How Trump and Republicans lost the 2026 midterm elections, according to AP Voter Poll
After more than a decade with Donald Trump at the epicenter of U.S. politics, most voters appear exhausted and exasperated by him, according to The AP Voter Poll, a survey of midterm voters in all 50 states. Go to story
Johnson won’t seek reelection as House speaker after Republican wipeout
It’s a swift rise and fall for Mike Johnson, often seen as an accidental speaker, who nevertheless drew close to President Donald Trump and led the House GOP during a tumultuous era, with one of the slimmest majorities in modern times. Go to story
The U.S. political map? Anyone’s guess after Democratic wave
Voters took a wrecking ball to the traditional map of political battlegrounds, electing Democrats in states that were long considered reliably Republican. Go to story
Democrats win governorships in Texas and other GOP-controlled states in rebuke to Republicans
The wins delivered a majority of governorships to Democrats for the first time in two decades, allowing them to put up a stronger defense against Trump’s second-term agenda. Go to story
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins election to U.S. Senate from Michigan
Progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed will become first Muslim U.S. senator. Go to story