Midterm elections

WATCH: Trump: Watching Iran closely, we have a massive armada heading in that direction

Trump added that he threatened Iran with US airstrikes if the Islamic Republic's regime carried out hangings of protesters and political dissidents as planned, and Tehran backed down as a result.

US President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media aboard Air Force One, January 11, 2026; illustrative.
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

Trump declares he will get impeached if Republicans lose midterms, plans to meet health insurers

US President Donald Trump an announcement in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 22, 2025

Trump says he will order voter ID requirement for every vote

GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC Sen. Raphael Warnock departs following a vote in the basement of the US Capitol last month.

Democratic US Senator Warnock wins Georgia runoff


Senate candidate calls for recount in key Jewish battleground state

In Florida, where a large percentage of American Jewish voters reside, Republicans secured two valued prizes: a Senate seat and a governor's mansion.

Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) smiles in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 3, 2018

Dead pimp wins Nevada election

Dennis Hof, who died last month, was a strip-club owner who ran multiple brothels.

Dennis Hof, a legal brothel owner and recent winner of the Republican primary election for Nevada State Assembly District 36, gets a kiss from Misty Matrix, his girlfriend and a legal prostitute

Controversial candidate wins tight race in U.S. House

Iowa Representative Steve King said that Germany should stop apologizing for the Holocaust, after a visit to Auschwitz this summer.

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) takes questions from a reporter after a meeting on the House Floor regarding an immigration bill which was postponed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2018.

West Bank reacts as first Palestinian-American wins seat in Congress

Rashida Tlaib joined Ilhan Omar on election night to become one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress.

Democratic U.S. congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib reacts after appearing at her midterm election night

America votes in midterm elections amid spike in antisemitism nationwide

Many races were marked by a virulent strain of antisemitism – a scourge that transformed the final days of the 2016 race after a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last week shook the nation.

U.S. flags line a path during mid-term elections at a polling station in the Mount Lebanon district in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 6, 2018

Democrats up early in midterms for U.S. House, face uphill climb in Senate

"I have worked at this poll the last three elections and this is the biggest turnout ever," said Bev Heidgerken, 67, a volunteer at a polling place in Davenport, Iowa.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Latvia's President, Estonia's President and Lithuania's President at the White House, April 3, 2018.

Trump remains divisive in Modern Orthodox community

Heavily Jewish neighborhoods in NY area continue to find themselves decisively and often painfully split over national politics.

US SENATOR Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) takes a selfie after encouraging volunteer campaign canvassers ahead of the midterm elections, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on October 28.