History will be against President Donald Trump when he tries to hold on to his control of Congress after this year’s midterm elections. From pressuring state Republicans to redraw their congressional districts to create more GOP-leaning seats in the House to underscoring his policy and political wins on the campaign trail and in prime-time TV

Democrats immediately argued that U.S. military action in Venezuela was an abandonment of the president’s promise to focus on improving lives at home.

If history is a guide, Republicans stand a good chance of losing control of the House of Representatives in 2026. They have just a slim majority in the chamber, and the incumbent party usually gives up seats in midterm elections.

2026 will be a defining year for President Donald Trump’s political standing and for the ultimate substance and legacy of his second term. The new year will also unfold as a story of resistance to Trump.

Trump will keep telling his 2020 election lie, even if that radicalizes his supporters. Or, maybe, that's the real motive.

Trump seized on Mamdani’s rise as one of the left’s leading figures to warn he spelled disaster for NYC. Then he won, and Trump changed his tune.

In September, Trump designated Venezuela and all of these nations, among others, as “major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries” under U.S. law. That could make them targets under the drug-war rationale he outlined in the interview and the briefing.

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Nasry Asfura was endorsed by President Trump in a contentious election. His opponent, Salvador Nasralla, said he would not accept the results.