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Today — 30 May 2026News

Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.

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Yesterday — 29 May 2026News

California House Primary in Sacramento Displays Democrats’ Fierce Generational Battle

29 May 2026 at 17:02
Representative Doris Matsui has been re-elected 10 times with ease. But an upstart Democrat is threatening to end her run in Congress.

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Representative Doris Matsui is facing her toughest re-election fight in her more than two decades of representing a safely Democratic district in the Sacramento region.

Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.

Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?

30 May 2026 at 02:37
The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.
Before yesterdayNews

Meeting Voters, a Republican Tries to Outrun His Party’s Woes

28 May 2026 at 02:16
Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska is still meeting with constituents long after most G.O.P. members of Congress have concluded it is too politically dangerous to do so.

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Representative Mike Flood speaking with reporters after his town hall in Norfolk, Neb., on Tuesday. He has committed to continuing to regularly hold such events.

Alabama Republicans Ask Supreme Court to Allow New Congressional Map in Redistricting Fight

28 May 2026 at 00:35
Republican leaders in the state have asked the justices to clear the way for a congressional map that a lower court found discriminated against Black voters.

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The Supreme Court justices are familiar with the longstanding fight over Alabama’s congressional district map.

Colin Allred, Former Lawmaker, Wins Democratic Runoff for House Seat

27 May 2026 at 11:08
Mr. Allred beat the incumbent, Representative Julie Johnson, and is now favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic Dallas-based district.

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Colin Allred served three terms in the House of Representatives before giving up his seat to run unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2024.

Christian Menefee Defeats Al Green in Texas Democratic House Runoff

27 May 2026 at 08:38
The showdown, manufactured by a Republican gerrymander, created one of many generational clashes consuming Democrats this cycle.

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Representative Christian Menefee became the first Democrat to defeat an incumbent this year, felling 11-term Representative Al Green.

Judge Allows Florida House Map That Could Add 4 Republican Seats

27 May 2026 at 05:09
The plaintiffs had sought a temporary restraining order, arguing that the map violated a state ban on partisan gerrymandering that voters passed in 2010.

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Republican lawmakers, who hold supermajorities in the State House and Senate, passed the new map last month at the urging of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican.

Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters

Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would likely cost Democrats a majority-Black district.

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People march for voting rights on the famed Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in May.
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