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The midterm results are a reminder that elections have consequences, even for a president who says he doesn't care about them.

When you break a promise, your voters punish you.

The American free press will survive now and for decades to come.  

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn GT Thompson and Forest Landowners Association CEO Scott Jones are urging Congress to pass legislation, including a new farm bill and the Save America's Family Forests Act, to support timber landowners struggling with disaster recovery and market instability.

Our research suggests this is not a one-off problem with one old model.

Environmental organizations are opposing the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, which aims to accelerate the U.S. clean energy transition by streamlining permitting processes and limiting litigation.

Amid rising insurance costs, experts suggest reforming the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to improve accountability while maintaining state-level regulatory authority.

Signs point to an exceptionally tough two years for business leaders, whom many on the left believe cowered under pressure from the president.

The struggle for the soul of the Republican Party now moves to a new level.

Congress should establish a formal process for when an emergency becomes a protracted national crisis.

It’s time to stop gambling with the futures of hardworking LIUNA members and get this bill passed. 

The campaign ads are gone from my television, and I'm grateful. The price tag is harder to forget. OpenSecrets projected the 2026 midterms at $11.9 billion, which would be a record for any midterm. That is more than four times the $2.9 billion the EPA announced in May to help states replace lead pipes. We...

In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court handed public-sector unions a well-deserved rebuke in Janus v. AFSCME. The justices affirmed that government employees cannot be compelled to financially support a union as a condition of employment. Eight years later, the question is whether the court is willing to defend the principle it enunciated. So far, it...

All the ad spending in the world didn’t convince voters that Republicans had even the concepts of a plan for fixing Donald Trump’s worsening economic mess.

Whether this changes votes tonight remains to be seen. But Stevens's decision has certainly changed the conversation and, unexpectedly, brought Democrats together around Abdul El-Sayed. 

There are many reasons to vote against continued Republican rule.

The stream of women exiting the White House continues unabated, while one man after another remains in the administration despite clearly warranting the boot.  

Republican candidates in the 2026 midterms have struggled to find a compelling message beyond loyalty to Donald Trump as they face challenges regarding corruption, the economy, and low presidential approval ratings ahead of tomorrow's election.

No state, including Arizona, likes having a judge tell it how to run its prisons. But they all have a choice: live up to their constitutional responsibilities and provide adequate medical care on their own, or have the courts ensure it gets done. 

The 2026 midterms are shaping up to be one of the most widely competitive — at least on the Senate level — in modern history.