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2026-11-04 · Al Jazeera · Politics

Talarico wins Texas Senate race, ending decades of Republican dominance

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2026-11-03 · Al Jazeera · Politics

Texans vote in most expensive Senate race in US history

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2026-09-29 · Al Jazeera · Politics

Iraq begins high-stakes security balancing act as US troops withdraw

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2026-10-21 · Al Jazeera · Politics

Trump heads to South Carolina to boost Senator Darline Graham in race

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2026-11-03 · Al Jazeera · Politics

US midterms present a test for Republican redistricting in Texas and beyond

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2026-11-02 · Al Jazeera · Politics

As Islamophobia ramps up in US midterms, Texas Muslims eye local stakes

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2026-09-22 · Al Jazeera

🔮 Yaseen Shaikh, a 22-year-old who travelled with a delegation from Cleveland, Ohio, said he will be meeting with the offices of Republican Senator Jon Husted, who faces a competitive midterm race against former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, as well as the state’s other Republican Senator, Bernie Moreno. assertive

2026-09-29 · Al Jazeera

🔮 Iraq is set to hold four “Sovereignty Days”, a national holiday marking the complete withdrawal of US troops from the country and underscoring the deep symbolism of the exit after more than two decades of foreign intervention. assertive

2026-10-03 · Al Jazeera

🔮 Political trackers have long projected Democrats will take control of the US House of Representatives in the November 3 vote. mixed

2026-10-13 · Al Jazeera

🔮 It is an – at least public – ambivalence likely fuelled by shifting political winds in both the US and Israel, as well as the evolving relationship between Trump and Netanyahu, according to Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine/Israel programme at the Arab Center Washington DC. “He seems to be keeping greater distance from it than you would think,” Munayyer told Al Jazeera, “given Trump’s past endorsements of right-wing allies, given the history of the Trump-Netanyahu relationship, and just how close Trump and Netanyahu have been”. assertive

2026-10-21 · Al Jazeera

🔮 United States President Donald Trump is set to travel to South Carolina to boost the campaign of Darline Graham, the sister of his close ally, the late Senator Lindsey Graham. assertive

2026-10-30 · Al Jazeera

🔮 Democratic control of the House of Representatives would at best serve as a bulwark against the Trump administration legislating more immigration enforcement funding and policy, while opening the door to investigations into the administration’s approach. Control of the Senate, which could be determined by the contest between Texas Republican Ken Paxton and Democratic challenger James Talarico, could further increase the party’s leverage. assertive

2026-10-31 · Al Jazeera

🔮 But the business has also been a nagging reminder of Robles’s 2024 vote, when he cast his ballot for US President Donald Trump, expecting an economic boost that would allow the company to flourish. “I have lost tonnes of business due to our president right now,” he said, blaming Trump’s tariffs and rising fuel prices. assertive

2026-11-02 · Al Jazeera

🔮 This climate of prejudice may be presenting as a national issue, but it has been years in the making in Texas, where state politicians have pushed rhetoric and policies that Muslim voters say stigmatise their very existence. assertive

2026-11-03 · Al Jazeera

🔮 “In terms of descriptive representation, minorities and others feel that if they can elect someone who reflects their values, for example, and who may look like them, their voting can be defined as one voice.” assertive

2026-11-03 · Al Jazeera

🔮 A Talarico victory would represent the first time a Democrat has won statewide office in Texas since 1994, with the party long hoping to “turn Texas blue”. assertive