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A Kalshi advertisement at Union Station in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. Prediction markets have gotten lots of attention by offering a new way to bet on flashy topics like elections, sports and what President Donald Trump will say during a speech, that frequently involves longshot bets, with around half of all trading volume on Kalshi coming from wagers in which one side is betting on odds of 10% or less. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Midterms 2026

Kalshi Is Cozy With Trump — But It’s Ramping Up Dem Hires and Campaign Spending

A new report highlights Kalshi and Polymarket’s Democratic hires and spending just as Congress is expected to launch probes into betting markets.

The War on Immigrants

Arizona Town’s Probe on Sex Abuse Claims Could Block Prison Firm Building New ICE Camp

John Washington

Following a LOOKOUT and Intercept investigation, town officials asked the private prison firm for information about a state prison it operated at the site.

Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense, left, and Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff for policy, during a Halloween event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026.

Impeachment Vote Looms for Hegseth

“I think there’s a high chance that it will be successful,” a member of Congress told The Intercept.

A Challenge Airlines MT Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft, registration 9H-CAH, approaches Larnaca International Airport for landing in Larnaca, Cyprus, on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto)

Israel’s War on Gaza

Tons of “Bunker-Buster” Bomb Parts for Israel Go Through JFK Airport

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Nithya Raman speaks on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in Los Angeles.

Midterms 2026

The Pressure on LA’s First Self-Proclaimed Socialist Mayor

WEATHERFORD, TEXAS - OCTOBER 29: US Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks during a midterm campaign rally at JRJ Construction on October 29, 2026 in Weatherford, Texas. Vance is in Texas to campaign for Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)

Voices

Republicans Are Desperate to Pretend They Never Supported the War With Iran

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters as she departs a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 15, 2026. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Is There a Left Candidate for President?

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Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, right, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., attend a service at Perfecting Church, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Voices

Haley Stevens Destroyed Her Political Career for Absolutely Nothing

Donald Trump after boasting his renovations of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the eve of the midterm elections on Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

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Democrats, Don’t Mess This Up

Natasha Lennard

Iran

TAIZ, YEMEN - OCTOBER 17: A general view of daily life amid severe living conditions in Taiz, Yemen on October 18, 2026. Escalating localized clashes and blockades on key supply routes by Iran-backed Houthi forces have driven up fuel and cooking gas prices, disrupted food supplies, and left local hospitals facing severe shortages of medicine and generator fuel. (Photo by Muhammed el-Rumeym/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Yemenis Unable to Reach Hospital Are Part of the Iran War Death Toll

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. During the news conference Jeffries spoke about a range of topics including the midterms and the upcoming August recess. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Dems Have an Opportunity to Force an End to the Iran War. Will They Take It?

A B1 bomber prepares to take off as police officers man a checkpoint near RAF Fairford air base, in Fairford, England Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026.

The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War

The destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile during Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, 2026.

U.S. Has Suffered More Casualties in Iran Since the Conclusion of Operation Epic Fury

Midterms

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 3: Janeese Lewis-George, D.C. council member and mayoral candidate, talks with attendees after listening sessions at the East Washington Heights Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. Lewis-George is running to be elected the mayor of D.C. in November. (Eric Lee for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How a Socialist Can Govern a City Under the Thumb of the Trump Administration

Jessica Washington

ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 02: Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaks to the press following an event at Farmer Market on November 2, 2026, in Royal Oak, Michigan. El-Sayed, is running against Republican Senate candidate, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) for the open U.S. Senate seat. (Photo by Salwan Georges/Getty Images)

Abdul El-Sayed Won His Senate Seat With a Mandate on Palestine. Can He Deliver?

Blue Tsunami’s Clearest Takeaway: People Hate Data Centers

How Democrats Changed Everything

Justice

People watch as Harris County Sheriff deputies work the scene near two vehicles involved after a man was struck by an ICE agent's vehicle during an immigration enforcement operation in northwest Houston, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. 9Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP)

“Offensive Driving”: ICE’s Deadly Weaponization of Vehicles Against Civilians

Sophie Shepherd

Fergie Chambers poses for photos at home in Tunis, Tunisia, on February 8, 2024. James Cox Chambers Jr., born in 1985 and also known as Fergie Chambers, is an American political activist, philanthropist, and heir to the Cox family, who derives his wealth from Cox Enterprises. (Photo by Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Fergie Chambers Faces Extradition to U.S. Despite Never Being Indicted, Says Lawyer

People fill out their ballots at a polling station in Bangor, Maine, the United States, on Oct. 16, 2026, days before the U.S. midterm elections, which falls on Nov. 3. (Photo by Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Trump Vows to Send Election “Monitors” to Maine After Far-Right Conspiracies Spread

Prosecutors Want to Keep a Man in Prison for His Wife’s Murder — Despite Judge Saying Their Evidence is Junk

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith

War on Gaza

People wave a giant Palestinian flag during a demonstration part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests as school and university students demand more funding for schools and support for housing in Rome on October 30, 2026. Students have been protesting for weeks, setting up tent camps and occupying schools to make their demands heard, matching similar movements across the border in France. The Italian protests have taken place alongside those of truck drivers and farmers over the spike in fuel prices and the cost of living, as well as rising defence spending.

Defeating Zionism to Free Palestine

Noura Erakat, John Reynolds

President Donald Trump speaks in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington.

Trump Scrambles to Halt Military Aid to Israel to Deprive El-Sayed of a Talking Point

HAIFA, ISRAEL - AUGUST 22: Palestinian and Israeli human rights activists gather outside Damon Prison near Haifa, Israel, on August 22, 2026, to protest the ongoing administrative detention and reported mistreatment of Palestinian female political prisoners. Demonstrators held banners calling for an immediate end to indefinite detention without trial or charge, highlighting systemic rights violations and severe prison conditions while demanding the release of all detained women. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A C-Section in Shackles: A Palestinian Woman’s Harrowing Birth in Israeli Detention

UNITED STATES - JULY 16: Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to reporters as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Israeli Settlers Killed His Constituent. Fetterman Is Sole Democrat Against Investigating Them.

Unmasking ICE

ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MAY 26: ICE agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centeron May 26, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. The protests, which have become tense over the holiday weekend, come amid reports of an ongoing hunger strike by detainees. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

ICE Is Paying a Controversial AI Firm to Hide the Identities of Agents

NYC, NY, UNITED STATES - 2025/12/19: Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. According to White House Border Czar Tom Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will increase its operations in New York City due to its status as a sanctuary city. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest

Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, left, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island, during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will look to defend her immigration enforcement and make the case to end the DHS shutdown in front of a combative audience before hearings in both chambers. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

ICE Should Show It Hasn’t Been “Infiltrated by Violent Extremists,” Senator Urges

Matt Sledge, Sam Biddle

Chilling Dissent

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on October 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. According to reports, the search is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

Inside ICE, Officials Question String of Trump Admin “Midterm Panic Moves”

An aerial photo shows a Google data center on July 24, 2025, in Henderson, Nevada. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

An Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Homeland Security Investigations police search the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on October 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. According to reports, the search is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

ICE Raid on Ilhan Omar Shows How Dangerous Two Years of Flailing Trump Could Get

Natasha Lennard

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 23: Demonstrators participate in a rally and march during an "ICE Out” day of protest on January 23, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Community leaders, faith leaders and labor unions have urged Minnesotans to participate in what they are calling a "day of action" as local businesses are expected to close during a statewide general strike held in protest against immigration enforcement operations in the region. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump Wanted Minnesota 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.