The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Texas Republican leaders, allowing the state to use new redistricting maps for the 2026 midterm elections.

The Fall 2025 Harvard Youth Poll, conducted in early November, shows 57 percent of adults ages 18 to 29 say things in the country are on the wrong track, an increase from the 51 percent who said the same in both the spring 2025 poll and the fall 2024 poll, which was conducted before the election.

Running with Trump is how you win.” Read our Data editor’s analysis of what it means for the midterms below. During a cabinet meeting Pete Hegseth, the war secretary, defended a second strike on the wreck of an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in September.

The U.S. Supreme Court says Texas can use its new congressional map that positions Republicans to gain seats in Congress in the 2026 midterms. "The Big Beautiful Map will be in effect for 2026," Texas Attorney General Paxton said in a Thursday statement.

But for investors, political fallout is not so easy to eschew. And going into 2026, markets face the build-up of another election cycle: the U.S. midterms next November.

The filing period for races in North Carolina began on Monday. Here's who has declared intentions to run in Chatham County so far.

Trump endorsed right-wing presidential candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura and smeared his progressive opponent Rixi Moncada.