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Hand-picked by The Trends Incoming team · updated 2026-10-14
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Midterms: 20 days out
Every House seat, 35 Senate races and 36 governor races are on the ballot Nov 3. Polls in several Senate races are inside the margin of error, and they disagree. Ohio is a good example: one poll has Brown (D) ahead, another has Husted (R) ahead.
Oct 31 government funding deadline
Congress has until Oct 31 to fund federal agencies. The sticking points are policy riders, including DHS immigration-enforcement provisions. Republican and Democratic leaders each say the other side's terms are the obstacle.
Lame-duck to-do list
After the election, Congress gets about 24 legislative days. On the list: funding past Dec 11, the defense policy bill, and farm and surveillance reauthorizations.
SCOTUS: Beaird v. United States
Can courts still defer to Sentencing Commission commentary after Loper Bright? Justices from both wings sounded skeptical of changing the rule. A decision is due by July.
SCOTUS: Salazar v. Paramount Global
Today's argument asks how far the Video Privacy Protection Act reaches. It matters for every site that embeds video.