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Why does it matter for the 2026 midterm elections? If Trump remains unpopular or has a poor job approval rating, Republicans’ majorities in Congress would be more at risk.
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​White House may nix pay for workers furloughed during shutdown
Collins is shopping a commitment, in writing, to take up the Affordable Care Act tax credit issue as well as full-year fiscal 2026 spending packages, by a date certain.Â
Utah Legislature approves new congressional map following court order
Utah is just one of several states redrawing their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, but it differs from states such as Texas, California and Missouri because it’s court-ordered.Â
Vulnerable Maine Rep. Jared Golden draws primary challenger
Golden had previously been touted as a potential candidate for statewide office in 2026 but announced in May that he would seek reelection, saying the path for House Democrats to gain the majority ran
Lawmakers’ health care, government shutdown claims
KFF has since updated that analysis, finding that the average increase would be 114 percent in 2026.
Trump open to bipartisan health care deal to end shutdown
Appropriations conference For Republicans, part of the conversation has always been about buying time to get fiscal 2026 appropriations bills done.
EV and renewable companies brace for end of tax credits
Now they must do so by July 4, 2026, or be completed by the end of 2027, to take advantage of the federal support.Â
Shutdown drags on amid talk of side deals to get stopgap unstuck
Mike Rounds, R-S.D., referring to passing regular fiscal 2026 spending bills this month. Sen.
Shutdown to extend into next week as Trump readies budget knife
enhanced health insurance subsidies for coverage bought on government-run exchanges that expire at the end of the year, arguing it can’t wait because insurers are already locking in their premium rates for 2026
Both parties try to win the ‘blame game’ as government shutdown hits nation
Paul LePage in 2026, said that he supports extending the tax credits but that Republicans "have reasonable concerns about tax credits going to high-income households."
Bipartisan talks to end shutdown percolate in Senate
After 2026, the credits would phase down to their original, pre-pandemic parameters before Democrats’ 2021 expansion.
Shutdown pain may not be evenly spread as OMB readies hatchet
Expired ACF programs include low-income heating and cooling assistance, preschool development grants and community services block grants, all of which Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget proposed to eliminate and
Amid court review, Trump says tariff revenue can aid farmers
But the Congressional Budget Office estimated in July that starting in fiscal 2026 the reconciliation law would use up its annual $30 billion borrowing cap to finance the law’s increased spending on commodity
Health insurance marketplace rate hikes top 20 percent in most states, Cantwell says
In many cases, insurers that provide marketplace plans are raising rates for 2026 to account for the possibility that subsidies will lapse.
White House tells agencies to prep mass layoffs for shutdown
Once fiscal 2026 appropriations are enacted, the memo says, agencies "should revise their RIFs as needed to retain the minimal number of employees necessary to carry out statutory functions."
Trump-Democrats meeting drama fuels risk of shutdown
Health insurance At the heart of the dispute is how to address the expiration of health insurance subsidies, a politically fraught issue for vulnerable Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.
When a meme meets the midterms: 6-7 politics edition
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
White House autism-Tylenol link leads to confusion, pushback
But Cassidy, a gastroenterologist by training who is facing a high-stakes reelection in 2026, questioned Trump’s assertions.
In DC, candidates line up for a job with little power
Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told The Washington Post last week that "it’s become obvious that the great Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton can’t run in 2026 and everybody should give her some space to figure out
Trump to meet with Democratic leaders ahead of shutdown deadline
But Democrats argue that with health insurers setting policy rates now, it will be too late to retroactively fix the problem for the 2026 plan year unless lawmakers act now.