The Economist / United States

1. The fight over Republicans’ future has begun

   After a staggering loss, the party is battling over whom to blame and how to move forward

2. Checks and Balance newsletter: What comes next after the midterms?

   Charlotte Howard, our US editor, on the rising political stars who could shape America’s future

3. A generational upset in Los Angeles

   Nithya Raman, a DSA city council member, will lead America’s second-largest city

4. The Democrats have won the biggest congressional landslide in 50 years

   Black, Hispanic and young voters helped power the party’s victory

5. The prairie fire behind the Democrats’ big win

   Wins in Iowa and Kansas revived the left’s rural populism

6. Republicans are in for a brutal presidential contest

   And Democrats suddenly have a unifying agenda

7. Hero or liability? The debate over Abdul El-Sayed

   Michigan’s pugnacious populist wants to shake up the Democratic Party

8. A political revolution in Texas

   What will Democrats do with control of America’s most iconic red state?

9. How the Democrats will wield their power

   The party has control of Congress, at last. Now it must govern

10. A landslide for Democrats. A rebuke to Donald Trump

    Republicans face a tumultuous new era

11. Recap: How Democrats took the House and Senate

    Results, reactions and analysis from our editors and correspondents

12. US midterms 2026: live results

    Follow all the races in the Senate and the House of Representatives

13. As voters head to the polls, Democrats bet that discontent will power their victory

    Our latest forecast of the midterms’ outcome 

14. Forget Michigan. A disaster in Alaska could cost Democrats the Senate

    The northernmost state has become the epicentre of election chicanery

15. AI is disrupting the art of campaigning

    Candidates are using the technology to crunch data—and carry out dirty tricks

16. Checks and Balance newsletter: Democrats’ nauseous optimism

    Charlotte Howard, our US editor, on what to watch in the final days before the midterms

17. California’s billionaire tax is dividing Democrats

    The fight over the state’s ballot measure has national stakes

18. Democrats are rediscovering what an appealing politics of progress looks like

    Their competitive candidates in states such as Iowa show how the party can avoid approaching doom

19. The midterms could reshape American politics far beyond Congress

    Democrats may take control of several state governments

20. America’s decisive voters are its most recent arrivals

    Hispanic- and Asian-Americans will shape this year’s midterm elections and more