Politics

The last time a Democrat won a statewide election in Texas, it was the 1990s. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains why Democrats think this year could be different.

Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, is running for re-election in Maine, a state that has voted against President Trump three times. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher explains how Republicans hope that she can distance herself enough from Mr. Trump to win.

Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary for Michigan’s US Senate seat, backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers, breaking with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and exacerbating a split between progressives and moderate party members. Bloomberg's Oliver Crook reports from New York. (Source: Bloomberg)

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

Facing an energized Democratic opponent, the Texas attorney general is testing whether party loyalty can overcome voters’ reservations about him.

More than 400 journalists across at least 30 states will interview voters, break down results and identify trends.

Repeated compliance disputes and personal attacks on judges are straining relations between the executive branch and the judiciary.

Kelly Loeffler says the SBA delivered $100 billion to Main Street businesses for a second straight year under Trump's tax and trade policies.

The state’s bitter primary rivalry reignited when Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed days before the election.

The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement is supposed to care for migrant children who arrive in the country alone. But new policies are stranding kids in shelters and undermining their mental health.

"There was a point earlier this year where we really felt like we could defy history. And then Trump bombed Iran,” said one House Republican.

The districts that will decide control of the House and Senate next year are spread across the country. Voting officials in those places may face scrutiny and pressure they've never experienced.

A California congressman voted for the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which is projected to reduce Medicaid spending by $900 billion. Now Rep. David Valadao, whose House race will help decide control of Congress, is telling his constituents they may not have to follow the new rules.

A Defense Intelligence Agency report released last week underlines the rapidly growing threat to U.S. interests in space. It offers yet another reminder of the Space Force’s rising importance. The War Department‘s intelligence service, the DIA, is responsible for operations and analysis related to national defense. So, while this new report employs careful analytical language, […]

The law firm of Democratic election attorney Marc Elias is involved in dozens of high-stakes legal battles this midterm election cycle, most recently mounting Alaska Senate Democratic nominee Mary Peltola’s election certification fight against the Justice Department. According to Elias, his team, the Elias Law Group, is currently litigating 92 election-related cases across 42 states, […]

President Trump's allies are bracing for legal bills that could reach into the millions as Democrats ready for investigations if they win the Tuesday midterm elections — but the administration is preparing to fight back and has a new tool to drag out proceedings.

Some of the key storylines to watch will center around various voters groups that have soured on President Trump during his second turn out.

Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party over what she described as a wave of false attack ads targeting her and other Republican candidates, saying she has never seen a campaign with "so many outright lies."

You don’t have to love Democrats, progressives, or the left to know what to do.