#midterm elections

Data center infrastructure in the United States, in a 2025 photograph released by the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

AI and the midterms

Voters went against data centers in 40 of 41 local ballot measures, and the AI industry is already rewriting its offer

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, in an archive photograph from the Carol M. Highsmith collection at the Library of Congress.

The Dow jumps 1,569 points after the Democratic sweep, its best post-midterm session in 44 years

The official portrait of Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House of Representatives, taken in July 2024.

Republican leadership

Mike Johnson gives up the House Republican leadership, and Scalise and Jordan line up to replace him

The floor of the United States Senate chamber in the Capitol, in an undated photograph released by the Senate.

Democrats take the Senate with seven flipped seats, and Mississippi narrows to 43 votes

The United States Capitol in Washington, seen in June 2024.

Midterm elections

Democrats win the House and flip Senate seats in Texas and South Carolina, with Senate control still undecided

The United States Capitol at sunrise, in a 2023 photograph released by the U.S. House of Representatives. Every House seat is on the ballot on November 3.

Corporations have put a record $737 million into the 2026 midterms, 60% more than they spent on the 2024 presidential race

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the department's headquarters in Washington, D.C., photographed in March 2026.

Midterm elections

Justice Department orders California election officials before a grand jury on November 4, the day after the midterms

An ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations team during an arrest in Boynton Beach, Florida, in January 2025.

Immigration enforcement

More than 29,000 state and local officers are now deputized to enforce immigration law, over twice ICE's own deportation force

Demonstrators march in the rain during the first No Kings protest, in Manhattan, New York, in June 2025.

Midterm elections

No Kings turns its protest machine into an early-voting drive before the November 3 midterms

The Executive Tower at the Arizona State Capitol complex in Phoenix, in December 2023. Arizona's secretary of state said his office was evacuated on October 15, 2026, after a letter with white powder arrived.

Election security

More than 100 suspicious letters were mailed to election offices and members of Congress, 18 days before the midterms

The west facade of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., at dusk in 2011.

Supreme Court lets party committees keep the candidate discount on TV ads through the midterms

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street in Manhattan, seat of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, photographed in 2012.

A judge froze the $20 million government ad campaign starring Trump — the spending had already passed $21 million

The west facade of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., at dusk, in 2011.

Midterm elections

Supreme Court blocks Missouri's new congressional map for the third time in three weeks

The north front of the White House in Washington, D.C., in 2013. The current advertising campaign is being paid for out of federal funds.

Government advertising

A 2024 Trump campaign ad is back on air, and this time the disclaimer says "Paid for by the U.S. Government"

The west facade of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., at dusk in 2011.

Supreme Court lets states check voter rolls against the rebuilt SAVE database before November

Rep. Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, in his 2022 official House portrait.

House leaves early for the midterms, pushing Massie's Hegseth impeachment vote to November