Abdul El-Sayed, a public health official and former executive director of the Detroit Health Department, won the Michigan Democratic Senate primary on August 4, 2026, defeating four-term Congresswoman Haley Stevens in a close race that was not called until the morning...
The Senate voted 89 to 4 on Monday, August 3, 2026, to advance a short-term government funding bill that would keep the federal government open through December 11, 2026, more than five weeks past the November 3 midterm elections. The vote is a procedural step — a...
On Sunday night, August 2, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order terminating the Justice Department’s ‘anti-weaponization fund,’ an $1.8 billion pool of money the Trump administration had established to compensate political...
In May 2026, Elon Musk told The Economist that he had gotten ‘a little too involved in politics’ and said he ‘got carried away, frankly.’ On July 29, 2026, Axios reported that Musk had authorized his super political action committee, America...
On February 12, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule rescinding the agency’s 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding — the formal legal determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. EPA Administrator...
The November 3, 2026 midterm elections are 95 days away. Before voters cast general election ballots, most states must first hold primary elections to select the candidates who will appear in November. August is the last major primary month of the 2026 cycle. Between...
