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Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska. Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos.
Image: NYT > U.S. > PoliticsPublished on September 23, 2026
The suit challenged a poll that showed Trump trailing Kamala Harris in the final weeks of the 2024 campaign. A judge warned that similar legal challenges could have a chilling effect on news reporting.
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee is shifting its focus away from the North Carolina and Georgia Senate races as it works to shore up red states like Texas and flip other Democratic-held seats. In a closed-door meeting Wednesday, Sen. Tim Scott, the chair of the NRSC, told Senate Republicans that the campaign arm will focus its spending going forward on…
Published on September 23, 2026
Q THE LANDSLIDE: Quinnipiac University released a poll today that found Gov. Kathy Hochul leading Republican Bruce Blakeman 58-39 — putting her on track for the fourth-largest landslide by a New York gubernatorial candidate in the past 200 years. It’s by far the best poll for Hochul this year and certainly better than a Siena University survey out this morning…
Image: The Standard PoliticsPublished on September 23, 2026
Former President Uhuru Kenyattas remarks that the late Raila Odinga won the disputed 2022 elections have opened a political Pandoras box and kicked up a storm in the broad-based coalition.
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A small group of White House officials is exploring whether to cut back President Donald Trump’s decision to increase foreign beef imports, as GOP panic rises ahead of the midterms. The proposal to reduce the amount of imports is being discussed within the Domestic Policy Council headed by Vince Haley, a longtime Trump speechwriter and former campaign official, and a…
Image: NYT > U.S. > PoliticsPublished on September 22, 2026
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
Image: The Standard PoliticsPublished on September 22, 2026
Rigathi Gachagua is being proposed to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta as chair of the rebranded opposition alliance, as a dispute over the Ukombozi name threatens to complicate the coalitions plans.
Image: The Standard PoliticsPublished on September 22, 2026
Uhuru Kenyattas claim that Raila Odinga won the 2022 election has reopened debate over a presidential contest whose official result was upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court.
