9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (257+ words) A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds President Trump’s approval at 39%, while 61% disapprove. Trump Approval Approve 39% Disapprove 61% CBS News/YouGov poll · ±2.3% A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds President Trump’s approval at 39%, while 61% disapprove. Think You Know Politics? A new…...

9+ hour, 23+ min ago   (65+ words) A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 54% to 46%. Generic Congressional Ballot Democrats 54% Republicans 46% CBS News/YouGov poll · adults · ±2.3% A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional…...

10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (199+ words) “John Fetterman’s recorded speech to the Republican midterm convention on Wednesday was the last straw for many top Pennsylvania Democrats: They don’t want the senator anywhere around for the final weeks of this intense election year, and many are already…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (177+ words) Ron Brownstein: “The 2026 election will be decided where the wave meets the wall.” “Signs are accumulating that the blue wave of Democratic support this year may be even higher than in the 2018 election, when a backlash against President Donald Trump’s…...

20+ hour, 21+ min ago   (185+ words) “Republicans are moving to shore up Ken Paxton’s faltering Senate bid, as party donors’ and leaders’ concerns mount and they privately call for the Texas attorney general to step up fundraising and campaign appearances,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “A…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (294+ words) “Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them ‘finish the job,’” Politico reports. ”But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.” Think…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (142+ words) Michelle Cottle: “If Mr. Ossoff winds up in the White House, Mr. Trump will have largely himself to blame. The president didn’t just help him win his seat. He also spent years undermining the Republican Party in Georgia, sowing internecine…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (143+ words) David Graham: “A paradox of this moment is that inflation is a big reason for Trump’s cratering approval and his party’s sinking odds in the midterm elections, but nearly every one of his signature policy ideas is inflationary. The basic…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (171+ words) The Economist: “As the midterms approach, America’s two main parties are conducting opposite experiments. Republicans march in lockstep behind Donald Trump, who summoned his troops to Dallas this week to celebrate his awesomeness…” “Democrats, by contrast, are bickering over their…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (208+ words) Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s new promise to give a $5,000 check to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections may be an effort to answer a variant of an age-old riddle: Can Trump devise a policy so ill-conceived…...