Washington Policy Pulse

Both reports describe contingency planning, not announced policy, for governing without Congress if Democrats win control.

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This opinion piece argues that donors have already decided congressional races, writing that they "won before a single ballot was cast". The author...

If Democrats win at least one chamber, symbolic tariff rollback votes are likely. Meanwhile, Trump is expected to keep pursuing more tariffs and trade...

Both parties are closing with sharp attacks, but the strategies differ.

• Texas: Talarico casts the race as a choice between a senator who puts money...

Late-forming super PACs have put $637 million into congressional races, according to CNBC's analysis. That is roughly one-sixth of independent...

LBBW's Bonds Weekly says the pressure on central bankers to act remains high. Key drivers include:

• Geopolitics: Trump has said a decision on how to...

With less than four days to go, controversies are putting several key races under scrutiny, though the allegations described are unresolved.

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A federal grand jury in Santa Ana issued subpoenas to Los Angeles County election officials at federal prosecutors' urging, during the public ballot...

Both parties are hoping the early-vote surge works in their favor, and the Senate fight is concentrated in a handful of states.

• Early voting is...

FCNL argues Congress has lost influence over spending and the use of force, and that the administration has ignored or distorted spending directives...

Corruption has become a central midterm theme, reflecting voters' attention to the money flooding into politics.

• Voters are worried: A Brennan...

White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka called First Amendment objections "knee-jerk" when asked about foreign influence on social media....

HHS's final rule updates its Section 504 regulation to identify the conditions Congress excluded from the definitions of "disability" and "individual...

The midterms could shift economic policy, but a divided government may change less than expected.

• Democratic agenda: If Democrats win one or both...

NPR's final-week ad data suggests the real question is how high a Democratic wave crests, not whether it comes. Seventy districts have at least six...

• The allegation: Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos asks the Board of Elections to investigate an alleged scheme to pay the campaign manager from public matching...

Election officials say they are confident the system will hold, even as the environment is described as unprecedented.

• Planned federal presence:...

The administration faces pressure on AI transparency from two directions. Congressional Democrats want accountability for federal use: Reps. Jamie...

Trump and Obama are pounding the campaign trail in the closing week of the midterms, while Americans have been voting for weeks, with more than 39 million ballots already cast, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab.

With less than a week to go, the two presidents' appearances are shaping how the closing stretch of the midterms is being framed.

• Trump has run a...