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Can a Republican defy Donald Trump and survive? Kentucky voters will decide https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/kentucky-republican-primary-election-massie-gallrein #UsMidtermElections2026 #Kentucky #UsPolitics #UsNews #DonaldTrump #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCongress

Supreme court rejects Virginia Democrats’ bid to restore congressional map https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/supreme-court-rejects-virginia-democrats-congressional-map #Virginia #UsVotingRights #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsSupremeCourt #UsNews #UsCongress #UsPolitics

Tennessee Democrat ends re-election bid after map redrawing carves up his district https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/tennessee-democrat-steve-cohen-ends-re-election-bid #Tennessee #Memphis #UsVotingRights #UsCongress #HouseOfRepresentatives #Democrats #Republicans #UsNews #UsPolitics

Louisiana senate passes bill to eliminate one of two majority-Black congressional districts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/louisiana-senate-bill-black-congressional-districts #Louisiana #UsVotingRights #HouseOfRepresentatives #Republicans #Race #UsCongress #UsSupremeCourt #UsPolitics #UsNews

US House leaders announce bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct in Congress https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/house-congress-sexual-misconduct #HouseOfRepresentatives #HakeemJeffries #MikeJohnson #UsNews #UsCongress #SexualHarassment #UsPolitics #Women #Democrats #Republicans

US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/southern-states-redistricting-electoral-maps-black-voting-power #UsVotingRights #UsNews #UsSupremeCourt #Democrats #Republicans #UsPolitics #UsCongress #HouseOfRepresentatives

Howard Lutnick said he had three ‘meaningless and inconsequential’ meetings with Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-interview-transcript #TrumpAdministration #JeffreyEpstein #SexTrafficking #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCrime #NewYork #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Remember, cars are still the worst product the Mozilla Foundation as ever reviewed for privacy. This doubling down on pushing Chinese tech out of America over concerns of malware in their product is two-faced when one considers that America's own cars violate their drivers' privacy every day on the road.

https://reason.com/2026/05/13/congress-ramps-up-its-crusade-against-chinese-cars-ahead-of-trump-xi-meeting/

#privacy #cars #China #hypocrisy #protectionism #tariffs #surveillance #USCongress

Mississippi governor cancels special legislative session to redraw state supreme court maps https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/mississippi-governor-cancel-supreme-court-map-redraw #Mississippi #UsVotingRights #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Nebraska Democratic Senate primary winner says she’ll drop out to support independent in general election https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/nebraska-demoratic-house-primary-winner-cindy-burbank #Nebraska #UsMidtermElections2026 #Democrats #UsSenate #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Nebraskans head to the polls as Democrats vote in primaries ahead of House and Senate races https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/nebraska-house-senate-democratic-primary-election #UsMidtermElections2026 #Nebraska #Democrats #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsSenate #Republicans #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

The supreme court’s takedown of American democracy is complete | Austin Sarat https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/supreme-court-citizens-united-voting #UsVotingRights #UsSupremeCourt #UsNews #UsCongress #JohnRoberts #SamuelAlito

Trump officials cancel rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/11/trump-public-lands-conservation-rule #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #Conservation #BidenAdministration #Environment #UsPolitics #UsCongress

Senate Democrats to fight Republicans’ $1bn funding plan for Trump’s ballroom https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/11/senate-democrats-white-house-ballroom-funding #UsSenate #Democrats #ChuckSchumer #UsPolitics #DonaldTrump #Republicans #UsNews #WashingtonDc #TrumpAdministration #UsCongress

Republicans would rather self-destruct than save themselves from Trump | Sidney Blumenthal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/11/republicans-trump-popularity #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #Republicans #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews #Indiana

With Trump’s low approval rating and Republicans’ ‘self-destruction’, can Democrats take the Senate? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/trumps-low-approval-ratings-republicans-self-destruction-democrats-senate #UsMidtermElections2026 #UsSenate #Democrats #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #Republicans #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsEconomy #Economics #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews #WorldNews

‘My ambition is to change the country,’ AOC says when asked about seeking higher office in 2028 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-presidential-run #AlexandriaOcasiocortez #Democrats #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCongress #UsPolitics #NewYork #UsNews

Virginia supreme court strikes down new congressional maps in win for Republicans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/virginia-supreme-court-rules-against-congressional-maps #Virginia #UsPolitics #UsNews #LawUs #Republicans #Democrats #UsCongress #HouseOfRepresentatives

Republicans poised to vote on new House map that would erase Democratic seat in Tennessee – US politics live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/may/07/donald-trump-republicans-gop-electoral-map-redistricting-midterms-lula-executive-orders-latest-news-updates #UsNews #WorldNews #DonaldTrump #UsCongress

Howard Lutnick to answer questions from US House over Jeffrey Epstein ties https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/howard-lutnick-jeffrey-epstein-congress #JeffreyEpstein #TrumpAdministration #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsNews #UsCongress #UsPolitics

Senate Republicans propose package including $1bn that could go to Trump ballroom https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/05/senate-immigration-package-1bn-trump-ballroom #UsSenate #Republicans #TrumpAdministration #UsImmigration #UsCongress #UsNews #UsPolitics

Florida’s Republican governor signs state’s new congressional map into law https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/florida-new-congressional-maps-desantis #Florida #UsMidtermElections2026 #RonDesantis #UsNews #Republicans #UsCongress #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsPolitics #Democrats

‘We’re a perfect example of being lied to’: Democrats vie to flip Ohio in a battle for trust https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/ohio-senate-race-sherrod-brown-jon-husted #Ohio #UsSenate #Democrats #Republicans #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsisraelWarOnIran #Gas #Inflation #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Democrats are counting on Trump’s unpopularity to save them. It won’t | Osita Nwanevu https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/04/democrats-trump-election-voter-poll #UsPolitics #UsNews #WorldNews #UsMidtermElections2026 #Democrats #Republicans #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #UsCongress #UsisraelWarOnIran #AiArtificialIntelligence

‘No one better to fight for us than one of us’: Minnesota flight attendant runs for Congress https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/kaela-berg-running-minnesota-congress-democrat #Minnesota #Democrats #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsUnions #UsImmigration #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

Nasa brought crashing down to earth as budget threat follows lunar success https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/03/nasa-budget-science-trump-isaacman #Nasa #Space #Science #UsPolitics #UsCongress #DonaldTrump

Republicans appear split on idea of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/03/epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-clemency #JeffreyEpstein #UsNews #UsCongress #UsPolitics #GhislaineMaxwell #TrumpAdministration

The supreme court trusts America not to be racist. I don’t | Jamil Smith https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/03/racism-supreme-court-voting-right-act #UsVotingRights #UsSupremeCourt #UsNews #Race #UsCongress #Democrats #Republicans #LawUs