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Will 2026 Be a Normal Midterm?

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Colorado proves Mamdani’s midterm wins were not a fluke

Washington Examiner

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Colorado proves Mamdani’s midterm wins were not a fluke

Socialist Melat Kiros soundly defeated 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) last night in the Democratic Socialists of America’s first test after its New York congressional sweep last month. The socialist insurgency proved its popularity beyond Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s five boroughs. “We will not wait to take the fight to Donald Trump and the oligarchy,” […]

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$Republican says Trump's top election priority 'dead' in Senate as GOP fractures ahead of midterms$

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Republican says Trump's top election priority 'dead' in Senate as GOP fractures ahead of midterms

Sen. Thom Tillis says the SAVE America Act lacks the funding and time to be implemented before midterm elections, calling the push "theater."

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Inside Trump’s schemes to corrupt the midterms

Alternet.org

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Inside Trump’s schemes to corrupt the midterms

With the 2026 midterms a little over four months away and President Donald Trump continuing to suffer from weak approval ratings in poll after poll, Democratic strategists are feeling cautiously optimistic about their ability to recapture the U.S. House of Representatives — and they believe the U.S. Senate is in play for them as well. But according to the New York Times, Trump has a variety of schemes designed to shield Republicans from major losses in November.Trump, journalists Karen Yourish, Nick Corasaniti and Charlie Smart report in the Times, "is trying to use the levers of the federal government, along with personal influence over state and local lawmakers, to reshape the rules governing the 2026 midterms and future elections in extraordinary ways.""Many of these efforts have been blocked by courts, stymied by the Constitution or stopped in Congress," the reporters explain. "But the relentless assault by the president on the electoral process — both administratively and rhetorically — is likely to sow doubt and lay groundwork for extensive challenges to election results. Agencies and officials across the federal government have, at the direction of Mr. Trump, undertaken dozens of actions grounded in novel strategies and aimed at insulating Republicans from potential losses in November. Those actions fall into six major categories, and some fall into more than one."Those six categories, according to Yourish, Corasaniti and Smart, are: (1) "taking steps to nationalize elections," (2) "trying to tighten voting restrictions," (3) "pushing for mid-decade redistricting," (4) "cutting election security," (5) "undermining faith in the electoral system by questioning previous results," and (6) "punishing those who have worked against election denialism." Trump, the Times reporters note, has "installed" a long list of "election deniers" in the federal government — including Jeanine Pirro, Harmeet K. Dhillon and FBI Director Kash Patel at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Patrick Weaver at the Defense Department, and Heather Honey and Secretary Markwayne Mullin at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)."While Mr. Trump's attempts to use executive orders to change elections have been largely blocked by courts," Yourish, Corasaniti and Smart explain, "the president and his allies have found other avenues to add new restrictions to voting that are designed to help them win at the ballot box. Soon after Mr. Trump took office, the Justice Department dropped or halted all of its open voting rights lawsuits that preceded Mr. Trump's inauguration, easing the path for partisan gerrymanders and voting laws to withstand legal scrutiny. That included dropping a lawsuit against a voting law in Georgia. The number of lawyers working in the voting-rights arm of the Justice Department, one of the government's critical bulwarks against civil rights abuses in voting and elections, has dwindled from about 30 at the end of the Biden administration to the single digits after resignations, cuts and reassignments."

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World Cup 2026: Portugal through to face Spain after VAR drama, Salah fit to face Australia – live

US news | The Guardian

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World Cup 2026: Portugal through to face Spain after VAR drama, Salah fit to face Australia – live

⚽ All the latest news and reaction from the World Cup⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Knockout draw | Email usThe other co-hosts, the daddy hosts, are falling in love with soccer, and their national team.The game had an average of 24.429 million viewers on Fox, making it the most-watched English-language soccer broadcast in US history, the broadcaster said. The Fox telecast peaked at 31.883 million. Telemundo, which holds the Spanish language rights to World Cup broadcasts in the US, reported 9.1 million viewers over the total game window.Nobody needs an excuse to pump Sunday’s occasion up. With the final whistle nearing in England’s win over the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the local television commentator reeled off the names of England’s players one by one. In a manner redolent of the Norwegian broadcaster Bjørge Lillelien, whose “Can you hear me Maggie Thatcher?” oration in 1981 is etched into folklore, the Mexican equivalent welcomed Harry Kane and company to the bubbling cauldron that awaits. Continue reading...

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Supreme Court Approves Mail-In Voting, But Trump Keeps Pushing Extremist SAVE Act Ahead of Midterms

Democracy Now!

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Supreme Court Approves Mail-In Voting, But Trump Keeps Pushing Extremist SAVE Act Ahead of Midterms

President Donald Trump has received another setback in his ongoing quest to control U.S. elections. In a 5-4 split, the Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots do not need to be received by Election Day to be counted, as long as they were postmarked by then. Although a “rare victory for voting rights,” the conservative justices’ assertion that voting by mail is prone to fraud — a disproven theory that Trump blames his loss in the 2020 election for — is “very disturbing,” says Ari Berman, the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones. “My fear is that this is going to embolden Republicans to double down on their efforts to try to get rid of mail voting, including the SAVE America Act, Trump’s sweeping voter suppression bill, which he seems desperate to go to any lengths to try to pass,” says Berman, who also comments on the court’s decision to strike down a federal law limiting campaign spending.

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World Cup 2026: guide to all 1,248 players

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World Cup 2026: guide to all 1,248 players

Everything you need to know (and more) about every squad member. Click on the player pictures for more information Continue reading...

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World Cup 2026: How to watch Spain vs. Austria live for free

New York Post

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World Cup 2026: How to watch Spain vs. Austria live for free

Spain has yet to allow a goal during the World Cup.

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Trump drops historic announcement for midterm elections

Blaze Media

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Trump drops historic announcement for midterm elections

The president has made a major announcement regarding the upcoming midterms.President Donald Trump says he will be heading up a Republican midterm convention, the first ever, in September.'THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN!'The midterm convention will be held in Dallas, Texas, according to President Trump's post on social media. He previously pitched the idea in Aug. 2025."It will be fantastic! It has never been done before, and will be a truly Historic Event. We are going to celebrate the GREAT AMERICAN COMEBACK, and the incredible successes of the American People who transformed our Country through the America First Agenda," he wrote Tuesday.He lauded a list of his accomplishments that included the shutdown at the border, lowering crime, and increasing the nation's energy dominance.Trump went on to say the convention will prepare the country for another 250 years of success."At the Event, we will have hardworking Americans, our Great Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Manufacturers, First Responders, and Job Creators who are powering our Nation's Golden Age, and proving that America's best days are still ahead of us," he added. "We will also have lots of Great Entertainment — It will be a RALLY like none other!"Richard Hudson, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, praised the president in a statement on social media. "President Trump has united Republicans behind a winning agenda that's delivering results for the American people," he wrote. "The Midterm Convention will showcase our strong Republican candidates, energize supporters across the country, and ensure House Republicans have the resources to protect and grow our majority in November."The midterm convention will run from Sept. 9 to 10. Democrats considered returning their midterm convention but decided against it. Some suspect that their dwindling cash donations forced them to abandon the idea. RELATED: 'Blue wave' expected for midterms looks more like a tiny ripple, says CNN's Harry Enten The convention should help galvanize Republican voters to show up at the ballot box for the midterm elections, which will determine whether Democrats will take over Congress for the rest of Trump's second term. "THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN!" the president concluded.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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