Election Fraud Stunt Backfires on Right-Wing Influencers, Results in Identity Theft Charges

In August, the storied right-wing influencer-activist-provocateur James O’Keefe launched his latest stunt. Wearing a crude ...

Murkowski Increasingly Becomes a Thorn In Trump’s Side in Alaska

Like Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), the pattern with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a relatively moderate voice in today’s extreme ...

The Vivek Trainwreck—How Performative Bad Personness is Roiling Ohio

Ramaswamy has always been an especially Trumpy character in the sense of leaning – both in his actions and how he describes ...

Johnson Says Election Transfer Concerns are ‘Absurd’ As He Continues to Insist Republicans Will Win the House

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks next to Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) during a press conference on October 27, 2026 in ...

The Trump Administration Gets an Early Start on Interfering in the Midterms

In Alaska, California, and as-yet-unknown locales, the Trump administration is seeking to undermine the midterm elections.

Another Israel Election Update—Fractured Electorate Absurdity Edition

Votes were being counted to elect the 120 members of the Knesset and determine the formation of Israel's next government in ...

The Trump DOJ’s OTHER Scheme to Interfere in the Midterm Elections

The Trump DOJ’s unprecedented moves to stop ballot-counting and election certification are its most direct interference in ...
Talking Points Memo

Flashback: 1972 Alaska Plane Crash Killed Dem Congressman And House Majority Leader

© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Sections Editors' Blog News Live Blog Cafe Muckraker The Brief Morning Memo Where Things Stand The Weekender The Franchise ...

His ‘Lifetime Mantra’ is ‘Standing up to Bullies.’ Now, He’s Running Against an Islamophobe Who Wants to Deport 100 Million People.

Rosenthal described his campaigns as “consistent with my lifetime mantra of standing up to bullies and opposing bigotry and ...

DOJ Tells Washington State To Set Aside Ballots of 400 Voters It Claims are Noncitizens

The Department of Justice on Wednesday told Washington state officials to segregate ballots from 400 people who it claimed ...

Chuck Schumer Once Decried GOP ‘Silence’ on Trump’s Racist Attacks on Ilhan Omar. Now He’s the Silent One.

The MAGA crowd broke into a chant. “Send her back!” they screamed in unison. Footage of the incident went viral, instantly ...
Talking Points Memo

Trump’s FCC Chair Wants You To Know That the Polls Are ‘Fake’

© 2026 TPM MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Sections Editors' Blog News Live Blog Cafe Muckraker The Brief Morning Memo Where Things Stand The Weekender The Franchise ...