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Trump reportedly sober on midterms
The gist
Trump is privately sober about Republican midterm prospects, listening to discouraging polling, advisers say.
A GOP loss of one or both chambers would end his governing trifecta.
How it unfolded
- Sep 14, 2026Democratic state parties announced the "New Battlefield Project," intended to recruit 10,000 volunteers to guard polling places in case armed federal officers show up. Activists are planning mass protests if the Trump administration tries to interfere with voting or ballot counting, and legal scholars are distributing white papers advising judges what to do if the government tries to seize ballots.
- Sep 14, 2026CNN reported the Supreme Court rejected Trump's plan to limit mail ballots in the midterms, with none of his handpicked justices arguing in his favor.
- Sep 14, 2026Victor Davis Hanson said Trump plans to use the midterms against Iran, with a "very specific role" to "look all sober and serious and spinning Trump's madness as strategy."