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Progressive Senator Demands ‘Bold Agenda’ Before Backing Schumer Original
Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Key Senate progressive Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that Democrats should demand a “bold agenda” targeting entrenched corporate interests in Washington before agreeing to back Chuck Schumer or...
Democrats win House control, surge toward Senate majority
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Democrats swiftly won control of the U.S. House and picked up six key Senate seats in Tuesday’s midterm elections in a rebuke of President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans amid rising voter discontent with the U.S. economy and the war in Iran.
Democrats win House control, surge toward Senate majority
WASHINGTON - Democrats swiftly won control of the U.S. House and picked up six key Senate seats in Tuesday's midterm elections in a rebuke of President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans amid rising voter discontent with the U.S. economy and the war in Iran. With several key Senate races still to be called, Democrats appear all but certain to have unified control of Congress, setting up the first real check on Trump's power in Washington since he returned to the White House two years ago.
Democrats win House control, surge toward Senate majority
WASHINGTON — Democrats swiftly won control of the U.S. House and picked up six key Senate seats in Tuesday’s midterm elections in a rebuke of President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans amid rising voter discontent with the U.S. economy and the war in Iran. With several key Senate races still to be called, Democrats appear all but certain to have unified control of Congress, setting up the first real check on Trump’s power in Washington since he returned to the White House two years ago.
Democrats win House control, surge toward Senate majority
WASHINGTON — Democrats swiftly won control of the U.S. House and picked up six key Senate seats in Tuesday’s midterm elections in a rebuke of President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans amid rising voter discontent with the U.S. economy and the war in Iran. With several key Senate races still to be called, Democrats appear all but certain to have unified control of Congress, setting up the first real check on Trump’s power in Washington since he returned to the White House two years ago.
Democrats win House control, surge toward Senate majority
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Democrats swiftly won control of the U.S. House and picked up six key Senate seats in Tuesday’s midterm elections in a rebuke of President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans amid rising voter discontent with the U.S. economy and the war in Iran.
Democrats Seize Control of US Senate Majority, DDHQ Projects
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Democrats won control of the US Senate after flipping a swath of Republican-held seats, according to Decision Desk HQ, completing a dramatic midterm repudiation of President Donald Trump and securing Congress as a bulwark...
Democrat Brown Reclaims Ohio Senate Seat Once Held by Vance Original
Photographer: Jessica Phelps/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Progressive Democrat Sherrod Brown reclaimed a seat in the US Senate, defeating incumbent Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted and adding to a long list of defeats for the GOP in key races on...
Democrats Sweep to Control of Congress in Rebuke of Trump Original
Source: Bloomberg (5); Getty Images (1) (Bloomberg) -- Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in a midterm election landslide that amounted to a rejection of President Donald Trump following widespread voter discontent with the...
Senate Map Brightens for Democrats While Alaska Race Gets Messier
Donald Trump and Republican Senator Dan Sullivan claim that Democrats are confusing voters in Alaska’s Senate race.Photographer: Nathaniel Wilder/Bloomberg October 29, 2026 at 8:33 PM UTC This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money,...
Ted Cruz Probes Glass Lewis, ISS After They Opposed Texas Moves
Photographer: Annabelle Gordon/The Washington Post/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz is questioning whether investor recommendations by Glass Lewis & Co. and Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.
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Trump changes some Canada tariffs in bid to aid Maine senator
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expanding tariff exemptions to more Canadian products, a move that may help boost Republican Senator Susan Collins’ reelection campaign in Maine. Collins announced in a statement Friday that the exemptions would apply to certain paper, plastic, machinery and seaweed products, saying they would help the state’s rural and coastal economy, including the blueberry, potato, apple and seaweed industries.
Trump changes some Canada tariffs in bid to aid Maine senator
By Steven T. Dennis, Josh Wingrove and Greg Ryan, Bloomberg News WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is expanding tariff exemptions to more Canadian products, a move that may help boost Republican Senator Susan Collins' reelection campaign in Maine.
Trump to Lower Some Canada Tariffs in Bid to Aid Maine Senator
The Trump administration is expanding tariff exemptions to more Canadian products, a move that may help boost Republican Senator ’ reelection campaign in Maine. Collins announced in a statement Friday that the exemptions would apply to certain paper, plastic, machinery and seaweed products, saying they would help the state’s rural and coastal economy, including the blueberry, potato, apple and seaweed industries.
Trump Changes Some Canada Tariffs in Bid to Aid Maine Senator
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is expanding tariff exemptions to more Canadian products, a move that may help boost Republican Senator Susan Collins’ reelection campaign in Maine.
On Republican Turf, Independents Court Voters Fed Up with Both Parties
Photographer: Allison Hess/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Independent US Senate candidates are rising across the plains and mountains of the West, signaling rural voters’ disenchantment with the national Democratic Party even amid mounting discontent...
Trump Diesel Deal Faces Fresh Challenge in Congress
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- A group of House Democrats and one Republican introduced legislation Friday to block President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Vladimir Putin.
Senate Republicans Pouring $8 Million More Into Nebraska Race
The Senate Republicans’ allied super political action committee plans to spend an additional $8 million to aid embattled Nebraska Senator who faces a strong challenge from independent . The Senate Leadership Fund has spent $7 million so far through the Cornhusker Majority PAC and had been planning to spend $15 million, according to a person familiar with their plans.
Trump Faces Growing GOP Revolt Over His Russian Diesel Deal Original
President Donald Trump confronts growing opposition within his own party to his deal with Vladimir Putin on Moscow’s exports of diesel, reached just weeks after he signed a law authorizing stiff sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil. Twelve senators, including six Republicans, wrote to Trump on Tuesday urging him to rescind the deal and instead enforce the new sanctions law, named after the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
Trump Faces Growing GOP Revolt Over His Russian Diesel Deal
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump confronts growing opposition within his own party to his deal with Vladimir Putin on Moscow’s exports of diesel, reached just weeks after he signed a law authorizing stiff sanctions on countries that...
Senate Republicans Pouring $8 Million More Into Nebraska Race
Photographer: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- The Senate Republicans’ allied super political action committee plans to spend an additional $8 million to aid embattled Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts who faces a strong challenge from...
Senate Republicans Pouring $8 Million More Into Nebraska Race
The Senate Republicans' allied super political action committee plans to spend an additional $8 million to aid embattled Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts who faces a strong challenge from independent Dan Osborn.
Trump’s diesel deal with Putin causes GOP heartburn before vote
President Donald Trump’s deal with Moscow on its diesel exports and his praise for Vladimir Putin are just the latest in a string of Russia-related news that has sparked public criticisms from Republicans weeks ahead of a midterm election that increasingly favors Democrats. Trump has said he is working with the Russian president to release the country’s diesel supplies into global markets, upending years of sanctions in a bid to ease fuel prices before the Nov. 3 elections.
Trump’s diesel deal with Putin causes GOP heartburn before vote
U.S. President Donald Trump’s deal with Moscow on its diesel exports and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin are just the latest in a string of Russia-related news that have sparked public criticisms from Republicans weeks ahead of a midterm election that increasingly favors Democrats. Trump has said he is working with Putin to release the country’s diesel supplies into global markets, upending years of sanctions in a bid to ease fuel prices before the Nov. 3 elections.
Trump's diesel deal with Putin causes GOP heartburn before vote
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's deal with Moscow on its diesel exports and his praise for Vladimir Putin are just the latest in a string of Russia-related news that has sparked public criticisms from Republicans weeks ahead of a midterm election that increasingly favors Democrats. Trump has said he is working with the Russian president to release the country's diesel supplies into global markets, upending years of sanctions in a bid to ease fuel prices before the Nov. 3 elections.
Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin Rattles Midterm Republicans
The Spasskaya tower of the Kremlin and Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.Photographer: Bloomberg October 12, 2026 at 8:18 PM UTC This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital.
Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin Causes GOP Heartburn Original
Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s deal with Moscow on its diesel exports and his praise for Vladimir Putin are just the latest in a string of Russia-related news that has sparked public criticisms from...
Democratic PAC Targets Tossup Kansas Senate Race With $5 Million
Photographer: Arin Yoon/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Democrats announced a $5 million ad buy in Kansas, typically a solidly conservative state that has unexpectedly and rapidly become a Senate battleground ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Maine Debate Highlights Heated Fight for Senate Control
A resident casts their ballot at a polling station in Belfast, Maine.Photographer: CJ Gunther/Getty Images October 6, 2026 at 8:33 PM UTC This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital.
US Senate Map Moves in Democrats’ Favor as Kansas Rated ‘Tossup’
Oct. 6, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC The Democratic Party’s path to controlling the US Senate continues to widen four weeks before Election Day, with once solidly conservative Kansas now considered a tossup race, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report said Tuesday. Democrats haven’t won a Senate seat in Kansas in 94 years, but the party’s strong recruit in megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton and economic angst over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and the Iran war have put the agricultural state in play.
US Senate Map Moves in Democrats’ Favor as Kansas Rated ‘Tossup’
Photographer: Arin Yoon/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- The Democratic Party’s path to controlling the US Senate continues to widen four weeks before Election Day, with once solidly conservative Kansas now considered a tossup race, the nonpartisan Cook...
Republicans Risk First Senate Loss in 94 Years in Reliably Red Kansas Original
Photographer: Arin Yoon/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- The last time a Democrat prevailed in a US Senate race in Kansas, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won his first term, liquor was illegal, dust storms swept through the state and the Great Depression was...
Republicans Drop Midterm Affordability Push as Voter Angst Grows Original
Photographer: Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- The Republican-led Congress has left Washington until after the midterm election, abandoning efforts to address voters’ angst over affordability even as President Donald Trump’s economic approval...
Election Clash Over Data Centers Hits Senate as GOP Bill Blocked Original
Sept. 30, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC A midterm election fight over data centers and surging electricity costs erupted in the Senate Wednesday with lawmakers trading accusations of political opportunism. A GOP bill calling on state-level utility regulators to consider measures to assure new data centers don’t drive up electricity costs for residential customers failed to overcome a procedural hurdle Wednesday as nearly all Democrats lined up against it.
Election Clash Over Data Centers Hits Senate as GOP Bill Blocked
Photographer: Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- A midterm election fight over data centers and surging electricity costs erupted in the Senate Wednesday with lawmakers trading accusations of political opportunism.
GOP leader Thune says taxpayers shouldn’t pay for Trump TV ads
Senate Republican Leader John Thune said taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for video advertisements lauding President Donald Trump that the administration has called “presidential public service announcements.” One television advertisement airing on cable and broadcast networks praises Trump with a photo montage while another features outtakes from a Trump speech and a voiceover by the president saying that a U.S. “golden age” has begun.
Republicans Try to Seize the Affordability Narrative for Midterms
A home across the street from a data center in Johnstown, Ohio.Photographer: Brian Kaiser/Bloomberg September 28, 2026 at 8:31 PM UTC This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital.
Senate Rejects Iran Resolution as Alarm Grows Over Gas Prices
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Bloomberg Government) -- The Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday defeated a Democratic resolution to end the war in Iran even as endangered GOP senators have started to publicly break with President...
Trump’s Grip on GOP Slips as Midterm Election Anxiety Sets In Original
Now, fractures within the party have widened into open rifts as Trump's popularity sinks to new polling lows, just six weeks until US midterm elections. And the cascade of crucial GOP voices challenging the president on Monday and Tuesday is unlike anything the Trump has experienced in his second term in office.
Trump Pressured by GOP Senator to Tap Home Heating Oil Reserve Original
Photographer: Andrew Harrer (Bloomberg) -- Senator Susan Collins is calling on President Donald Trump to release supply from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve to combat rising costs because of the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine war.
Trump Pressured by GOP Senator to Tap Home Heating Oil Reserve Original
(Bloomberg) -- Senator Susan Collins is calling on President Donald Trump to release supply from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve to combat rising costs because of the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine war. Most Read from Bloomberg Nvidia's Stock Is Flashing a Warning Sign as Valuation Drops Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros.
Republican Senator Calls for Investigation Into Trump Family (2)
A Republican senator is calling for an investigation into the Trump family’s financial dealings — including demanding testimony from . — in a sharp break with the president weeks before the midterm elections. Utah Senator attacked Trump Jr. for allowing a Russian oligarch closely associated with Russian leader to fund a wedding celebration.
Republican Calls for Diesel Export Ban Grow Ahead of Midterms Original
Sept. 22, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC A growing number of Republican lawmakers are calling for a ban on diesel exports as the key fuel hits record prices less than two months before the midterms in which the GOP potentially faces steep electoral losses. Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan, who trailed Democratic challenger Mary Peltola in the first round of voting and is one of the GOP’s most endangered incumbents, was the latest to urge the move Tuesday.
Republican Calls for Diesel Export Ban Grow Ahead of Midterms Original
(Bloomberg) -- A growing number of Republican lawmakers are calling for a ban on diesel exports as the key fuel hits record prices less than two months before the midterms in which the GOP potentially faces steep electoral losses. Most Read from Bloomberg Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros.
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GOP Senator Calls for Investigation Into Trump Family
A Republican senator is calling for an investigation into the Trump family’s financial dealings — including demanding testimony from Donald Trump Jr — in a sharp break with President Donald Trump.
Republican Senator Calls for Investigation Into Trump Family
Photographer: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- A Republican senator is calling for an investigation into the Trump family’s financial dealings — including demanding testimony from Donald Trump Jr. — in a sharp break with the president...
GOP senator calls for investigation into Trump family
Utah Senator John Curtis is calling for an investigation into the Trump family's financial dealings - including demanding testimony from Donald Trump Jr - in a sharp break with President Donald Trump. (Sept 22): A Republican senator is calling for an investigation into the Trump family's financial dealings - including demanding testimony from Donald Trump Jr - in a sharp break with President Donald Trump.
Bill to Limit College Player Transfers Nears Final Senate Vote Original
Sept. 17, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC The Senate advanced a bill to limit college athletes to one school transfer during their careers and help regulate the fast-changing landscape of collegiate sports. The bipartisan Protect College Sports Act, which also addresses a range of other issues including media rights and fee caps for agents, moved forward on a 77-22 vote Thursday. The Senate still has to vote on final passage of the measure.
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