Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb told voters on Tuesday to report the presence of National Guard troops near voting locations, emphasizing that federal personnel at polling stations is illegal. Schwalb said in an X post that his office had contacted the Trump administration about the issue in the days leading up to the midterm […]
The Department of Justice announced the largest voting-monitoring effort in its history, made up of around 1,000 monitors and observers deployed across all 50 states for the first time. For reference, former President Joe Biden’s DOJ sent fewer than 400 monitors to 24 states in the last midterm elections in 2022. This year’s effort will […]
Control of the Senate may come down to whether the Republican and rural voters who are not responding to polls turn out on Election Day. It’s a question that could decide many other races, as some late polls show a blue tsunami building in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The news outlets publishing these polls have expressed […]
President Donald Trump‘s importance to the Republican Party, reshaped in his image, and penchant for dismissing political norms have produced questions on how the president will deal with being a potential lame duck come January. Those questions begin Tuesday, when the midterm elections will set the course and ultimately define the final two years of […]
Two communications consultants hired by Republican Mike Rogers’s Michigan Senate campaign are actively registered lobbyists for Israel, foreign agent registration filings show. Convergence Media staffers Abigail “Abby” Ronson and Jesse Stokes have been providing “strategic communications, planning, and media services” for the government of Israel while simultaneously working for the Rogers campaign. Ronson and Stokes […]
Ohio is emerging as a key battleground in the midterm elections, with competitive Senate and House races testing whether Democrats can win back the white working-class voters who have abandoned the party in favor of President Donald Trump. Few Democrats have a longer history of appealing to those voters than former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who […]
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) rejected claims that her fiance, Jason Turkish, played a role in her last-minute decision to endorse Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, calling the speculation sexist. Stevens, who flipped her endorsement to Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed two days before the midterm elections and left fellow Democrats gobsmacked, addressed […]
DETROIT — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joined Abdul el Sayed on the campaign trail Monday, offering a high-profile progressive endorsement as Democrats rallied around their Senate nominee in the final hours before Michigan voters head to the polls. The appearance at the Majestic Theatre in downtown Detroit came amid an extraordinary intraparty rupture over Rep. […]
The Department of Justice announced charges against 63 people across 15 states Monday for election-related crimes, marking the latest crackdown on alleged voter fraud just one day before the midterm elections. The charges involve illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and false claims of U.S. citizenship, according to a DOJ press release. Four of those charged […]
Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) decision to pull support from Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed after he declined to condemn an advertisement blaming U.S. support for Israel for rising grocery prices has thrust Jewish voters into the spotlight heading into Election Day. It’s unclear whether Stevens’s decision to endorse Rogers with only two days left before […]
