3+ hour, 3+ min ago   (149+ words) “Republicans are increasingly worried that North Carolina’s Senate race is slipping out of contention,” Politico reports. “For months, they had argued that a post-Labor Day infusion of cash could jolt new energy into the largely stagnant but critical Senate race....

2+ hour, 55+ min ago   (185+ words) “Republicans are moving to shore up Ken Paxton’s faltering Senate bid, as party donors’ and leaders’ concerns mount and they privately call for the Texas attorney general to step up fundraising and campaign appearances,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “A…...

8+ hour, 52+ min ago   (294+ words) “Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them ‘finish the job,’” Politico reports. ”But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.” Think…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (195+ words) Wall Street Journal: “As the high-stakes midterm elections approach, battles over redistricting and voting are intensifying nationwide. Republicans are trying to keep control of Congress, amid voter frustration with prices and an unpopular war with Iran. Democrats are seeking to…...

15+ hour, 14+ min ago   (171+ words) The Economist: “As the midterms approach, America’s two main parties are conducting opposite experiments. Republicans march in lockstep behind Donald Trump, who summoned his troops to Dallas this week to celebrate his awesomeness…” “Democrats, by contrast, are bickering over their…...

16+ hour, 17+ min ago   (208+ words) Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s new promise to give a $5,000 check to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections may be an effort to answer a variant of an age-old riddle: Can Trump devise a policy so ill-conceived…...

16+ hour, 30+ min ago   (120+ words) “The war in Iran will likely end soon after November’s mid-term elections, President Donald Trump said Saturday, and predicted that energy prices would fall sharply once that happens,” CNBC reports. Said Trump: “I think very soon, I think it’ll be…...

16+ hour, 33+ min ago   (215+ words) Alexandra Petri: “If only the GOP midterm convention succeeds in its aim of electing Donald Trump president, things will get a lot better in this country. Isn’t he already president? Hush! At the Unprecedented (But Very President-ed) Republican Midterm Convention,…...

18+ hour, 50+ min ago   (124+ words) Aaron Blake: “Republicans’ hopes of holding their Senate majority might hinge on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton more than anyone else.” “And President Donald Trump seemingly can’t stop insulting him.” “Trump has repeatedly made the case for Paxton — whom he…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (302+ words) “Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon claims she knows ‘for a fact’ that President Donald Trump will try to ‘not leave in 2028,’ arguing he is already laying the groundwork to remain in power past the end of his presidential term,…...