Seattle’s socialist mayor has secured early transit, school lunch, renter, and social housing victories, but weak polling, council resistance, rising housing costs, and an enormous budget deficit threaten her broader progressive agenda.
Eight California House races feature two Democrats, exposing bitter fights over aging incumbents, progressive challengers, misconduct allegations, AI, and big money as voters decide which version of the party deserves to advance.
After three interventions this month, the Supreme Court made clear Missouri must conduct its 2026 congressional election under the 2022 map, rejecting another attempt to impose the 2025 map after voting had already begun.
Florida’s Republican advantages have not kept Byron Donalds from a toss up race, as weak Trump approval, economic pressure, shifting Hispanic support and signs of racial resistance threaten his bid against Democrat David Jolly.
Trump loyalists in Texas, Iowa, and the trucking industry are publicly questioning Republicans as development concerns, changing political signs, and economic frustration turn abstract partisan choices into consequences they can no longer ignore.
Kennedy’s latest disclosure shows millions in book advances and more than $270,000 in gifts, bringing fresh scrutiny as controversies emerging over the past month or so keep piling up around the health secretary.
Tom Perriello says health care losses, farm pressures, data center expansion, and anger at corporate power are creating an opening for Democrats in a Virginia district that Donald Trump carried by 12 percentage points in 2024.
A GAO report details how ICE spent billions on detention facilities without basic long term planning, while millions more disappeared into unused tents, warehouse transactions, and administrative costs that taxpayers will never recover.