A new UT Austin poll finds Texans increasingly pessimistic about the economy and political leadership, with rising concerns over costs, weak approval ratings and early signs in the 2026 Senate race.

Donald Trump became president again in large part due to voter dissatisfaction with the economy. He's done little to change that a year after his election.

A CNN poll out on the eve of Election Day shows bad news for President Trump. Abby Phillip, Jeff Zeleny, David Chalian and Manu Raju join Dana Bash’s “Inside Politics” to analyze what it could mean for close races in Virginia and New Jersey.

Lawmakers believe Tuesday’s elections will encourage senators in both parties to find a way to reopen the government.

Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey have been hammering home a platform based on affordability messaging in the final campaign stretch.

Nearly all likely voters consider affordability of property taxes (86% “very important,” 11% “somewhat important”), jobs and the economy (82% “very,” 15% “somewhat”), affordability of utility rates (81% “very,” 16% “somewhat”), and prices rising faster than their income (87% “very,” 9% “somewhat”) important to their vote to some extent.

In Virginia, New York and New Jersey, Democrats emphasize affordability, believing voters are dissatisfied with the president’s economic policies.

The polls are now open for voting on Election Day 2025 in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Voters in Philadelphia will decide whether to reelect District Attorney Larry Krasner to a third term, or replace him with Pat Dugan, who ran and lost as a Democrat during the spring primary but became the Republican nominee after a write-in campaign.

President Trump made his most overt endorsement yet of Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race — saying that New Yorkers “must vote for” the disgraced former governor to defeat