November is Nigh

T-minus 20 days until Midterms, and tensions are tightening.

Sunday, a New York federal judge ordered an immediate halt to President Trump’s $20M taxpayer-funded ad campaign. Plaintiffs, including a nonpartisan government watchdog, called the ads “blatantly unlawful political propaganda” meant to influence elections. The White House said the ads were public service announcements—which previous administrations publicly funded—and “the alleged offending conduct” was already ending since DHS agreed to stop buying ads.

Meanwhile, trillionaire billionaire Elon Musk is officially the midterms’ largest donor. The world’s wealthiest man spent $366M this cycle, including $276M to GOP groups and his own super PAC since July.

Republicans are hoping to hold their slim majorities (219-214 House; 53-47 Senate), though polls show Democrats poised to make major gains. Cook Political Report currently ranks 21 House districts and seven Senate seats as toss-ups (see what the current landscape looks like).

Do you know what’s on your ballot? We spent hours researching your state so you can get up to date in 5 minutes in TPO’s 2026 Midterms Guide.

CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
As you look toward November, steer clear of both escapism (“everything will be better once ___ happens”) and anxiety (“we’ll be in trouble if ___ happens”). Walk in righteousness, justice, and gratitude today, trusting our good God for tomorrow.

“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.’ Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring ​— ​what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’... So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it.”
James 4:13-17 (CSB) (read full passage)