Washington Policy Pulse

As lawmakers head home for midterms, the gap between legislative output and political spin stands out.

• Senate recessed until November, with Schumer...

Trump's campaign trail activity signals midterm mobilization efforts while appeals courts in nine of eleven circuits rule that detaining immigrants without bond hearings violates federal law.

Republican control starting in 2027 would build on already-enacted 2025 tax and benefit changes rather than starting from scratch.

• Temporary tax...

• A fresh DHM poll shows Republican Christine Drazan edging Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek 47-46 despite the national climate favoring Democrats.
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A new 19th/YouGov poll finds 45% of Americans oppose bans on gender-affirming care for trans minors versus 38% who support them, with Republicans...

Senate Republicans forced final votes on data center costs and congressional stock trading to brand themselves on voter priorities before midterms,...

Trump officials' emergency revisions to absentee-voting forms for overseas citizens removed key options for never-resided voters, leaving only sworn...

Federal charges allege that ten foreign nationals committed voter fraud in Minnesota, with one voting illegally as recently as this August's primary.

Polls capture only current voter sentiment and cannot predict election outcomes.

• Judge quality by sponsor, conductor, transparency, and sampling...

• Iowa, long a GOP stronghold, now appears more like a purple swing state with three of four Republican-held House districts competitive for...

Project for Election Infrastructure ended its Audax Strategies engagement and registered with Alignment Government Strategies plus First Amendment...

Republicans are campaigning against transgender athletes even in states with existing bans, calling it their “last bet” as they avoid running on the...

El-Sayed's seven-point lead in the latest Marist poll signals headwinds for Rogers and Republican efforts to hold the Senate, yet one survey does not confirm a lasting trend ahead of November.

共和党正难以将特朗普时代文化战争优势转化为回应经济压力的议程。

• 参议员警告党内对选民“真正痛苦”的 affordability 问题视而不见，转而关注格陵兰收购等话题。
• 最后时刻能源成本与选民ID法案因民主党反对而失败，凸显缺乏长期经济愿景。
• 特朗普与AI巨头结盟并推“自我监管”，忽略75%选民对AI的恐惧及数据中心推高电费的现实。
• 参议院重提特朗普旧案听证反而分散注意力，未能缓解通胀与AI带来的摇摆选民流失风险。

Escalating claims about election security under the Trump administration are prompting concerns that national security resources, including the...

Conservatives seek to erode the Montana Supreme Court’s moderate majority through a key judicial race and a ballot measure on nonpartisan...

Ranked-choice voting will shape high-stakes congressional and gubernatorial contests in Alaska and Maine.

• Alaska's tossup Senate race could decide...

A federal judge ruled Trump cannot withhold $200 million in counterterrorism grants to force states into election reforms like using the SAVE database...

Texas Democrats are mounting an aggressive push to flip Tarrant County, the state's only major Republican-led county after four decades of GOP...

The Trump administration aired 30-second ads on Fox News and Newsmax declaring that "together, we will defeat communism, socialism, and Marxism in...