The White House’s posture represents a remarkable change for an administration that has often put Trump’s priorities ahead of what would be politically advantageous to Republicans in tight elections.

Inside the Senate GOP’s campaign headquarters on Wednesday, dozens of Republicans gathered for a strategy session during what was expected to be their final days in Washington before the November midterms.

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The war with Iran has caused diesel fuel prices to surge to more than $6.50 a gallon, a record. Diesel is used to power vehicles like pickup trucks ​and farm equipment, making the increase particularly painful in states like ⁠Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, where agriculture is a dominant industry.

A spending blitz is putting Republicans’ large fundraising advantage to the test across an increasingly competitive map as polling indicates Democrats are gaining ground in swing districts and places that have been reliably GOP-leaning in

The Republican Party, or the GOP, currently holds the majority in the US House of Representatives as well as the majority of state legislatures. The Republican leaders are Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell in the Senate and Ohio’s John Boehner in the House.

Republicans are gathering for a midterm convention in Dallas as Democrats have improved their odds to take over both chambers of Congress.

The bump was driven in part by independent voters. In 2022, 36 percent of independents described Republicans as the more elitist party. This year, that figure was 45 percent. In the latest poll, men were about evenly split on the party they viewed as most elitist, but women chose Republicans by a 20-point margin.

Kiley said he wants to change rules in Congress after switching up parties.