President Donald Trump insists Republicans have "so many good nuggets" to campaign on as they try to hold their slim House majority. On Tuesday, Trump spoke for nearly 90 minutes at a GOP policy forum. He spent much of the time defending past actions and joking about various topics. Trump emphasized the success of his 2024 presidential campaign and pondered why voters turn against the party in power during midterms. But he had little in the way of a fresh policy agenda or a cohesive new message to guide the year. And he warned that if Democrats regain control of Congress, "they'll find a way to impeach me."

Bomb threats to New Jersey polling stations, a voter roll mishap in Pennsylvania potentially affecting thousands of voters and warnings by President Donald Trump against California's mail balloting system is marking the final day of voting in an off-year election with several nationally prominent races. Voting otherwise appeared to be going smoothly Tuesday across the U.S., as voters cast ballots in the first significant election since Trump won the White House for a second time. Trump often warns of election rigging, and that was the case Tuesday when he posted to social media about voting in California's congressional redistricting measure. He said without providing evidence of any widespread problems that the process was "under very serious legal and criminal review."

Democrats are confronting stark divisions within their party as leaders grapple with their losses in the 2024 election cycle and how to confront an emboldened Trump administration. For months, Democrats have been struggling to coalesce behind a political strategy. While Democrats broadly agree on a core set of economic and social issues, they are divided over the best way to respond to the Republican administration's efforts on tariffs, immigration and other issues. But progressive and moderate Democrats agree their party must do more to reach working-class voters. Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts says the Democratic brand "absolutely needs to change."

California, Illinois and New York are shrinking. Texas and Florida are growing rapidly. With America's population shifting from reliably Democratic states to areas controlled by Republicans, Democrats are facing a demographic time bomb that could reduce their path to winning the U.S. House or the presidency for the long term. If current trends hold through the 2030 census, states that voted for Kamala Harris will lose around a dozen House seats — and Electoral College votes — to states that voted for President-elect Donald Trump. Democrats' path to 270 Electoral College votes, the minimum needed to win the White House, will get much steeper.

The presidential campaign comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day. This year's race has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts. Kamala Harris is spending all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome. Donald Trump is making four stops in three states, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. He'll end in Grand Rapids, where he completed his first two campaigns.

A judge in Philadelphia is hearing more testimony about Elon Musk's $1 million-a-day swing-state voter sweepstakes. A lawyer for the billionaire's political action committee said the so-called "winners" are not chosen by chance. Attorney Chris Gober said the voters are hand-picked to be "spokespeople" for Musk's pro-GOP America PAC. Gober also told the judge that Monday's recipient will come from Arizona and Tuesday's from Michigan, so they won't affect Pennsylvania's election. More than a million people registered for the sweepstakes. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said these people were scammed for their personal information and it's unclear how the PAC will use it.