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2026 Midterm Elections Live Updates: Latest News, Results, and Analysis

President Donald Trump announced that he would be using the Defense Production Act to boost diesel and gasoline production in the United States, putting downward pressure on prices that have risen because of the war in Iran.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

ROCK HILL, South Carolina — President Donald Trump evoked the perceived danger of Democratic extremism, including on transgender policy, as he campaigned for Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) in South Carolina.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

President Donald Trump said Monday that the administration will pay out $1 million to tipsters who report cases of voter fraud that result in convictions, just one week before the polls close in the 2026 midterm elections.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Sand said he wanted to ensure children in the state do not become a combination of hungry and angry by providing free breakfast and lunch in schools.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

If you wanted to pick a red state to be a case study in how to alienate supporters of President Donald Trump, then it would be Kansas.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Turek told moderators during his second debate for Iowa’s open Senate seat that biologically male athletes should not be allowed to play in women’s sports.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

President Donald Trump told the crowd at his Sioux City, Iowa, rally that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) must be removed from office because her former legal name is different than what she used to campaign and be sworn in.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico, currently a seminary student on leave, was pressed by a Republican voter at a CNN town hall meeting Thursday on his Christian views.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Republican candidate for Senate in Minnesota Michele Tafoya came out against President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia during her debate with Democrat Peggy Flanagan on Friday.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) appeared at a church service in Detroit with Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers after sparring with Democratic candidate Abdul el Sayed over the weekend.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Trump kicked off his rally at Clemson University in South Carolina on Wednesday evening to roars from crowds of supporters, only to be heckled by multiple protesters who were swiftly escorted from the room by police.

2026 midterm elections live updates: Latest news, results, and analysis

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has conceded the Maine Senate race to Democrat Troy Jackson, reflecting on her 30 years in the upper chamber as an “honor.”