There are 35 U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2026, with at least four battleground states expected to decide the balance of power – and whether Republicans maintain control of all three branches of government during the second half of President Donald Trump‘s term.  In 2025, Republicans control the Senate 53-47, including two independent senators who caucus with the Democrats. Republican Sens. Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Jon...

Billionaire Elon Musk handed out a pair of $1 million checks to voters in Wisconsin on Sunday in an effort to galvanize conservatives ahead of the state’s Supreme Court elections on Tuesday. Musk handed out the checks at a town hall in Greenbay, Wisconsin, after the state Supreme Court declined to intervene in the giveaway. The recipients of the checks were each voters who had signed a petition...

President Donald Trump’s 11th week in office is slated to focus heavily on tariffs, including the roll-out of the president’s promised “Liberation Day,” when his reciprocal tariffs will be announced.  “Liberation Day, I call it Liberation Day in America,” Trump said from the White House last week, previewing April 2. “You’ll be seeing tariffs. And I think I’ve been very fair. I have them set. But I think...