2026 Midterms

How some states are responding to DOJ's plan to send 1,000 monitors on Election Day

By Liz Landers, Joshua Barajas

The agency regularly monitors polling places. But this year’s effort on Nov. 3 will more than double the number of federal monitors deployed during the 2022 midterms.

Vivek Ramaswamy defends ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother

By Mike Catalini, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

Speaking at a campaign stop, Ramaswamy said the advertisement, which features Acton's mother calling her “a liar,” had nothing to do with childhood abuse.

WATCH: Trump defends Ramaswamy's attack ad against Acton amid bipartisan criticism

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, should keep running a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic opponent Amy Acton.

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall in debate blames Ukraine war, not Iran war, for high diesel prices

By John Hanna, Associated Press

The answer, delivered during a debate with Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton, aligned Marshall with President Donald Trump's freshly antagonistic posture toward Ukraine, which has spent more than four years defending itself against an invasion.

In final Michigan Senate debate, El-Sayed and Rogers question each other's loyalties

By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press

This time, the exchanges focused on policy, though both candidates repeatedly returned to their central attacks.

How Maine voters feel about the high-stakes Senate election

By Lisa Desjardins

The state is both fired up by this big race and exhausted by its avalanche of ads.

A bitter Michigan Senate race rattles Jewish and Muslim voters already on edge over the war in Gaza

By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press

Michigan’s closely contested Senate race has become deeply personal for some voters.

How Iran war votes in Congress became a focal point for campaign ad attacks

By Kevin Freking, Aaron Kessler, Associated Press

Democrats and aligned advocacy groups are hitting the airwaves with a flood of campaign ads on the Iran war as they seek to win back in the House and Senate.

WATCH: Trump heads to rally in Kansas as Republican voters' frustrations deepen

By Joey Cappelletti, John Hanna, Associated Press

“In this election, I’m asking you to pretend please that I’m on the ballot," President Donald Trump told the Kansas crowd. He spoke for over an hour and a half, with protesters interrupting him several times.

Latino voters helped put Trump back in the White House. What's their next move?

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Nicholas Riccardi, Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

The path to a U.S. House majority runs through heavily Latino districts in states such as Arizona, Colorado and Texas, where Democrats are counting on disaffected Trump supporters to swing back their way.