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Democrats focus their midterm message on affordability, the White House weighs a ban on U.S. diesel exports, and South Florida election officials defend the security of voting by mail.

President Trump threatens to annihilate Iran at U.N. General Assembly, Justice Department leaders say they're focusing on "election integrity," and new polls show wide-ranging distrust in government.

VP Vance defends media outlets being banned from the White House, new polls suggest people like press freedom but want limits on media access and Missouri congressional maps are headed back to the Supreme Court.

An ICE agent shoots a man in Texas, polls show Democrats have a strong lead over Republicans in the midterms, and Pete Buttigieg explains what should happen if Dems win back Congress.

The Trump Administration denounces the Fed's rate increase, House lawmakers go on recess until after the Midterms, and the EPA rolls back key rules and guidelines.

House leaders send lawmakers home early and delay a defense secretary impeachment vote, a bipartisan House group pushes national redistricting reforms, and the Federal Reserve raises interest rates for the first time since 2023. 

The Kennedy Center will close amidst a fight over renaming it, a DHS whistleblower's claims have been partially confirmed in a new court filing and new data says ICE detention centers aren't economic drivers.

The Supreme Court won't lift injunctions stopping mail-in-voting restrictions, a House Subcommittee blames Obamacare for healthcare costs and new polls show Americans tie government corruption to higher prices.

The White House is toughening its immigration rhetoric – which could motivate the base. Mail-in ballots are going out and disability rights advocates encourage voters and highlight access.

Trump promises money as the GOP is at risk of electoral disaster, TPS for Salvadorans gets an automatic extension – although the migrants remain uncertain, and George W Bush shares his memories of 9/11.

Democrats challenge the messaging at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas, Missouri's redistricting returns to the Supreme Court and energy costs look likely to stay high.

The GOP kicks off first-ever midterm convention. A record number of women run for office and pro-data center labor unions give big to the Kentucky governor's Super PAC.

NH Democratic Senate Candidate Pappas defends voting for the Laken Riley Act. DHS Secretary Mullin refuses to reverse their ankle-monitor policy for Haitian immigrants and new polls show union popularity continues to grow.

Investors profit from detention of migrant women and children, working class voters up for grabs in the midterms and Starbucks baristas call a nationwide boycott amid stalled living wage negotiations.

Vance touts the GOP as a common-sense party — despite the common view, the Energy Secretary downplays doubts of the Venezuela oil deal, and FL bars undocumented immigrants from attending public universities.

The U.S. strikes Iranian targets and Tehran retaliates, a Republican senator calls for the defense secretary to be fired and a GOP bill to lock the Supreme Court at nine justices fails in the House.

A whistleblower says the USPS is restricting mail-in voting despite a court order, Muslim Americans still face threats 25 years after 9-11 and ICE steps up raids at  Connecticut schools.

Vance defends his wife at a campaign stop, cancer rates and water quality define the Iowa agriculture secretary race and the top military officer says troops won't be at the polls.

Martin Luther King III commemorates the March on Washington, close polls are helping heat up New Hampshire's Senate race and U.S. colleges brace for the loss of international students.

President Trump renames Lake Ontario to Lake America. Election experts call for voter education, after a big SCOTUS mail-in ballot ruling and FL Gov. DeSantis calls for regulations on automated license plate readers.

A surge in ICE arrests sets a Trump-era record, states are again challenging an attempt to restrict mail-in voting and Navarro fires back at Canada over tariff criticism.

Canada retaliates in the trade war, data center opposition becomes a unifying issue nationally and a prosecutor declines to go after Musk on an election bribery case.

The White House calls on all countries to cut Iranian economic ties, the SCOTUS gives a partial green light to mail-in ballot limits and Texas data center opposition goes mainstream.

The U.S. and Canada enact steep tariffs on each other. Chemical industry lobbyists are now overseeing environmental and safety agencies and the Postal Service moves to restrict mail-in ballots.

The U.S. deficit hits $40 trillion. Oil prices jump after President Trump threatens Iran with 'economic D-Day' and lawmakers air competing calls for congressional and Supreme Court term limits.