History will be against President Donald Trump when he tries to hold on to his control of Congress after this year’s midterm elections. From pressuring state Republicans to redraw their congressional districts to create more GOP-leaning seats in the House to underscoring his policy and political wins on the campaign trail and in prime-time TV

If history is a guide, Republicans stand a good chance of losing control of the House of Representatives in 2026. They have just a slim majority in the chamber, and the incumbent party usually gives up seats in midterm elections.

The president faces the inevitable waning of power in a second term, but he also will begin the year with an erosion in political support.

In September, Trump designated Venezuela and all of these nations, among others, as “major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries” under U.S. law. That could make them targets under the drug-war rationale he outlined in the interview and the briefing.

President Donald Trump has mistakenly added three years to the age of a top supporter he has called “elderly.” Trump, 79, mixed up the age of the disgraced Colorado official Tina Peters, 70, who is in prison for illegally granting a MAGA crony access to a voting system as they tried to overturn the 2020 election results.

2026 will be a defining year for President Donald Trump’s political standing and for the ultimate substance and legacy of his second term. The new year will also unfold as a story of resistance to Trump.

Trump seized on Mamdani’s rise as one of the left’s leading figures to warn he spelled disaster for NYC. Then he won, and Trump changed his tune.

Nasry Asfura was endorsed by President Trump in a contentious election. His opponent, Salvador Nasralla, said he would not accept the results.

Washington Examiner’s investigations editor Sarah Bedford said President Donald Trump has delivered on his campaign promises ahead of the 2026 elections, which could motivate Trump supporters ahead of a tough election cycle.

Trump will keep telling his 2020 election lie, even if that radicalizes his supporters. Or, maybe, that's the real motive.