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The US midterm elections: How to continue the momentum?

Kay Mann — 2026-11-10T11:20:07Z

“The Republican/Trump defeat can also be seen as part of an international anti-authoritarian trend coming weeks after the defeat of Flavio Bolsonaro in Brazil and several months after the defeat of far-right authoritarian Viktor Orban in Hungary. ”

- IVP622 - November 2026 / United States (USA)

$12 Billion Spent on this Election—Will it Determine the Outcome?

Dan La Botz — 2026-11-04T09:44:34Z

This year's midterm election cost both major parties $12 billion—an all-time record. Politicians depend on this money to win elections, and this way donors buy candidates and parties.

- IVP622 - November 2026 / United States (USA)

On the Eve of the November US Elections

Kay Mann — 2026-10-31T08:13:20Z

In the closing weeks and days of the November US “midterm election” campaigns, the likelihood that the Democratic party will win enough local elections to give them a majority in the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate, has significantly increased as the Republicans find themselves on the defensive in several formerly “safe” electoral districts including some which have not seen a Democratic victory in decades.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

The People Have Turned Against Trump

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-28T11:17:35Z

For the last two years, President Donald Trump's Republican Party controlled not only the presidency, but also both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, as well as many state governments. Trump appeared to be politically omnipotent. Now the American people have turned against Trump and it seems likely that the Republican Party will face defeat in the midterm elections on November 3, breaking Trump's hold on Congress. It is a remarkable reversal of fortune brought about by Trump's own hubris.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

Sitting on a time bomb

Phil Hearse — 2026-10-20T12:07:44Z

“In his infamous United Nations speech a year ago, Trump denounced global heating as the “biggest scam in world history.” Since his re-election, Trump has withdrawn the US from the Paris Accords, closed offices and programs dealing with climate change, terminated dozens of experts working on global heating and, crucially, withdrawn billions of dollars aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change.”

- Features / United States (USA), Ecology and the Environment, Climate

Millions Join No Kings Demonstrations for Free and Fair Elections

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-20T08:48:07Z

An estimated 7 to 9 million people joined some 3,000 No Kings demonstrations across the United States on October 17 to encourage voters to vote and to defend the vote. The liberal organizations leading No Kings—Indivisible, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Federation of Teachers, and Black and Latino voters' group—called for a non-partisan demonstration. Certainly, there were many Independents and some Republicans present, but, like three earlier No Kings protests, this was another massive movement against President Donald Trump.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

Mamdani Condemns ICE Shooting in NYC and Israel's Genocide, but Faces Criticism from the Left

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-11T06:26:46Z

Last week was the end of the New York City's honeymoon with Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he confronted controversies over the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting of an immigrant.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

Latinos May Decide the Midterms, Defeating Trump and the Republicans

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-05T10:01:09Z

Donald Trump arguably won the 2024 presidential election because between 42 and 48 percent of the country's Latinos voted for him. His was the largest Republican share ever of the Latino vote. In the last two years, however, Latinos have turned against Trump, as seen both in their participation in social protests and in pre-election polls. Latinos could cost Trump and the Republicans the election.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

Protestors Rally against Mass Murderers Speaking at U.N. General Assembly

Dan La Botz — 2026-09-28T13:27:34Z

Hundreds marched in three separate demonstrations to protest the mass murderers—President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian—speaking at the United Nations General Assembly held in New York last week. The event became a kind of macabre circus with these monsters in the big ring as some delegates walked out while others protested outside.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Palestine, United States (USA), Israel, Iran

A Reign of Anti-Immigrant Terror

Dianne Feeley — 2026-09-27T06:21:58Z

IN AUSTIN, TEXAS an ICE agent shoots a food delivery driver after he was rammed and pulled over by an unmarked van. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, from Venezuela, entered the United States legally and is seeking asylum. He is now in ICE detention with his serious gunshot wounds inadequately treated.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA), Migration