World & US Politics Digest

With all House seats and 35 Senate races on the November 3 ballot, history points to potential market patterns amid rising uncertainty over congressional control.

The Iran war has triggered an energy price crisis, driving up heating costs across Europe and Maine while creating political pressure ahead of U.S....

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids introduced a healthcare reform package to address rising costs after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended ACA tax credits and...

The 2026 CAA boosts PBM transparency and requires 100% rebate pass-throughs for Medicare Part D and most ERISA plans, but leaves major gaps.

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Trump's proposed $5,000 payments to adult citizens are directly conditioned on Republicans retaining both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms,...

The Hong Konger Promise of Refuge Act would let eligible Hong Kong residents in the U.S. apply for lawful permanent residency and citizenship instead...

Congress's 23 CRA reversals in the 119th Congress—more than half of the 43 total since 1996—mark an aggressive bid to dismantle agency rules and reclaim policymaking authority from the executive branch.

• Meta leveraged former elections director Katie Harbath's political ties to influence regulators promising oversight.
• Platform decisions relied on...

President Donald Trump and Republicans carry a 4.2% unemployment rate into the congressional elections, marking a solid US job market.

The new permitting bill tackles 2024 failures by adding explicit cost-benefit proportionality, removing broad reliability loopholes, and exempting...

U.S. citizens voting from overseas should complete and return their absentee ballots for the November 3, 2026 General Election as soon as possible.

Congress is using brief pro forma sessions during the 2026 campaign season to keep itself technically in session.

• This triggers the constitutional...

New polling across seven battleground states reveals voters directly tie Trump's foreign policy decisions to domestic economic pain.

• 94% link the...

Opponents are moving to rebuild checks on executive authority after Trump's tenure.

• House Democrats are drafting bills to rein in presidential...

Trump's new "Super Intelligence Force," led by intelligence director Jay Clayton, coordinates federal AI efforts through a voluntary industry accord...

The formal prosecution of former securities regulator Yi Huiman on bribery charges marks the latest senior CSRC figure to fall in an expanding anti-corruption campaign now targeting China's financial oversight apparatus.

Lawmakers plan to attach a safeguard to year-end must-pass legislation after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill prohibiting demolition of...

Trump announced $90 payments to roughly 20 million seniors for Medicare Part B premiums, drawn from the unused 2008 Medicare Improvement Fund.

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The Supreme Court preserved state-level mail ballot rules by blocking a last-minute national standard, upheld Missouri's 2022 congressional map over a...

Can Trump's midterm campaign offensive overcome record-low approval and help Republicans hold Congress?

• Approval crisis: Trump sits at 26-32%...