2026 midterm election races to watch
CBS News has identified 10 key Senate and 42 House races that will likely decide the majority — all of which can change during the midterm campaign.
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CBS News has identified 10 key Senate and 42 House races that will likely decide the majority — all of which can change during the midterm campaign.
Lawmakers could also vote on condemning socialism and censuring GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards.
The measure was approved in a 90 to 6 vote and now goes to the House.
Donavan McKinney has defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan's 13th Congressional District, CBS News projects.
Voters are deciding primary races Tuesday in five states: Michigan, Virginia, Missouri, Kansas and Washington.
The House on Thursday voted to direct President Trump to end the war with Iran, after four Republicans joined Democrats to rebuke the president over his handling of the conflict.
Lawmakers are one step closer to making daylight saving time permanent after the House passed a bill with overwhelming support.
The measure also allows states to opt out if they take action before the federal law is enacted.
The House passed Republicans' $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the rest of the Trump administration.
The House resolution to constrain Trump's war powers failed in a 212 to 219 vote, with four Democrats joining all but two Republicans to kill it.
Some House Republicans have rebuked Mr. Trump on tariffs, war powers and the Epstein files, and defections could grow as the midterms approach.
The measure's passage is largely symbolic as it's likely to be vetoed by the president if it survives a Senate vote.
The House on Tuesday voted 217 to 214 to fund major parts of the government and end the partial shutdown.
United States lawmakers from Michigan on Saturday were reacting to what President Trump called an "extraordinary military operation" carried out by U.S. armed forces in Venezuela.
The measure compelling the Justice Department to release materials related to Jeffrey Epstein won congressional approval. In a sudden reversal, President Trump told lawmakers they should vote for it.
An effort to force a House vote on compelling the Justice Department to release materials related to Jeffrey Epstein secured the final signature it needed Wednesday.
A Republican measure to keep the government funded past Oct. 1 stalled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday.
A House committee is blocking a motion to subpoena banking records connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
A newly-released video captured by a U.S. reaper drone shows a glowing orb off of the coast of Yemen. Then in the video, a Hellfire missile suddenly struck the unidentified object and bounced off of it. Rep. Eric Burlison, a Republican from Missouri, shared a video at a House Oversight hearing on Tuesday on a topic that the military calls "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" or better known as UFOs.
Congress returns this week from its August recess staring down a deadline to fund the government and avert a possible shutdown by month's end.
Don Ufford of Bloomfield Village is running for Michigan's 11th Congressional District seat in the 2026 election cycle.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is leading efforts for H.R. 4966, an effort to prohibit certain pricing tactics at store that sell groceries.
House lawmakers will head home until September after GOP leaders refuse to hold a vote on the release of Jeffrey Epstein-related files.
The Don't Feed the Bears Act was introduced to the U.S. House by Rep. Thanedar on Wednesday.
The House on Thursday passed the signature piece of legislation of President Trump's second term, approving his "big, beautiful bill" by a vote of 218 to 214.
