The 2026 midterm elections are here. Voters across the country will head to the polls Tuesday to determine control of Congress, decide key gubernatorial and state legislative races, and weigh in on local contests. Poll closing times vary across the country, and some states have different deadlines depending on the time zone. 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS […]

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a ruling late Monday that briefly allowed the Trump administration to resume demands that election officials segregate ballots from suspected noncitizens under warnings of criminal prosecution, setting up another legal battle as voters headed to the polls on Tuesday. A majority of the active judges voted to […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) released a memo addressed to “interested parties and allies” highlighting the congresswoman’s influence in the midterm elections as questions brew about her 2028 presidential ambitions. Ocasio-Cortez, 37, has been floated as a potential Democratic nominee in 2028 and spent much of the midterm season campaigning with marquee candidates to drive up […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of Colorado’s effort to require Catholic preschools to allow parents who do not follow Catholic beliefs to be allowed into its universal preschool program, teeing up a potential fourth major loss for the Centennial State on First Amendment cases at the Supreme Court in the past decade. The […]