Eighteen days from now, Americans will vote in a midterm election that could redraw the balance of power in Washington. And if you ask the people with actual money on the line, the 2026 midterm predictions point in one direction: a Democratic House is close to a done deal, while the Senate remains a genuine … Read more
The US inflation September 2026 report delivered the worst possible news for the White House at the worst possible time. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said on October 14 that consumer prices rose 0.6% in September, lifting the annual inflation rate to 3.7% — up from 3.4% in August and above the 3.6% pace economists … Read more
Elon Musk is back in the political arena — and this time, the checkbook is even bigger. The world’s only trillionaire has quietly funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his own super PAC since the start of July, making the Elon Musk midterm spending blitz the single largest known donor operation of … Read more
The Katie Zacharia press briefing that Washington had been waiting for lasted all of 14 minutes. On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. ET, the newly named White House press secretary stepped to the podium in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room for her formal debut, delivered roughly eight minutes of opening remarks, … Read more
The Keisha Lance Bottoms debate Monday night looked like no Georgia governor’s debate in a generation: one candidate, one empty lectern, and a television audience watching history get made for the wrong reasons. Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms took the stage alone at the Atlanta Press Club’s Loudermilk-Young Debates, held at the Georgia Public Broadcasting studio, … Read more
The Ken Paxton Dubai fugitives story has become the latest — and potentially most damaging — controversy to hit the Texas attorney general’s U.S. Senate campaign. According to explosive new reporting from The Wall Street Journal published Monday evening, October 12, 2026, Paxton rang in 2025 with a luxury New Year’s Eve celebration in Dubai … Read more