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• Top Republicans didn’t expect Trump’s dividends. Now they’re scrambling.
  September 10, 2026 by By Meredith Lee Hill, Jason Beeferman and Mia McCarthy
  As they gathered in Dallas, GOP lawmakers wavered from full-on embrace to full-on avoidance of the president’s promise of $5,000 checks to Americans.
• Kamala Harris to campaign with Ossoff in Georgia
  September 10, 2026 by By Casey He
  The former vice president is heading to the battleground state as some Democrats have kept their distance.
• Why so many incumbents lost primaries this year
  September 10, 2026 by By Lisa Kashinsky and Aaron Pellish
  Anti-incumbent anger crossed party lines in this year’s primaries — and redistricting didn’t help, either.
• Dan McKee becomes first governor in 8 years to lose primary
  September 10, 2026 by By Aaron Pellish
  Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes defeated the Rhode Island governor in the Democratic primary after he failed to corral a growing political crisis around a bridge.
• ‘We are going in the wrong direction’: Republican convention dogged by the cost of living
  September 9, 2026 by By Meredith Lee Hill, Erin Doherty, Alec Hernandez and Andrew Howard
  The GOP is gathering in Dallas to tout the administration’s wins. Many Republicans worry there are few on affordability.
• Spencer Cox: America’s political divide is destroying families and friendships
  September 9, 2026
  Spencer Cox: America’s political divide is destroying families and friendships lead image
• Stefany Shaheen, daughter of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, wins New Hampshire House primary
  September 9, 2026 by By Lisa Kashinsky
  She won the Democratic primary for the open 1st District despite her rivals’ attempts to weaponize her family ties.
• Missouri’s redistricting in flux after dissonant court rulings
  September 8, 2026 by By Josh Gerstein and Aaron Pellish
  A Supreme Court justice rejected a bid to revive Missouri’s pro-GOP redistricting before midterms, but a federal judge practically simultaneously gave the state the OK to continue with the plan.
• Republicans are hoping ‘Trump-a-palooza’ isn’t only about Trump
  September 8, 2026 by By Mia McCarthy and Riley Rogerson
  GOP lawmakers said they are counting on the president to draw a contrast with Democrats in Dallas, not prosecute personal grievances.
• Nevada Republicans are testing the 2028 case against Gavin Newsom
  September 7, 2026 by By Samuel Benson
  Gov. Joe Lombardo, one of the most vulnerable Republican governors this cycle, has zeroed in on a cross-border boogeyman in the Democratic governor of California.
• 'We are winning elections’: Bernie Sanders on Democrats’ progressive wing
  September 6, 2026
  'We are winning elections’: Bernie Sanders on Democrats’ progressive wing lead image
• ‘Not feasible’: With ballots already in the mail, election officials say it is too late for Trump’s USPS order
  September 4, 2026 by By Elleiana Green
  While the Trump administration's bid to overhaul mail-in voting remains blocked by the lower courts, North Carolina will be the first state to send ballots on Friday.