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Republicans and Democrats jockey for control of Congress, which will set course for Trump's final two years in office.
Republicans and Democrats jockey for control of Congress, which will set course for Trump's final two years in office.
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The far-right AfD will propose slashing powers of the European Union when it presents its policy paper on Wednesday, Politico reports.
<p>Billionaire ex-mayor of New York City is focusing funds on House races to help Democrats retake majority in midterms</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/20/donald-trump-midterms-republicans-democrats-north-carolina-latest-updates">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The billionaire <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/michael-bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a> will spend $80m to help Democratic candidates in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-midterm-elections-2026">midterm elections</a>, US media reported on Tuesday, a significant infusion of cash for a party that has recently struggled with fundraising as it seeks to win control of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-congress">Congress</a>.</p><p>The reported donations came as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> announced on Tuesday he intended to spend a total of $400m to aid Republican candidates, with $300m already disbursed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/michael-bloomberg-donation-democrats-midterms">Continue reading...</a>
The lawsuit argues Trump bypassed Congress and misused a Depression-era law to impose tariffs on Canadian imports.
The hit Elizabeth Holmes documentary led to increased interest in the award-winning narrative series on Hulu as well as Bad Blood, a 2018 book on the scandal ‘Stranger than stranger-than-fiction’: how Lance Oppenheim made the year’s two buzziest films ‘You can’t make this stuff up’: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth Holmes Interest in Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos fraud scandal has surged amid buzz for You Can See Everything, the record-breaking documentary on the disgraced former CEO. Viewership for The Dropout, the 2022 Hulu series starring Amanda Seyfried as Holmes, surged by 186% in September compared with the month prior, according to Variety, following the announcement on 6 September of the previously secret film’s first teaser. Continue reading...