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Key Moments From the Georgia Senate Debate Beween Ossoff and Collins

Par : Emily Davies and Patricia Mazzei
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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Here are 5 things to know about Mike Rogers.

Par : John Yoon
The former congressman is vying to be the first Republican from Michigan to win a Senate seat in three decades.

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Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, at the second day of a Republican convention in Dallas last month.
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Supreme Court, for Now, Sides With Trump Administration in TV Ad Fight

Par : Abbie VanSickle
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
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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How Trump Has Alienated Republican Voters Ahead of the Midterms

Par : Sabrina Tavernise and Jamie Kelter Davis
Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions.

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5 Takeaways From the First Iowa Senate Debate

Par : Bayliss Wagner
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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At Texas Rally, Trump and Paxton Make for an Awkward Pair

Par : Shawn McCreesh
The president offered support for the Republican Senate candidate, after earlier grumbles, but focused much of his speech on a defense of his own record.

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Why Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Is Making the Case for His Senate Campaign

Par : Beth Reinhard and Lisa Lerer
Angela Paxton is urging Texas voters to support Mr. Paxton’s Senate campaign, even as she is divorcing him and accusing him of adultery. She has political aspirations of her own.

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Angela Paxton, in a new campaign ad, has encouraged Republicans to vote for her husband, without actually using his name. “In a general election, it’s not as much about the individual players on the team,” she says. “It’s about getting the whole team across the finish line.”
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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
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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Five Takeaways in New Book From Thom Tillis, Who Turned on Trump

Par : Annie Karni
In “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” Senator Thom Tillis details his regrets about backing President Trump’s agenda.

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Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, has become a far more vocal critic of President Trump after announcing his plans to retire.
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Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads

Par : Shane Goldmacher and Maggie Haberman
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.

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President Trump drew a backlash for promotional ads that were paid for by taxpayers.
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Republicans are spending to aid Darline Graham as the South Carolina Senate race tightens.

Par : Emily Davies

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Senator Darline Graham, Republican of South Carolina, during a Senate committee hearing on Capitol Hill last month.
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Top Super PAC for Senate Democrats Raises Record $151 Million in Third Quarter

Par : Shane Goldmacher
Democratic Senate candidates have generally out-raised Republicans, but are struggling to match outside spending from Trump-affiliated groups.

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The Senate Majority PAC, which is led by close allies of Senator Chuck Schumer, raised $151 million in the third quarter.
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Short on Cash, Democrats Weigh Big Bets to Unseat Entrenched Republicans

Par : Shane Goldmacher
With less money than G.O.P., Democrats are torn over where to spend in the final weeks. The party is making its biggest move in years against one of G.O.P.’s biggest blue-district survivors.

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The Democrats’ hold on the House affects Representative Hakeem Jeffries’s ability to govern his party if he becomes speaker next year.
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads

Par : Shane Goldmacher · Theodore Schleifer and Maggie Haberman
The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.

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President Trump reversed course and said that his super PAC would pay for ads promoting him, which had been paid for with public funds.
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Hispanic Voters Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Trump, New Poll Shows

Par : Caroline Soler
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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Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican

Par : Lisa Lerer
In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.

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Representative Jeff Crank, a Republican, and Jessica Killin, a Democrat, are running in a tight race in Colorado.
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Democrats Expect Record Number of Women in Party in House After Midterm Elections

Par : Annie Karni
Democrats are increasingly confident they will have a record number of women serving in the House next year, after backing women in competitive districts they are now positioned to win.

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“I’m incredibly confident that we will pass that 100 mark,” Representative Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico, third from right, chairwoman of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, said in an interview. “The real issue is how far above it do we go.”
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At Trump’s Rallies, a Familiar Mix of Rituals and a Plea to ‘Please Pretend’

Par : Katie Rogers
President Trump is doggedly lending his support to Republican candidates facing a rough midterm season. He is the same campaigner he has always been, but his crowds have changed.

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At a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday night, President Trump said: “I’m really in to win it. We want to win the midterms.”
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Steve Hilton’s ‘Just Try It’ Ad on Mail Voting Denounced by Republicans

Par : Anna Griffin
An online spot for Mr. Hilton, the G.O.P. candidate, is full of sexual innuendo that has befuddled Republicans and Democrats watching the race for governor in California.

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Steve Hilton at his primary election watch party event in June.
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How Kansas Suddenly Became a Battleground State for Senate Control

Par : Tim Balk
The state hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. Economic challenges during President Trump’s second term, as well as other factors, have put it in play.

© Christopher Smith for The New York Times, left; Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The Rev. Adam Hamilton, left, and Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas are currently tied roughly at 45 percent, according to a New York Times/Siena University poll.
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How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits

Par : Peter Baker
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.

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The decision to bring the leaders of the G20 nations to Trump National Doral Miami in December offers a clear-cut example of how standards have changed in President Trump’s second term.
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Trump Urges Republicans to Vote By Mail After Criticizing Practice

Par : Tim Balk and Evan Gorelick
It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.”

© Nick Hagen for The New York Times

President Trump released a video urging Republicans to vote by mail in the midterm election.
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Without Saying His Name, Ken Paxton’s Estranged Wife Tells Texans to Vote For Him

Par : Lauren McGaughy
In a new ad, the wife of Ken Paxton, who is divorcing him for alleged adultery, tells Texas voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”

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Angela Paxton, a Texas state senator, appeared in a new ad urging Texans to vote for Republicans, including her estranged husband Ken Paxton.
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In Texas, Talarico’s Strength in Senate Polls Inspires a Democratic Dream

Par : Robert Draper
After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.

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According to recent polls, James Talarico, a Democratic state legislator, is ahead of his Republican rival, Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, in the race for a U.S. Senate seat.
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race

Par : Patricia Mazzei
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.

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Representative María Elvira Salazar ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration’s deportation policies, angering the president and possibly emboldening other Republicans around the country.
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In Alabama, Trump Relives His Glory Days (This Time With Some Empty Seats)

Par : Shawn McCreesh
The Deep South was the birthplace of the mega MAGA rally. How do people on the Gulf feel about President Trump now?

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump delivered remarks at a campaign rally in Mobile, Ala., on Friday.
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Flurry of Lawsuits Shows Both Parties Preparing for Post-Election Challenges

Par : Richard Fausset
Republicans are using the courts to hunt for noncitizen voters. Democrats worry the G.O.P. is trying make it harder for eligible voters to cast ballots — and paving the way to try to toss valid election results.

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A voter casting a ballot at Miller Elementary School in Dearborn, Mich., during the state’s primary in August. Scores of lawsuits from the two major political parties and their allies reveal the likely battle lines for post-election challenges.
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Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim

Par : Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer
As the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party.

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Michael Whatley, the Republican candidate for Senate in North Carolina, has consistently trailed his Democratic opponent in the polls.
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As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race

Par : Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer
The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Michael Whatley, the Republican candidate for Senate in North Carolina, has consistently trailed his Democratic opponent in the polls.
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Trump Puts on a Midterms Show for an Audience That’s Already Sold

Par : Katie Rogers
President Trump spent the day preaching to his most fervent fans, not the voters he will need to help elect or re-elect a slate of Republicans fighting in states from Alaska to Maine.

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President Trump at a rally to his faithful supporters Thursday night.
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Congress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain

Par : Michael Gold and Carl Hulse
Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.

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Republicans are battling stiff headwinds, including economic concerns and President Trump’s sagging approval ratings, in their battle to maintain control of Congress.
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Republicans from deep-red areas are seeking distance from Trump on ICE.

Par : Tim Balk

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ICE officers standing guard during a demonstration in front of an immigration detention facility in Dilley, Texas, in January.
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3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor

Par : Reid J. Epstein
Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding.

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Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin.
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5 Takeaways From the Debate for California Governor

Par : Laurel Rosenhall and Soumya Karlamangla
Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, and Steve Hilton, a Republican, sparred over President Trump, taxes and immigration in their only scheduled meeting.

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Xavier Becerra, left, and Steve Hilton during the California governor debate in Burbank, Calif., on Wednesday.
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Hegseth Talks Tough as Republican Doubts About His Leadership Grow

Par : Greg Jaffe
Pete Hegseth has held onto his job by projecting a tough guy image, but his relationship with Republican lawmakers has never been worse.

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At a military base outside Washington, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked the media and promoted his victories in the culture wars.
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In Wooing Wavering Hispanic Voters, Trump Talks ICE, His Ballroom and Himself

Par : Erica L. Green
President Trump veered off the topic at hand during a White House reception for Hispanic Heritage Month.

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President Trump’s remarks offered a glimpse into how his attempts to help his party in the midterms often clash with his brand of personality-driven politics.
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Senator Marsha Blackburn Sues Over Jack Smith’s Subpoena During Trump Inquiry

Par : Charlie Savage
The lawsuit, brought by Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, tests the reach of the Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause.

© Photographs by Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Senator Marsha Blackburn’s lawsuit seeks a declaration that Jack Smith, the former special counsel, conspired to violate her rights during an investigation into Donald J. Trump.
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Democrats Block Stock-Trading Bill, Denying the G.O.P. a Pre-Midterm Win

Par : Annie Karni
A Republican measure to limit, but not bar, congressional stock trading faltered in the Senate as Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. bid to show progress on an issue that has rankled voters.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Stock trading by members of Congress has become a politically toxic issue for both parties, one that they are trying to use against each other in competitive midterm races.
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