Trump’s Election Meddling Lies Mostly in Ruins

Foreign Policy · David Ignatius · 2026-10-15 18:56 UTC

The president’s push to tilt the U.S. midterms keeps losing in court.

The president’s push to tilt the U.S. midterms keeps losing in court.

For the past year, President Donald Trump has been waging a multifront campaign to rewrite the rules for the 2026 midterm elections and avoid a GOP wipeout. But so far, thanks to determined legal resistance, he has failed in nearly every phase of his assault.

The failure of his long battle to impose new election controls that would favor Republicans would be among the most significant setbacks of Trump’s presidency. He’s still trying, but Democrats and activist groups have mobilized hundreds of lawyers to challenge last-minute efforts to influence balloting in key states and congressional districts across the country.

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