Michael Barbaro reported that Trump conceded higher gas prices from the war he launched against Iran had upset voters.
“Trump conceded that higher gas prices from the war he launched against Iran had upset voters.”
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Donald Trump said most American aid to Israel, about $4 billion, would be cut off at the end of the year.
“President Trump said that the bulk of American aid to Israel, about $4 billion, would be cut off at the end of this year.”
A Times investigation reported that Mary Peltola's Alaska Senate campaign played a role in recruiting a second candidate named Dan Sullivan as a spoiler.
“a Times investigation into the Alaska Senate race that showed that the Democratic nominee, Mary Peltola's campaign, played a role in recruiting a spoiler candidate, a second Dan Sullivan.”
Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
“the losing Democratic primary candidate in the Michigan Senate race, Haley Stevens, snub the Democratic nominee, Abdul Ossayed, and cross party lines and endorse his Republican rival, Mike Rogers.”
Michael Barbaro said the 2026 midterm campaign involved more than $11 billion of advertising over two years.
“After two years of campaigning, more than $11 billion of advertising and last-minute dramas in Alaska and Michigan, the 2026 midterm election is now in the hands of the American voters.”
On the last full day of campaigning, President Donald Trump gave a speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool denouncing Democratic candidates as extreme.
“On the final full day of campaigning across the U.S., President Trump tried to rally Republicans with a speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, where he denounced this year's Democratic candidates as extreme.”
The Times reported that about 50 million Americans had already voted early, outpacing the last midterm cycle in every major Senate battleground.
“the Times reports that about 50 million Americans have already cast ballots, a surge of early voting that is outpacing the last midterm cycle in every major Senate battleground.”
A New York Times poll found Texas Latino voters favoring Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico over Republican Ken Paxton by nearly forty points.
“Latino voters favor the state's Democratic candidate for Senate, James Talarico, over his Republican rival, Ken Paxton, by nearly forty points.”