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All 435 U.S. House seats are up for election on November 3, 2026, and while Republicans must hold at least 218 to retain control . Analysts converge that a small number of highly competitive districts...
Yes — multiple U.S. government investigations and independent reporting conclude that the Russian government mounted a broad, coordinated operation aimed at aiding Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential bid...
Republicans enter 2026 controlling the Senate 53–47 (two independents caucus with Democrats); Democrats need a net gain of four Senate seats to win a 51‑49 majority (or three if vice‑presidential math...
The 2024 congressional cycle produced a large number of razor‑thin contests: multiple post‑election reviews report , with Democrats prevailing in a majority of those tight contests . The very narrowes...
Multiple sources show a busy special-election calendar stretching across 2025 and into 2026: several House special elections occurred in 2025 (Florida CDs, Arizona, Virginia, Texas) with dates from Ap...
Public records, flight logs, donation records and tens of thousands of newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate — including emails, contact books and court filings — allowed researchers,...
The balance of the Senate in 2026 hinges on a small list of competitive Senate seats — analysts list Michigan, Georgia and several Sun Belt races among the most consequential as Republicans defend a 5...
Democrats need a net gain of three House seats to win the majority in 2026, and party campaign arms have already identified a concentrated battleground: the DCCC lists roughly 35 Republican-held targe...
The battle for control of the U.S. House in 2026 will hinge on a relatively small number of narrowly divided congressional districts—organizations and parties are currently tracking roughly 33–35 targ...
Democrats are explicitly adding a mix of vulnerable incumbents and a handful of open Republican-held seats to their 2026 battlefield rather than relying solely on traditional swing districts, with the...
Reports and post-election analyses show Democrats made notable gains in 2025: Bolts reports Democrats flipped 21% of Republican-held state legislative seats (a 25-seat swing in the sample) , and multi...
Campaign donations, fundraisers and social events provided Jeffrey Epstein with introductions to politicians, a modest stream of direct campaign contributions (OpenSecrets and other records show more ...
Jeffrey Epstein’s pre-2019 political donations touched both major parties and multiple high-profile individuals and committees; reporting identifies specific Democratic figures and institutions who ac...
Indivisible’s 2026 strategy — a large-scale primary program meant to force a more combative Democratic caucus — has drawn sharp pushback from both party establishment figures who warn it will fracture...
Party recruitment and national funding will be decisive force multipliers — not automatic determiners — in 2025–2026 U.S. House special elections, because narrow margins in the chamber and concentrate...
There is no single, public list in the supplied reporting that ranks 2026 “Toss‑up” U.S. House seats by campaign spending. Political trackers identify roughly 10 initial Toss‑up seats and broader batt...
Publicly available campaign records and reporting show Jeffrey Epstein made dozens of federal-level political donations between the early 1990s and the early 2000s, with reporting and databases naming...
Jeffrey Epstein’s recorded political giving before his 2008 plea was limited in scale but touched many prominent Democrats and some Republicans: OpenSecrets tallies more than $139,000 to Democratic fe...
Multiple news outlets and archival databases show that some politicians and institutions returned or donated Jeffrey Epstein’s contributions after his crimes became public, but comprehensive lists var...
Jeffrey Epstein’s public donation footprint shifted from visible, relatively large gifts to political committees and institutions in the 1990s–early 2000s toward repeated academic and philanthropic gi...