’s been one self-inflicted wound after another,” a Republican strategist told the Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “Senate Republicans are tired of carrying that weight and making excuses for things they can’t make excuses for.”

Discussing the growing Republican betrayal problems Donald Trump is experiencing as he attacks his own caucus and has made it his mission to oust some of them in primaries, longtime DC insider Mark McKinnon claimed the president is not going to like what is coming.

Appearing on MS NOW with host Alex Witt, McKinnon claimed that the retribution the president has been inflicting on some of his former allies is going to be returned in spades.

Far-right podcaster Steve Bannon's War Room took an X-rated turn Wednesday when guest Mike Davis, a Trump insider and founder of the Article III Project, called Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) a "p—" — twice.

"John Thune is such a p—, and he just proved it with that statement," Davis said, responding to a clip of Thune offering a hedged answer on whether acting Attorney General Todd Blanche would face a difficult Senate confirmation fight. "John Thune's a p—."

Billionaire tech CEOs and investors hoping to “buy” seats in Congress with nominees sympathetic to their demands are finding it easier to find candidates than it is to get them elected, no matter how many millions of dollars they invest in their campaigns.

According to a report from Politico’s Christine Mui, Dustin Gardiner, Madison Fernandez and Kimberly Leonard, Tuesday’s primaries were not kind to potential lawmakers who made no bones about their enthusiasm for tech initiatives that included the increasingly unpopular data centers.

Donald Trump was up, once again, after 1 a.m., posting on Truth Social early Thursday, this time accusing California election officials of trying to steal Tuesday’s primary election from Republicans.

Despite it being common knowledge that in California mail-in ballots received after Election Day — as long as they are postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days — are acceptable, the 79-year-old president was furious about the delay and claimed an investigation is underway.

Republicans are beginning to lose patience with the unexplained absence of Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) — and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) vented her own frustrations on Wednesday in conversation with a TMZ reporter.

"We're supposed to be the party campaigning against working in the basement," Boebert said.

The mood in farm country is sour, and Democrats are betting that anger boils over at the ballot box in November.

Tariffs have battered agriculture-heavy economy in Iowa, which Donald Trump carried by 13 points just 18 months ago, while Medicaid cuts have shuttered rural health clinics across the state and the Iran war has driven up the cost of fertilizer and diesel — the lifeblood of farm country — pushing some farmers to delay essential purchases until prices became unavoidable, and Politico reported that voters there have had enough.

A rare loss by a Republican who waltzed into Tuesday's primary with a high-profile endorsement from Donald Trump has raised concerns that a change is in the air for November’s general election.

According to a report from MS NOW, authored by Hunter Woodall and Alex Tabet, the fact that Rep. Randy Feenstra (R) lost the GOP primary for Iowa governor nomination to rival Zach Lann has Republicans “anxious” about what voters want, with the added threat that Lann’s Democratic opponent might be the next governor.

Donald Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence hands a man with no intelligence experience — and a documented willingness to weaponize government power against Trump's enemies — control over the nation's entire spy apparatus just months before the midterm elections, a former federal prosecutor warned Tuesday.

Joyce Vance, who served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, laid out the threat in stark terms. The DNI's portfolio includes advising the president on potential foreign interference in elections — a responsibility that, in Pulte's hands, Vance wrote, could become something far more sinister.

Ever since Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was nominated as the GOP's U.S. Senate candidate in the Lone Star State, a Republican group in Austin is in crisis, as some of its members openly advocate for Democratic challenger James Talarico.

According to the Austin American-Statesman, an unofficial Facebook forum for the Travis County Republican Party has had to block and remove dozens of people as they have posted messages in support of Talarico: "Andy Hogue, a member of Travis County Republicans ... posted the directive in the group last week."

Texas saw a potential shakeup in government on Tuesday, as Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced her resignation, effective July 17.

"It has been an honor to serve the people of Texas in this role," said Nelson in her announcement. "My time as Secretary came at an important moment for Texas, and I am proud of what we have been able to accomplish as an agency in under four years."

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) quietly deleted a post from X on Monday after it ignited a firestorm — including from members of his own party.

The since-deleted post, made on the second day of Pride Month, was blunt: "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month."