Tag: Midterm Elections (2026)
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‘The Beginning of the End of Trumpism’
“People hate the way that Trump is running this country,” the columnist Michelle Goldberg argues. Her fellow columnists and the American electorate agree. Democrats had a great night, but what now? Eight Opinion columnists offer their views on what Democrats need to do next, and what Trump’s final two years in office might hold.
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How the Stock Market Is Reacting to the Midterm Elections
U.S. stock futures fell as the first results came in, but later traded higher as investors assessed the outlook for artificial intelligence and other key sectors as the balance of power shifts in Washington.
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Angry Voters Usher in Beginning of the End to the Trump Era
The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.
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Ken Burns: Why I’m Optimistic About the Midterms
There’s something fundamental at stake in the midterms this year, beyond policy differences.
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Israeli Claims of Iranian Chemical Weapons Divide U.S. Officials
Some administration officials suggested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to draw President Trump back into military action.
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In Run-Up to Midterms, Legacy of 2020 Looms Large Over Justice Dept.
The refusal of top department officials to acknowledge Donald J. Trump’s loss that year is the engine driving an intensifying effort to intercede in state administration of elections.
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Democratic Divisions on Israel Come Thundering Back, in Preview of Fights to Come
A shattered alliance in Michigan between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and his former primary rival, Representative Haley Stevens, underscored broader tensions in the party.
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What Seven Presidents Knew — and Trump Does Not
Will Americans decide this week that character does, after all, matter?
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Backlash Poses Challenge for Republicans in the Midterms
President Trump promised to end the chaos at the southern border. But deadly ICE shootings and high-profile raids have shaken many voters.
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Trump Is Playing Up Voter Fraud Prosecutions. Meet Some of the Accused.
The Trump administration’s campaign to identify and charge immigrants in connection with voting violations has led to fears of being jailed, or deported.