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Republicans are defending seats in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas as they try to maintain their majority. Democrats are competitive in all six states — but not leading in enough to take the chamber.

James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker, is tied with Ken Paxton, the Republican state attorney general, according to a New York Times/Siena poll.

NM Gov. Lujan Grisham says state has plan to avoid roughly $150M penalty

Party’s old guard abandons ‘blue no matter what’ banner to push for a more formal break with progressive wing

Democratic leaders are increasingly alarmed that they're facing their own version of the GOP's Tea Party rebellion 17 years ago — and that they can't stop it.

Even as health car issues rise in the 2026 campaign debate, new data show that far more House Republicans than Democrats represent districts where the most residents face major medical challenges...

A political action committee whose donors won’t be disclosed until after Colorado’s June 30 primary spent $300,000 last week to aid incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, who faces a primary challenge from state Sen. Julie Gonzales.

When the Kansas legislature took up a bill in early 2026 that would strip transgender residents’ driver’s licenses and bar them from government bathrooms, Bobby Joe Robertson Jr., a financial analyst at a petroleum refinery in the small town of McPherson, about an hour north of Wichita, decided to write her state representative a letter.

Senate Democrats held a high-profile press conference to mark the four-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision to overturn abortion rights. The lawmakers utilized the platform to outline their upcoming legislative agenda aimed at protecting and expanding reproductive health care access nationwide. Read the full article on C-SPAN.

Democratic senators heavily criticized the Trump administration during a FEMA confirmation hearing, pointing to data that shows a severe discrepancy in how disaster relief funds are distributed. They condemned the unequal approval rates, which heavily favor Republican-led states over Democratic-led states, as a partisan weaponization of emergency aid. Read the full article on E&E News by POLITICO.

Led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a landmark housing package in an 85-5 vote. The legislation restricts institutional Wall Street investors from mass-buying single-family homes and creates incentives to convert vacant commercial spaces into affordable housing. Read the full news coverage here.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks declared the concurrent resolution legally binding and vowed to explore all options to force executive compliance. The vote aims to formally check unilateral executive military actions and bring an end to what Democrats label a "war of choice." Read the full press release here.