Angel Reese turned criticism and controversy into fuel, found a fitting home with the Atlanta Dream and now enters the WNBA Finals as defensive player of the year, determined to make her fearless style championship worthy.
After more than 70 endorsements and a 75% primary win rate, Bernie Sanders is testing whether his progressive movement can reshape the Democratic Party and carry its insurgent candidates through competitive general election races.
Katie Zacharia’s lawyer claims ended her brief White House press secretary stint, but her deleted posts promoting conspiracy theories and extreme proposals raise the more serious questions if Trump gives her another government role.
Dan Osborn is turning Pete Ricketts’s long record of tax favors for data centers into a potent Senate campaign issue, spotlighting $836 million in Nebraska incentives, additional federal giveaways, and a race Republicans appear increasingly nervous about.
After two of four debates, Troy Jackson has shown a steadier presence while Susan Collins leans on her record and appropriations power, leaving Maine’s close Senate race largely fixed with only 1% of registered voters undecided.
Thousands of volunteers are training to protect polling places, document intimidation, and mobilize if Trump interferes with the midterm results, drawing lessons from civil rights organizing and resistance to authoritarian takeovers worldwide.
Wall Street and cryptocurrency interests are spending heavily to protect congressional allies, but competitive races and growing voter anger over corporate political influence could turn that financial muscle into an election year liability.
Trump administration silence has temporarily preserved protections for roughly 200,000 Salvadorans, but work authorization restrictions and the White House’s alliance with Nayib Bukele leave families facing deep uncertainty about their futures.