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Spending bill would block DHS from arming long-range drones
↵↵The pending fiscal 2026 DHS funding bill would bankroll two additional MQ-9B drones for $98 million. None of these aircraft are armed with missiles.
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↵↵The pending fiscal 2026 DHS funding bill would bankroll two additional MQ-9B drones for $98 million. None of these aircraft are armed with missiles.
ANALYSIS — Halfway through the 2026 midterm cycle, the fight for the House is remarkably stable, and that's good news for Democrats' chances of winning the majority.
↵↵Election reverberations: Democrats claimed the momentum after their victories Tuesday as they seek to build on Spanberger's and Sherrill's winning economic messaging going into the 2026 midterms.
↵↵Calvert's 2026 race is one of several pivotal contests that could affect who sits on the Pentagon spending panel, which controls roughly half the appropriations Congress provides each year.Â
With a year to go before the midterm elections, the defining political issue of 2026 is still not certain.
"California voters have sent a strong and clear message that they will not stand by while Republicans try to rig the 2026 election," Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene of Washington
Voters will then go to the polls in March to select their nominees for the November 2026 ballot, this time under the new district lines.
move sparked a rush of mid-decade redistricting efforts in multiple states as both parties seek an advantage in the closely divided House, where Republicans have a threadbare majority to defend in the 2026
started to criticize the youngsters from my middle-aged perch, I started to recognize 6-7 in my own world and realized that 6-7 provides a decent road map to analyze the fight for the House majority in 2026
The proposed maps also greatly shore up the battleground seats where Republicans would otherwise have wanted to spend their money offensively in 2026. Democratic freshman Reps.
Post-2026, the Baseline scores could shift dramatically if Republicans are able to buck the midterm trend and avoid losing a big bunch of seats.
Starting gate Beehive boundaries: A Utah judge this week tossed the state’s congressional maps and directed its legislature to enact new lines for the 2026 midterm cycle that comply with the requirements
ANALYSIS — House Republicans have sprinkled their fiscal 2026 appropriations bills with more home-district projects than they did last year though with slightly fewer funds allocated to earmarks overall
Rosa DeLauro, the ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee, sought to drill down on the fiscal 2026 budget request’s shipyard investments.
Still, Musk was unlikely to have remained the center of attention in the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections.
And in doing so, Democrats hope, they’ll send a warning about the 2026 midterm elections long before any of those Republicans even has an opponent.
Here’s the full list of Republican members included in the DCCC’s "Districts in Play" for 2026: