Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit NYT > Top Stories By: Zach Montague 27 October 2026 at 02:40 By a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots. © Philip Cheung for The New York TimesBallots being processed in City of Industry, Calif., during last year’s election.
Introducing a New Way to Understand the Election: Times Voter Trends NYT > Top Stories By: Nate Cohn 25 October 2026 at 08:40 A timely demographic story we’ve never been able to tell before. © The New York Times
What Happens if Trump Doesn’t Like the Midterm Results? NYT > Top Stories By: Michelle Cottle · Jamelle Bouie · David French and Derek Arthur 24 October 2026 at 14:49 Hope, dread and the final stretch to Election Day. © The New York Times
What This Democrat’s Surge in Texas Says About the Midterms NYT > Top Stories By: Lulu Garcia-Navarro 24 October 2026 at 15:51 Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, on her appeal to MAGA voters and her refusal to engage in the “culture wars.” © Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times
Corey Lewandowski Always Found His Way Back to Trump. Until Now. NYT > Top Stories By: Luke Broadwater 24 October 2026 at 01:26 The Justice Department has opened an inquiry into Mr. Lewandowski. President Trump has not jumped to his defense. © Haiyun Jiang for The New York TimesCorey Lewandowski at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2024.
What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed NYT > Top Stories By: Ezra Klein · Annie Galvin and Jack McCordick 23 October 2026 at 22:19 Sarah Longwell has conducted hundreds of focus groups with Trump voters, and many of them are feeling betrayed. © The Ezra Klein Show