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“After Democrats swept aside his Republican party in the midterm elections, analysts said the prospect of a highly erratic lame-duck president would have significant implications for financial markets, growth, inflation, government borrowing costs and living…”

“And in a sense, given the US midterm election results on Tuesday, Iran has indeed killed Trump, or at least the second term of his presidency.”

“So tonight there was a finish line, and tomorrow or the day after it’ll be our starting line. - Rebecca Solnit, author and Guardian US columnist America isn’t for sale As it turns out, not everything has a price tag.”

“First Black female governor in US Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor, won victory over Republican billionaire Rick Jackson in the Georgia governor’s race to become the first Black female governor in the country.”

“…being ousted from the seat he held for 18 years in 2024 became one of the marquee contests of this year’s midterm elections, and a key test of whether Democrats can regain support among the working class and rural voters who have deserted them in recent…”

“Nasa astronaut casts midterms vote from space – video Anil Menon has voted in the US midterm elections by casting an electronic ballot from the International Space Station.”

“Overall, spending on federal elections in the United States has exploded in recent years – rising from $3.8bn in the 2014 midterm elections to $8.9bn in 2022.”

“If Democrats win back the US House of Representatives or the Senate in the midterm elections on Tuesday, the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency will look markedly different from the first half.”

“Even as it contests this week’s midterm elections, the party has yet to settle on who could lead it back into power, and how.”

“The psychologist Jennifer Freyd identified a pattern often used by perpetrators: deny, accuse, and reverse victim and offender.”

“…ky, a retired teacher in her late 70s, voiced indignation at Donald Trump’s sudden turn against her ancestral homeland, which she believed had come close to killing her son, Darko, and a desire to punish his fellow Republicans at next week’s midterm…”

“There have been reports that the White House has been trying to encourage US firms to take the oil, though it is not clear buyers are forthcoming, given the legal risks so close to next Tuesday’s midterm elections.”

“… many as an admission of their vulnerability: Mississippi, one of the country’s most reliably Republican states, may be in play in next week’s midterm elections, which will determine which party controls Congress for the last two years of the president’s…”

“These midterm elections, Obama told a crowd in Ohio, “is our last best chance to at least rein in some of the foolishness of this administration.”

“Donald Trump has repeatedly asked voters to pretend that he is on the ballot in November’s crucial midterm elections.”

“That makes him the largest single known donor in the entire midterm elections.”

“Last week, Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit wrote about the GOP’s alignment with the tech overlords.”

“… billionaire Michael Bloomberg will spend $80m to help Democratic candidates in the midterm elections, US media reported on Tuesday, a significant infusion of cash for a party that has recently struggled with fundraising as it seeks to win control of…”

“Mr Trump needs to bring down diesel prices before crucial midterm elections.”

“The Iran conflict has increased gasoline and other energy prices, driving up the US inflation rate to 3.7% in September, weeks before midterm elections where Republicans are facing widespread anger over the cost of living.”

““It speaks to the very reason we had to run an initiative – because no one was coming to save us in Idaho,” said Folwell.”

“The Times has “Zelensky: My people will die after Trump betrayal”, the Telegraph runs “More on benefits at age seven than age 50” and top story at the Financial Times is “Jump in US inflation deepens pain for voters ahead of key midterm elections”.”

“The hope, entirely vain, is to depress pump prices and assuage voter frustration ahead of midterm elections in November.”

“Democrats have a strong edge heading into November’s US midterm elections, polls show.”

“Donald Trump claimed that the US will not strike Iran “at any time prior” to the midterm elections on 3 November.”

“Donald Trump has promised not to attack Iran before November’s US midterm elections, outlining a pause on the protracted war he has struggled to end after almost eight months.”

“Trump exudes a sense of desperation these days, with the midterm elections only weeks away and his approval ratings under water.”

“Midterms are in large part a referendum on the incumbent, and Trump’s war on Iran and its impact on the cost of living have boosted support for Democrats.”

“Considered a radical and even fringe idea for decades, interest in sweeping healthcare reform has surged as progressive Democrats have won a series of primary victories ahead of November’s crucial midterm elections.”

“With the midterm elections fast upon us, Zohran Mamdani’s promise of a few city-run bodegas in New York City will scare the bejeezus out of middle America.”

“US women haven’t voted the same since, and next month’s midterm elections offer another test of their tolerance for Trump in the Trump era.”

“…atives that for a while turned access off and on and then off again in various states; then there were the state supreme court elections, races that were newly transformed by the abortion debate and on which the health and status of a state’s women now…”

“In the run-up to the US midterm elections, Swing Left – a grassroots political group focused on electing Democrats to office – has spent time canvassing in dozens of districts across the country to hear from hundreds of thousands of voters.”

“Does Donald Trump secretly want Republicans to get annihilated in the midterms?”

“The supreme court blocked his administration’s attempt to impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots for November’s midterm elections.”

“With six weeks until the US midterm elections, he is likely to lean on this instinct more than ever.”

“… Newman, a political organizer who sits on the Ferndale school board, spends about 10 hours a week volunteering for the campaign of Abdul El-Sayed, a vocal critic of Israel and the Democratic party’s candidate for Michigan Senate in November midterm…”

“The court based its brief opinion entirely on the timing of the roll-out of the new rules, which became effective on 21 August, just weeks away from the midterm elections and only days before several states were scheduled to begin mailing out their ballots.”