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Midterms 2026

AIPAC Isn’t Retreating. Here’s How It’s Already Shaping the Next Congress.

A new project by The Intercept reveals the hundreds of candidates still taking the pro-Israel lobby’s cash, and how AIPAC is obscuring its spending.

Midterms 2026

AI Tried to Buy the Midterms — Then the Lobby Learned Everyone Hates AI

Facing bipartisan backlash and a decaying reputation, AI super PACs are changing tactics. We tracked their election spending so far.

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)

Midterms 2026

Trump Vows to Send Election “Monitors” to Maine After Far-Right Conspiracies Spread

As right-wing Trump allies fearmongered about Somali American voter fraud, Maine trained local law enforcement officers on keeping armed federal agents out.

A man inspects damage at the site of an airstrike, reportedly carried out by Saudi Arabia, that targeted the Asr district of Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on October 24, 2026. Yemen's Houthis launched fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia and the seat of Yemen's internationally recognised government on October 24 after blaming the kingdom for strikes that the Iran-backed group said killed 17 people. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP via Getty Images)

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The Incredible Shrinking Superpower

Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro holds a picture of his father, convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro, during a motorcade with supporters in Goiania, Brazil, on September 27, 2026. Brazil will hold presidential election on October 4, 2026. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP via Getty Images)

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The Bolsonaro Family Playbook: Lose, Cry Fraud, and Run to Trump’s America

Prosecutors Want to Keep a Man in Prison for His Wife’s Murder — Despite Judge Saying Their Evidence is Junk

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith

John Hering, co-founder and executive chairman of Lookout Inc., arrives at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. The annual event has been a historic breeding ground for media deals and is usually a forum for tech and media elites to discuss the future of their industry. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Midterms 2026

The Elon Musk Funder Trying to Sway the Race for LA’s Top Lawyer

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The Stakes of Brazil’s Presidential Election

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SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN - OCTOBER 21: Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks during the debate on October 21, 2026 at WXYZ Channel 7 in Southfield, Michigan. (Photo by Robin Buckson-Pool/Getty Images)

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The Spirit of “Party Unity, My Ass” Is Back and Coming for the DSA (and El-Sayed)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 09: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attend an unveiling ceremony for a new 9/11 Memorial Wall at One Police Plaza on September 09, 2026 in New York City. Mayor Mamdani joined NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, family members of first responders, and other NYPD officers as they unveiled a new wall display that honors first responders who lost their lives during the September 11th World Trade Center terror attacks and since. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Mamdani’s High-Wire Balancing Act Between ICE and NYPD Can’t Last

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

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Bo Hines, executive director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, is recognized by US President Donald Trumpduring a signing ceremony for the GENIUS Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, July 18, 2025. Trump signed the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins, hailing it as a "giant step to cement American dominance of global finance and crypto technology" and delivering a major victory for the digital asset industry. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Giant Crypto Super PAC Funnels Big Money to Former Trump Official’s Firm to Support… Democrats?

Former US Representative and current Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers from Michigan talks to reporters outside of Cody High School in Detroit, Michigan, after meeting with volunteer tutors on September 9, 2026. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images)

Mike Rogers Spent $100K on Private Jets and Luxury Travel Last Quarter

Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, speaks to members of the media while campaigning ahead of the midterm election at the Fryeburg Fair in Fryeburg, Maine, US, on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. The Maine race is crucial to both parties' quest to win a Senate majority in November's midterm elections.

Lockheed Martin Showered Susan Collins With Cash as F-35 Program Hit Turbulence

Justice

The outlines of two women in military fatigues, their faces removed and replaced with text from domestic violence incident reports.

Pentagon Records Missed Almost Half of Troops’ Domestic Abuse Killings

Daniel Johnson, Austin Campbell

A memorial for Kohen Kartier Wiley at the Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, USA, on June 18, 2026. On June 14, 2026, a Mississippi police officer shot Kohen Kartier Wiley while Kohen was inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the Walmart. (Photo by Carlos Kosienski/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley

Liliana Segura, Radley Balko

A memorial for 1-year-old Kohen Wiley sits outside the Walmart in Senatobia, Miss., on July 7, 2026, facing the parking lot where he was fatally shot by police.

Kohen Wiley’s Family Says Investigators Didn’t Contact Them Before Concluding Cops Did No Wrong

The execution of William Carr on Dec. 17, 1897 in Liberty, Mo.

America’s Sordid History of Filming Executions as Entertainment

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.