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How Democrats Changed Everything

The Intercept breaks down a historic midterms sweep and hears from voters on what they want next.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 12: Masked federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on May 12, 2026 in New York City. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents continue to have a presence in immigration courts in federal buildings which allow them to wear masks despite a new state law that bans federal law enforcement agents, including ICE, from wearing masks or balaclavas in public spaces to cover their faces. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

ICE Was Secretly Ordered to Stop All Immigration Raids on Election Day

“Yesterday was the least amount of activity observed from ICE ERO throughout the entire year so far,” said an activist who monitors immigration enforcement nationwide.

Representative Greg Casar, a Democrat from Texas, left, and Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, embrace during a "Fighting Oligarchy" event in Houston, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. With the fight for the Senate coming down to the wire, Texas is still top of mind for both parties. Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Midterms 2026

The Progressive Agenda: End Iran War, Rein in AI, Get Dems to Actually Do Something

The party’s left flank argued they have a responsibility to carry out transformative change — not make excuses for inaction.

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)

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Haley Stevens Destroyed Her Political Career for Absolutely Nothing

Congressional candidate Will Lawrence, wearing a “No data centers in Mason” hat, speaks at a data center town hall in Mason, Mich., on Sept. 14, 2026.

Midterms 2026

Lesson From Lansing: To Win in Swing Districts, Fight Data Centers

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

Abdul El-Sayed speaks during a midterm election night watch party at the Department at Hudson's on November 04, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan.

Midterms 2026

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Senate Seat With Pro-Palestine Campaign

Matt Sledge, Jonah Valdez

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Former Representative Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan and US Senate candidate, and Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat from Michigan, speak to members of the media following a service at Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary for Michigan's US Senate seat, formally backed Republican candidate Mike Rogers, sealing her rupture with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. Photographer: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Radical Centrists Like Haley Stevens Are the Real Extremists in the Democratic Party

Natasha Lennard

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the start of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting on Oct. 30, 2026, in Atlanta.. (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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The CIA Is Resorting to an Open Casting Call for Would-Be Cuban Assets

Séamus Malekafzali

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

California Democratic Congressional candidate Randy Villegas is interviewed after voting at the Kern County Elections Office on November 3, 2026 in Bakersfield, California.

In California’s Central Valley, ICE Swung a Red District Blue

James Talarico at a campaign event at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 2, 2026.

Anti-Trans Panic Couldn’t Save Republicans in Deep-Red Texas

Akela Lacy, Jessica Washington

PORTLAND, MAINE - NOVEMBER 03: Maine Sen.-elect Troy Jackson (D-ME) delivers remarks during a midterm election night watch party at the Holiday Inn Portland - By The Bay after defeating incumbent U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on November 03, 2026 in Portland, Maine. Jackson ran to unseat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Troy Jackson Ousts Susan Collins in Maine, Replacing 30-Year Republican Senator With a Progressive

Noah Hurowitz, Austin Campbell

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

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

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.

A graffiti mural depicting Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, directors of the documentary 'NAZA'- which documents civilian deaths in Gaza, features testimonies from Israeli military personnel involved in targeting and remote killing mechanisms, and frame military operations as genocide - is altered in Ashdod, Israel, on September 16, 2026. Initially painted by an artist accusing the filmmakers of being 'traitors,' the text on the mural was subsequently modified by another artist to read 'heroes.'

The Backlash to “NAZA” Shows How Little Israeli Citizenship Really Means

Séamus Malekafzali

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 30: Recording artist Pink speaks on stage during the celebration of the launch of UNICEF Kid Power on November 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/FilmMagic)

Pink Supported Macklemore’s Firing. Now Activists Want UNICEF to Cut Ties With Her.

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.