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2026 US midterm elections

Illustrative: An Iranian missile is displayed under the country’s national flag in a military exhibition commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war at Baharestan Square, in Tehran, September 28, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
Iran said still able to produce missiles and drones, is being armed by Russia
By ToI Staff
Bloomberg cites officials saying Tehran remains 'well-stocked' with missiles, can 'quickly add more'; separate unsourced report claims US has pushed Israel to strike Iran alone
US Rep. Ilhan Omar takes questions during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, January 13, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 12, 2026, 6:27 pm
Federal agents raid home of Trump critic Ilhan Omar amid criminal probe
Investigative arm of US immigration enforcement leads search, according to local reports, in dramatic escalation of Trump’s feud with the left-wing lawmaker, weeks before midterms
By AFP
Left to Right: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he arrives on Air Force One, October 10, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP Photo/ Alex Brandon); Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the media after a German-Ukrainian business forum in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
October 11, 2026, 7:23 pm
Trump says Russia and Ukraine reached ‘energy ceasefire’; Zelensky: ‘News to me’
US president does not elaborate on claim of truce, which comes amid tensions with Ukrainian counterpart over strikes on Russian energy, infrastructure sites
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky during the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
October 11, 2026, 1:25 pm
Trump, blaming Zelensky for US diesel prices, says Ukraine should get new president
US leader, facing pressure ahead of midterms, praises Putin after inking diesel deal with Moscow; Europeans decry move, saying it’ll fund Russia’s war
By Agencies
Democratic nominee for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed, left, looks over to Republican nominee for US Senate Mike Rogers during a televised debate at WOOD-TV, on October 8, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP/Paul Sancya)
October 9, 2026, 11:06 am
Abdul El-Sayed won’t say Iran is bigger threat than Israel, in first Michigan debate
Lightning-rod Senate candidate claims Israel dragged US into Mideast war so it could annex southern Lebanon, as Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff, who is Jewish, says IDF committed war crimes in Gaza
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, October 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
October 9, 2026, 12:00 am
Trump says US won’t hit Iran this month, as Zamir said to warn strike could delay Israel’s election
IDF chief was reportedly told by American counterparts to prepare for a massive strike within three weeks; Washington sanctions 17 vessels in Iran’s shadow fleet
By Agencies and Lazar Berman
US Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, October 6, 2026, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
October 8, 2026, 3:33 am
Vance: Iran needs to show ‘meaningful’ reduction in nuclear enrichment for a deal
US vice president says talks complicated by uncertainty over who is making decisions in Tehran, which claims problem lies with Washington’s mixed messages
By Jacob Bogage
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, right, speaks as she is joined by moderator Alex Cohen during the Jewish Los Angeles Mayoral Forum at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
October 1, 2026, 3:58 am
Leftist LA mayoral candidate defends genocide charge, Hasan Piker meeting in Jewish forum
Asked to define ‘genocide,’ DSA’s Nithya Raman says she’s ‘not an expert on those issues’ while citing ‘other experts’ who have used term to describe Israeli actions in Gaza against Hamas
By ryan torok
US Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York, speaks at the Republican convention September 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 30, 2026, 5:37 am
GOP’s Mike Lawler spars with Democrat challenger over antisemitism, Israel in NY House race
Incumbent US representative slams Cait Conley for not condemning Mamdani, as they express similar stances on most Israel-related issues with key exception of West Bank settlements
By Sharon Udasin
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman Gen. Hossein Mohebbi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, September 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 29, 2026, 6:03 pm
Iran’s IRGC pens open letter to US midterm voters, urging them to reject ‘liar’ Trump
25-page message accuses US president of concealing ‘peaceful nature’ of Iran’s nuclear program to drag the country into war, extends offer of ‘coexistence’ to American people
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, left, and former US vice-president Kamala Harris participate in a roundtable discussion about reproductive health at Birth Detroit, in Detroit, September 22, 2026. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP, Pool)
September 23, 2026, 9:09 am
US ex-VP Harris campaigns for leftist El-Sayed in key race for Michigan Senate seat
Former vice president joins anti-Israel Democrat in Detroit-area roundtable, declares he would be ‘stopgap’ against Trump administration ‘abuses,’ amid burst of midterm campaigning
By Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures after speaking during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 27, 2024 (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
September 23, 2026, 6:15 am
A month from elections, UN speech is an opportunity for Netanyahu. But Trump isn’t helping him
PM is facing a challenging political mood back home, and can count on headlines from Thursday’s address. What he really wants is a Trump meeting, but the US president is staying away
By Lazar Berman
Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City delivers a speech at the synagogue, May 27, 2026. (Courtesy/Lenny Medina/RetroLenz Photography)
September 21, 2026, 7:58 pm
Leading US Reform rabbi in Yom Kippur sermon: Unhinged, obsessive loathing of Israel is corrupting US values
Ammiel Hirsch warns that if antisemitism is allowed to spread, ‘it is not only Jews who will pay the price, America will too’; says Jewish voters should only back politicians ‘who support us’
By Luke Tress
US Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan Abdul El-Sayed poses for a photo at the Labor Day parade in Detroit, Michigan on September 7, 2026. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP)
September 18, 2026, 6:53 am
Hundreds of Michigan Jews pledge to vote for Abdul El-Sayed
‘A vote is not a valentine; it’s a strategic chess move’: Open letter from ‘Michigan Jews for Democracy’ joins other open letters backed by Jews critical of the anti-Israel Democratic candidate
By Andrew Lapin
Left: Former US vice president Kamala Harris arrives at a National Action Network Convention in New York, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis) Right: Democratic nominee for US Senate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a news conference in Detroit, August 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
September 17, 2026, 5:46 pm
Kamala Harris to campaign with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, in first joint appearance
Former US vice president is latest to rally around anti-Israel Senate candidate; fellow Democrat Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York says he’ll obstruct 2,000-lb. bomb sales to Israel
By Agencies
Rep. Sander Levin on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
September 17, 2026, 12:47 pm
Jewish Democratic elder statesman Sander Levin backs Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
Candidate’s refusal to endorse two-state solution has many local Jews balking; 95-year-old former congressman of over three decades says while he differs on Israel, they agree on other policy
By Andrew Lapin
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