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Reçu — 16 octobre 2026 ⏭
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Congressional Staff Open Letters Containing Suspicious Substances

Par : Chris Cameron
16 octobre 2026 à 22:00
The incidents, the first of which was reported on Thursday, came as election officials have reported a growing number of threats directed at them.

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Members of Congress Reported receiving letters containing suspicious substances on Friday.
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Ilhan Omar’s Sister’s Phone Was Seized Before Search of Lawmaker’s Home

Par : Ernesto Londoño · Alan Feuer and Hamed Aleaziz
17 octobre 2026 à 14:26
A criminal investigation into the lawmaker’s immigration process advanced after federal investigators reviewed family text messages from a seized phone.

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An officer carries a box from the Washington residence of Representative Ilhan Omar, during a search on Monday.
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Ocasio-Cortez Transfers $1 Million to Help El-Sayed in Michigan Senate Race

Par : Shane Goldmacher
16 octobre 2026 à 16:21
The transfer represents an unusually large amount for a House member to give to a Senate race.

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How the ‘Other Maine’ Has Helped Shape a Senate Race

Par : Esmé E. Deprez · Jenna Russell and Sophie Park
16 octobre 2026 à 05:03
Both Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and Troy Jackson, her Democratic challenger, grew up in Aroostook County, a vast, isolated northern wilderness. Those roots have helped define them.

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Avalanche of G.O.P. Cash Keeps the Party Competitive Despite Its Problems

Par : Theodore Schleifer and Matt Zdun
16 octobre 2026 à 05:02
Republican Senate and House candidates are being out-raised by their Democratic rivals, but the party has received a huge boost from groups tied to Elon Musk and President Trump.

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President Trump’s super PAC and Elon Musk have both spent enormous amounts to support Republicans in the midterms.
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$137 Million in A.I.-Generated Ads Flood the Midterms

Par : Stuart A. Thompson
16 octobre 2026 à 05:02
Republicans have used A.I.-generated content more often than Democrats, ranging from subtle enhancements to convincing deepfakes.

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Fish, Oil and Corruption: 6 Takeaways From Alaska’s Senate Debate

Par : Kellen Browning
16 octobre 2026 à 03:28
The Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, veered from serious discussion of high prices and economic challenges to blistering personal attacks.

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Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican incumbent, right, and Mary Peltola, the Democratic challenger, during the debate in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday night.
Reçu — 15 octobre 2026 ⏭
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In Michigan Senate Race, Ocasio-Cortez Joins El-Sayed on Trail in Trump Country

Par : Tim Balk
16 octobre 2026 à 12:19
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigned with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in a swath of Michigan including areas won by President Trump, making a progressive pitch in a key Senate race.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for the Senate in Michigan, campaigned with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday, including in areas won by President Trump.
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5 Takeaways From the Senate Debate in Maine

Par : Emily Davies
16 octobre 2026 à 06:50
The race’s fourth and final debate centered on whether Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent, was as independent as she claimed to be from President Trump.

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Troy Jackson answering a question during a debate with Senator Susan Collins at Husson University in Bangor, Maine, on Thursday.
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Oregon Has Approved Tight Gun Laws, but They Have Been Held Up in Courts

Par : Orlando Mayorquín
15 octobre 2026 à 23:47
The state has passed restrictive measures popular among gun safety activists. The Silver Rail Elementary School shooting seemed poised to set off conversations about gun control.

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A sheriff’s deputy outside Silver Rail Elementary school, where a shooting took place on Thursday.
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Democratic Senators Move to Block U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal

Par : Robert Jimison
15 octobre 2026 à 10:29
The move will force a vote on the agreement after the midterm elections, though it faces steep odds in the Republican-controlled Congress even amid bipartisan concern about the deal.

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Democrats Worry About Tight Midterm Races in Maine, Michigan and Minnesota

Par : Reid J. Epstein
15 octobre 2026 à 11:16
Despite hopes for a blue wave, Democratic candidates in Minnesota, Maine and Michigan are facing local political headwinds and have struggled to open up clear daylight in the polls.

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A Megachurch Pastor is Running for Senate. Will Democrats Vote for Him?

Par : Ruth Graham
15 octobre 2026 à 10:50
As he seeks to unseat a Republican in Kansas, Adam Hamilton speaks of his work leading the state’s largest church — and making it appealing to nonreligious people.

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Adam Hamilton, the Democrat running for Senate in Kansas, has a relatively high profile thanks to his long career as pastor of the state’s largest church.
Reçu — 14 octobre 2026 ⏭
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Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

Par : Katie Rogers
14 octobre 2026 à 22:09
At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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For weeks, Vice President JD Vance has been road-testing unfounded, innuendo-based salvos against James Talarico.
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Surprise Democratic Donor Blitzes Senate Races in Republican-Leaning States With Ads

Par : Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer
14 octobre 2026 à 18:56
Steve Pajcic, a lawyer and philanthropist in Florida, started a group that is airing ads in Kansas and South Carolina. Florida and Mississippi are next.

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The Democratic Senate candidates Adam Hamilton of Kansas, Scott Colom of Mississippi, Annie Andrews of South Carolina and Angie Nixon of Florida.
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Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

Par : Abbie VanSickle
14 octobre 2026 à 17:17
The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

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The order was likely to be only a modest boost for the G.O.P., as the court had made its position clear in two previous rulings in recent months.
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Midterm Election Ad Spending Topped $10 Billion, and It’s Still Rising

Par : Theodore Schleifer
14 octobre 2026 à 15:08
The campaign is set to be more expensive than the 2024 presidential election cycle, and has already exceeded the ad total booked by the N.F.L. last season.

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4 Takeaways From the Los Angeles Mayoral Debate

Par : Shawn Hubler
14 octobre 2026 à 03:12
Mayor Karen Bass and her former ally, the City Council member Nithya Raman, attacked each other’s records on Tuesday night in the last televised debate before the election.

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Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles, left, faced off with City Council member Nithya Raman, right, in a televised mayoral debate on Tuesday.
Reçu — 13 octobre 2026 ⏭
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7 Takeaways From the Second Georgia Senate Debate

Par : Patricia Mazzei and Emily Davies
13 octobre 2026 à 23:58
Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday.

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5 Takeaways From a Heated and Personal Maine Senate Debate

Par : Tim Balk
14 octobre 2026 à 09:51
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, disagreed over the war in Iran and President Trump in the third of four debates in a key race.

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Troy Jackson, left, and Senator Susan Collins of Maine faced off on Tuesday in a debate that at times turned personal and tense.
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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

Par : Tim Balk
13 octobre 2026 à 06:01
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking in Detroit last month.
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Top G.O.P. Groups Pull Support From First House Incumbents

Par : Shane Goldmacher
13 octobre 2026 à 08:00
Two major Republican super PACs are said to be withdrawing cash from the races of the incumbent Representatives Thomas H. Kean Jr. of New Jersey and Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa in an effort to triage the midterm map.

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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

Par : Tim Balk
13 octobre 2026 à 06:01
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking in Detroit last month.
Reçu — 12 octobre 2026 ⏭
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Democrats Tie Corruption to High Costs in Final Midterms Push

Par : Carl Hulse
12 octobre 2026 à 05:02
Party leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.

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“Corruption is why things don’t work for the American people.” Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat running for re-election in Georgia, said in a recent campaign video.
Reçu — 11 octobre 2026 ⏭
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In Maine Senate Race, Anxious Democrats Turn to Bernie Sanders for a Jolt

Par : Tim Balk
11 octobre 2026 à 18:22
Three months after a jarring summer candidate switch, some Democrats in the state are worried about the enthusiasm for their nominee, Troy Jackson, who is in a close race.

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Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson campaigning with Senator Bernie Sanders in Lewiston, Maine, on Sunday.
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In Unlikely Turn, Law and Order Heats Up L.A. Mayor’s Race

Par : Shawn Hubler
11 octobre 2026 à 05:01
Two Democratic candidates choose opposite tacks on public safety and policing, seeking to corral undecided voters.

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Mayor Karen Bass has been closely aligned with the city’s police force, whose union has delivered significant backing to her campaign.
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Republicans Held Onto the Great Plains for Years. Now They’re Nervous.

Par : Mitch Smith
11 octobre 2026 à 05:01
Republicans have dominated the center of the country for a quarter-century. Now they face several tough races for Senate and governor.

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Close races have turned the region’s defining challenges, like soaring diesel costs and the struggling cattle industry, into top-tier national issues.
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After Many Threats, an Arizona Lawmaker Asks: ‘Is It Really Worth It?’

Par : Reis Thebault
11 octobre 2026 à 05:00
Threats have altered the lives of State Representative Alma Hernandez, her family, friends and neighbors. They have even transformed her policymaking.

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Reçu — 9 octobre 2026 ⏭
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In Deep-Red Kansas, a Surprisingly Competitive Senate Race Takes Shape

Par : Jess Bidgood
9 octobre 2026 à 19:01
Adam Hamilton wants to be the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there in nearly 100 years.

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James Talarico Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Texas After 10-Day Absence

Par : Sasha von Oldershausen and J. David Goodman
9 octobre 2026 à 18:23
Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with “a nasty case of the flu.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, had not appeared in public before Friday since Sept. 29.
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Kansas Senate Race Is a Surprising New Midterm Fight

Par : Jess Bidgood
9 octobre 2026 à 12:21
Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.

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Adam Hamilton, a Democrat and a megachurch pastor, is running for Senate in Kansas against Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican.
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Ocasio-Cortez to Campaign for El-Sayed on Bus Tour in Michigan

Par : Shane Goldmacher
9 octobre 2026 à 12:00
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, ahead of the primary. She also appeared with him at a fund-raiser in New York this week.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, left, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, campaigned together in Detroit earlier this year.
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Why This Election Could Be More Complicated for Democrats Than Polls Suggest

Par : Reid J. Epstein
9 octobre 2026 à 05:02
The last two midterms where Democrats surged against an unpopular Republican president were in 2006 and 2018. They had notably different outcomes.

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President Trump at a rally in Nebraska on Monday. The Republican Party is defending seats even in states that Mr. Trump won by double digits in 2024.
Reçu — 8 octobre 2026 ⏭
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Key Moments From the Georgia Senate Debate Beween Ossoff and Collins

Par : Emily Davies and Patricia Mazzei
8 octobre 2026 à 21:56
Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, called his Republican opponent, Representative Mike Collins, a bigot. Mr. Collins called the incumbent a radical “trust-fund kid.”
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Supreme Court, for Now, Sides With Trump Administration in TV Ad Fight

Par : Abbie VanSickle
8 octobre 2026 à 16:18
The court paused a lower-court ruling while it considered the latest move in a monthslong fight over who is entitled to low rates for political ads.

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Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in Washington last year.
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In Maine Senate Race, Spiking Heating Oil Costs Put Susan Collins on Defensive

Par : Tim Balk
8 octobre 2026 à 10:53
Half of homes in Maine rely on heating oil. Rising costs driven up by President Trump’s war with Iran have become central to the state’s Senate race.

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Residents entering the town hall of Windham, Maine, on Wednesday. Windham is the type of politically divided town that could be critical to determining the Senate race.
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5 Takeaways From the First Iowa Senate Debate

Par : Bayliss Wagner
7 octobre 2026 à 23:56
In a top Senate battleground, Representative Ashley Hinson, the Republican nominee, sparred with Josh Turek, her Democratic rival, on policy issues ranging from Medicaid to term limits.

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Polls show Representative Ashley Hinson and Josh Turek, a state representative, in a tight Senate race in Iowa.
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Arizona Congressional Candidate Says She Was Raped While Fixing Sign

Par : Reis Thebault
7 octobre 2026 à 23:41
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said the attack in August occurred while she was repairing a damaged campaign sign.

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Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona, said on Wednesday that she was raped in August while repairing a damaged campaign sign.
Reçu — 7 octobre 2026 ⏭
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Could Gina Hinojosa Win the Texas Governor’s Race? JB Pritzker Thinks So.

Par : Reid J. Epstein
7 octobre 2026 à 05:07
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and the Democratic Governors Association are each sending $1 million to back Gina Hinojosa in a bid for Texas governor that appears increasingly competitive.

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Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor of Texas, has been seen as a major underdog in her challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, but polls of the race have tightened.
Reçu — 6 octobre 2026 ⏭
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Takeaways From the First Maine Senate Debate Between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson

Par : Lisa Lerer · Tim Balk and Emily Davies
7 octobre 2026 à 06:46
Senator Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the midterms, clashed with the Democratic challenger Troy Jackson over President Trump, ICE and more.

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Susan Collins, Troy Jackson
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Democratic Effort Aims to Keep 2028 Hopefuls Focused on General Election

Par : Reid J. Epstein
6 octobre 2026 à 07:48
A new polling project called Project 270 will work to focus candidates on voters’ interests in presidential battleground states.

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The Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 2024.
Reçu — 5 octobre 2026 ⏭
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says, ‘If Abdul Can Win in Michigan, Anybody Can Win Anywhere’

Par : Shane Goldmacher
5 octobre 2026 à 22:25
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made the remarks about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, as she considers whether to run for president in 2028.

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Democrats are watching closely for hints about whether Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York might run for president or for the Senate in 2028.
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Hispanic Voters Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Trump, New Poll Shows

Par : Caroline Soler
5 octobre 2026 à 17:46
Latino voters, who shifted Republican in the 2024 presidential election, view the party more negatively than they have in the past decade, according to an NBC News/Telemundo poll released on Monday.

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A polling site in San Antonio, Texas, in May. Movement among Latino voters in Texas as well as Florida could be a key factor in whether control of the Senate changes hands in November.
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