As expected, Republicans held onto power in Florida, but their plan to expand their control by manipulating congressional maps backfired — and should be a lesson that trying to predetermine election results is a bad move and an uncertain bet.

Months before Tuesday’s elections, Florida’s governor and lawmakers redrew four U.S. House ...Read more

Since August, President Donald Trump told voters in places like Texas, Georgia, Ohio and South Carolina to vote as if he were on the ballot.

They did.

Tuesday night, their message was unequivocal: It’s time for change. States that haven’t sent a Democrat to the Senate in 90 years voted to do so. Texas finally went blue. Voters turned out ...Read more

After a big loss, there’s always plenty of finger-pointing. Well, get ready because I have eight fingers (and two thumbs) to point.

Republicans who borrowed big-government ideas from the left paid for it on Tuesday. Voters wanted lower costs and an honest government, and conservatives have the better plan for both.

In 1960, Barry Goldwater ...Read more

Texas is far and away the biggest upset of the 2026 midterms. The resounding defeat of MAGA here also offers the Republican Party a chance for a hard reboot — if the GOP is brave enough to take it.

Texas is the largest red state in the nation. It hasn’t had national Democratic representation in three decades; it voted for President Donald ...Read more

President Donald Trump is a loser.

That’s not a slur but the only cogent analysis of what happened in Tuesday’s midterm election. As Republicans were blown out of the water, America witnessed a clear repudiation of Trumpism, as manifest in egotism, extremism, retribution, and both personal and familial corruption.

Tuesday night had the ...Read more

DETROIT -- The bold-faced headline over this election is: “TRUMP LOST!”

Voters turned out in huge numbers in Michigan and across the country to cast ballots against a president they’ve grown weary of.

In doing so, they turned against many first-rate Republicans and handed key offices to far-left Democrats and Democratic socialists whose...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas -- It took Donald Trump to get Democrats elected in Texas.

Not since the 1980s have Democrats won elections like Tuesday night, maybe not since 1964.

The last time Texas elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and the Governor’s Mansion, the year was 1990 and James Talarico was age 1.

But the Austin Democrat kept his focus ...Read more

On Oct. 25, President Donald Trump saw his string of consecutive election victories in Latin America broken. After what looked to be a resounding win for Trump’s ally, far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, in the first round of voting for Brazilian president, incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made a stunning comeback to win his fourth term ...Read more

The American Studies Association (ASA) recently held its annual conference at Chicago’s Palmer House Hotel. The ASA’s misson and history statement claims a commitment “to the study and teaching of U.S. history and culture from multiple perspectives.” But the conference program reflected only one perspective about Israel.

The sessions ...Read more

As millions of Americans begin signing up for Affordable Care Act coverage this week, many will find they are in for another painful year of price hikes and, in many states, fewer choices. What’s more, new policies are set to push more people to go without insurance. That should concern all Americans — even those with employer-sponsored ...Read more

I clocked out at the end of my shift, pressing my badge against the timekeeping system. When it asked me to verify that I had taken a 30-minute lunch break, I hesitated, my finger hovering over the screen before confirming that I had.

In truth, I hadn’t. Between staffing shortages, meetings and patient caseloads, my clinical responsibilities ...Read more

Democrats are still searching for an immigration agenda that transcends the cruelty we’ve seen in our communities under President Donald Trump and the chaos we witnessed at the border under President Joe Biden. Chicago U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez’s recent legislative proposal to abolish the Department of Homeland Security and replace it with a ...Read more

Every fall, Americans hear the familiar reminder: Get your flu shot. It’s sound advice. But as bird flu continues to spread among animals, there’s another preventive step we can all take: going vegan.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, has spread through poultry operations, dairy herds and wildlife populations. And while health ...Read more

Sensitive, as he should be, to Americans' resentment of higher prices on staples in the run-up to the midterm elections, President Trump on Oct. 9 unveiled what he called "a great announcement on Russian energy," namely a deal to import nearly 5 million tons of Russian diesel fuel "within a short period of time."

Consequently, he posted on his ...Read more