Democrats see hope for political gains in the Deep South this year despite disappointments in previous elections.

House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda if the party sweeps control in the November elections.

The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump.

Campaign advertisements that use AI to attack rival candidates are not uncommon in the 2026 midterms, some more obviously fake than others.

President Donald Trump has vowed to campaign in 35 of the most competitive battleground districts in the final sprint to November’s midterm elections.

The town of Fort White, in Columbia County, is governed by a four-member town council and a mayor. All are elected for a four-year term. This year, the District 1 and District 2 seats are up for election. The incumbent is on the ballot in the District 1 race, but there is no incumbent running in the District 2 race.

Daily protests in Kosovo against war crimes convictions for former rebel commanders have spread throughout the small Balkan country.

Voters in Interlachen will elect two members of their Town Council, and also vote on three proposed amendments to the town charter.

In the town of Pomona Park in Putnam County, three Town Council seats were up for election this year, along with the mayor. Only one candidate qualified for each of the three town council seats, so they were automatically elected or re-elected. Two candidates are on the ballot running for mayor.

New Jersey’s Democratic lieutenant governor has resigned after being pushed out by the governor over accusations of ethics lapses and inappropriate behavior with women.

One seat on the board of the Amelia Island Mosquito Control District will go before voters this election year. The district is an independent special taxing district which has been in place since 1950. The district has three commissioners, and two of those seats were up for election this year, though one seat is uncontested. The race for the other seat, Group 2, features incumbent Debby Porter and challenger Todd Nuckols.

Two seats on the five-member Atlantic Beach city commission will be on the ballot this year, in non-partisan races. Mayor/Seat 1 Commissioner Curtis Ford is seeking re-election, facing Nancy Staats. There is no incumbent on the ballot in the Seat 4 race, with Lisa Herrold and Jennifer Lagner running for the office.

The Trump administration appears to be expanding its campaign of taxpayer-funded TV ads promoting President Donald Trump.

The Supreme Court is allowing states to resume using a controversial federal tool to check voter eligibility before the November elections.

Final results of Russia's first wartime parliamentary election show that the Kremlin has further cemented its political control of the country.

Eleven judges sit on the Fifth District Court of Appeal, and three of them face merit retention votes this year.

Thirteen judges sit on the First District Court of Appeal, and five of them face merit retention votes this year.

This year, one Florida Supreme Court justice, Justice Carlos Muniz, faces a merit retention vote. The merit retention race will appear on every ballot in the state.

The California Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican California sheriff must return over 650,000 ballots he seized following a November 2025 special election that favored Democrats.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump has cooled as they disagree on how to handle the conflict with Iran.

The nation’s cybersecurity agency has released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms.

Despite increasing political anxiety over Iran war, senators narrowly rejected a war powers resolution.

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century" — so says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Provisional results from Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party won the largest number of seats in the country’s parliamentary election.

County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level.

Voters in the city of Archer, in Alachua County, will face choices on four proposed amendments to the city’s charter.

The city of High Springs, in Alachua County, is governed by a five-member city commission, with one commissioner also serving as mayor. Commissioners serve three-year terms, and due to the way the terms are staggered, the city holds elections each year. This year, Seat 1 and Seat 2 are up for election.

Maine Democrats are calling for Republican Sen. Susan Collins to account for a report that alleged she was the target of a federal investigation over campaign contributions.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, which further strengthened the Kremlin’s already-overwhelming legislative control, was a sign of public support for his policies.

Democrats are trying to win back Congress by criticizing their own party to appeal to voters in more conservative areas.

Moroccan voters are choosing a new parliament in an election marked by frustration among young people and high unemployment.

Republicans are growing increasingly grim about their election chances in November.

A Homeland Security official says the Trump administration’s whole-of-government effort to find and prosecute noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls has resulted in about 1,600 voter fraud cases.

Columbia County voters will see a question on their ballot that won’t make any immediate changes, but could change how emergency medical services operate in the county in the future.

The Justice Department says a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier in Utah threw out more than 300 mail ballots that were being sent to voters for the state’s June primary.

Voters in the town of Hilliard in Nassau County will be voting for members of their town council, as well as potentially changing how their local government operates.

Nassau County is one of several northeast Florida counties where voters will face a choice on renewing a specific source of property tax funding for local schools.

President Donald Trump has surprised many by showing support for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a well-known democratic socialist.

Middle Eastern leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly as conflicts in the region continue.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris says the midterm elections offer a potential “stopgap” halfway through Donald Trump’s turbulent second presidency.

A federal appeals panel has ruled in favor of new Missouri congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump.

President Trump has unveiled a new White House helicopter landing pad while trying to downplay a First Amendment firestorm.

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued President Donald Trump’s administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment.

Kamala Harris is diving into the midterms, campaigning with Democrats like Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.

Election officials say the Kremlin's main party has retained its majority in Russia’s parliament.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is standing by his vow to stay in office after his party suffered two more regional election defeats and was voted out of a state legislature in a humiliating first.

President Donald Trump says that communism is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced.

In Morocco's election race, a rural funeral has become an unexpected campaign stop for candidates aiming to engage disenchanted young voters.

President Donald Trump plans to meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani when Trump travels to the city for the upcoming U.N. General Assembly.

Early results from Russia’s first wartime parliamentary election, released by the country’s election commission, show the main Kremlin party dominating the vote.

Alaska’s primary revealed some of the headaches related to a major change in how voters select their candidates.

Republicans are trying to win an open Senate seat race in Michigan, and nominee Mike Rogers is stepping up his appeals to some Democrats.

Voters across the nation say skyrocketing gas prices are causing financial hardships for their families.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has faced a major electoral setback in two state elections including a historic defeat for his party.

Russia’s liberal opposition Yabloko party says that one of its election observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station.

It’s hard to imagine a Republican who’s done more to draw a sharp contrast with the president than Brian Fitzpatrick.

Several of the nation’s largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks.

Russia’s parliamentary election for the first time is being held in Ukraine’s regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago.

Will Lawrence, a progressive Democratic congressional candidate in Michigan, is trying to harness unease over the rapid pace of artificial intelligence development to defeat Republican Rep. Tom Barrett.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unveiled a pilot plan to expand the federal government's role in fighting organized crime in Rio de Janeiro.

Naturally, Republicans running for Congress should campaign on President Donald Trump’s promise to pay adult Americans $5,000 if the GOP wins the midterm elections.

Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with speeches at political events that depart from longstanding norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias.

Russians have begun three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election.

President Donald Trump is using a controversial campaign ad from 1988 to criticize Democrats on crime.

In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections is underway.

Virginia’s attorney general says the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state election laws following a whistleblower report.

This fall, Florida voters will face choices on three proposed constitutional amendments, with Amendment 3 gaining the most attention, and having the potential to be the most impactful change to the state constitution in recent years.

Amendment 2 would change how the state taxes certain equipment used on agricultural land.

Amendment 1 deals with the Budget Stabilization Fund, sometimes known as a “rainy day fund.”

In the town of Welaka in Putnam County, voters will be asked to approve a proposed revision to the town’s charter.

This fall, Flagler Beach voters will face a choice on a proposed charter amendment, related to the recent sale of a golf course that had been owned by the city.

Voters in Palm Coast will face choices on three proposed charter amendments this general election, in addition to voting in runoffs for two City Council seats.

Residential developments in Nassau County where a governmental unit was created to serve the specific needs of its community are selecting candidates for their development district’s Board of Supervisors.

Residential developments in St. Johns County where a governmental unit was created to serve the specific needs of its community are selecting candidates for their development district’s Board of Supervisors.

St. Johns County voters will face a choice on whether or not to approve an increase in property taxes in order to help the county protect natural lands for years to come.

Residential developments in Clay County where a governmental unit was created to serve the specific needs of its community are selecting candidates for their development district’s Board of Supervisors.

In addition to the three proposed amendments to the Florida constitution, Clay County voters will face choices on two additional ballot questions: a proposed charter amendment and a referendum from the school board regarding property tax funding for the school district.

Residential developments in Duval County where a governmental unit was created to serve the specific needs of its community are selecting candidates for their development district’s Board of Supervisors.

This fall, Duval County voters will decide whether or not to renew a 1-mill property tax for Duval County Public Schools, which is primarily used for additional pay for teachers.

A federal appeals court panel is considering an attempt to revive Missouri congressional districts backed by Donald Trump.

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown is asking Ohio voters to send him back to Congress just two years after they rejected him.

A new report reveals that mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans.

Voting has begun in Russia’s parliamentary election with the main Kremlin party poised to retain its overwhelming grip on the lower house.

Speaker Mike Johnson is closing up the House early, sending lawmakers home to campaign for the midterm elections.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit Michigan next week to campaign with Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate.

Big money groups aligned with President Donald Trump are pouring huge sums of cash into midterm races in the final sprint toward Election Day.

Two Republicans in closely contested congressional districts in Iowa switched their votes on an Iran war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without lawmakers' approval.

Two German regional elections this weekend are expected to bring more gains for a far-right party and could determine whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz can hold on to power and push ahead with economic reforms.

Official results show candidates from parties associated with a former rebel group leading the first elections in a predominately Muslim region in the southern Philippines.

Nearly 200 men who took part in the war in Ukraine are among the candidates for this week’s parliamentary election in Russia.

President Donald Trump has tested his midterm campaign appeal in North Carolina as he tries to help his handpicked Republican Senate hopeful and former national party chairman.

For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran.

The House Oversight Committee has voted to recommend holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

Legislation to broadly regulate college sports has cleared a first major hurdle in the Senate.

President Donald Trump's efforts to assert federal control over elections are marching on despite a recent loss in the Supreme Court.

President Donald Trump has scored a series of wins at the Supreme Court, but he's had some setbacks on key issues, despite the court’s conservative majority.

The board of the Kennedy Center has voted to close the facility over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue.

President Donald Trump is assailing the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms.

Senate Democrats have blocked legislation to create a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency.

The Kennedy Center board has voted to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building.