How have US politicians reacted to the attack on Iran?

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Republicans largely rally behind Trump's strikes on Iran, while Democrats fail to offer singular message of opposition.

MAGA Reacts to Trump’s Strikes on Iran: ‘Absolutely Disgusting and Evil’

Peter Wade, Rolling Stone

“We voted for America First and ZERO wars,” former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X, calling the administration “a bunch of sick fucking liars”

‘Like it’s 2024 again’: Trump takes centre stage in 2026 midterm elections

Joanna Insco, Al Jazeera English

With control of Congress in the balance, officials say the president plans to campaign as if he were 'on the ballot'.

'Get back to integrity': Oklahoma's Kevin Stitt on Republicans after Trump

Steve Inskeep, NPR

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt about his spat with President Trump, immigration and the future of the Republican Party.

Trump Humiliated During His Big Speech With Republican Losses

Janna Brancolini, Daily Beast

While President Donald Trump was yelling at Democrats and berating the Supreme Court at his State of the Union address, members of his Republican party were ...

GOP stays competitive in midterms despite Trump's negative ratings: Poll

Emily Guskin, Abcnews.com

Republicans increasingly want their party to follow Trump's direction.

Republican Sex Scandal Could Paralyze House...

Joe Perticone, The Bulwark

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A Careful GOP Midterm Message Delivered by Everyone but Trump

Michael Scherer, The Atlantic

Just because the president says it doesn’t mean candidates should repeat it.

Special elections pattern suggests GOP could face rout in midterms

Garrett Owen, Salon

Democrats are outperforming past baselines in Trump-era districts, though the Senate map remains steep

Call Them What They Are

Tom Nichols, The Atlantic

The Republican Party has become a haven for Nazi sympathizers.

Never Trump Republicans are still issuing dire warnings. Is anyone listening?

STEVE PEOPLES, Yahoo Entertainment

Over and over, the Republicans and former Republicans who gathered just outside Washington this weekend warned that President Donald Trump and his allies in ...

Why Kate Barr is campaigning in North Carolina as a 'fake Republican'

CBC News

Kate Barr, a progressive, is attempting to become the Republican candidate for Congress in North Carolina’s 14th district, a conservative stronghold.

Mitch McConnell's Sweet Revenge: He's Blocking SAVE Act

Red Painter, Crooksandliars.com

Donald Trump is having an extra bad Friday. First, the Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs. Then came horrible economic news. Now we hear that Mitch McConnell is intentionally blocking the SAVE America Act, a legislation that Republicans really want to …

What’s Behind the GOP’s Push to Demand Proof of Citizenship to Vote

David A. Graham, The Atlantic

The Trump administration’s support for the SAVE America Act is a ploy to help Republicans win elections.

The End of Reagan-Era Republicanism

David Frum, The Atlantic

Mona Charen on how Trump transformed the conservative movement and what the right got wrong. Plus: Signs of life from America’s guardrails and John Maynard Keynes’s “My Early Beliefs.”

MAGA Podcaster Torches Trump for Broken Promise

Yahoo Entertainment

US Senator Mark Kelly tells BBC he will 'seriously consider' White House run

BBC News

The former Navy captain and astronaut says "we're in some seriously challenging times".

George W. Bush Torches Trump in Presidents’ Day Message

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic

Former President George W. Bush won’t defy the “code of silence” that prevents ex-U.S. leaders from publicly chastising their successors, but he’s apparently not opposed to throwing shade.In a Presidents’ Day essay published Monday by the pro-democracy instit…

Texas Republican Ken Paxton is stepping up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. John Cornyn

THOMAS BEAUMONT, Yahoo Entertainment

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be in an unfamiliar setting Monday night: heading his first campaign rally since the Republican announced his...

The Founders Would Have Opposed ‘Nationalizing’ Elections

Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic

The writers of the Constitution sought an approach the balanced control between the states and the federal government.

Republicans’ Charlie Kirk holiday push exposes a hollow platform

Russell Payne, Salon

In Florida, Kansas and West Virginia, the celebration stands in for an agenda — and no one gets the day off

MAGA Senator Called Out for Bonkers Response to Trump’s Revenge Plot

The Daily Beast, Daily Beast

A MAGA senator was called out after he tied himself in knots over Donald Trump’s efforts to imprison two of his Senate colleagues for a video in which they...

Is Trumpism losing steam?

Al Jazeera English

As Trumpism forces both major US parties to wonder what they stand for, experts weigh in on November election prospects.

GOP Rebel Humiliates Trump White House With Brutal New Nickname

Yahoo Entertainment