Midterm elections

Catholic voters shifted toward Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections after supporting President Donald Trump by a wide margin just two years earlier, initial exit polls show. 

Ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, a bipartisan group of more than 90 U.S. lawmakers urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to invite Pope Leo XIV to address Congress, saying …

Voters in Idaho rejected a ballot measure that would have established abortion as a state right, but voters in Nevada and Virginia approved similar measures.

Democrats won control of Congress in a landslide midterm election, with major ramifications for the final years of the Trump administration and its policies.

A federal appeals court panel ruled Idaho’s abortion ban may continue to be fully enforced as voters in the Gem State prepared to vote directly on the law.

As the nation heads to the midterm elections Nov. 3, Catholics are working to ensure peace at the polls and help the faithful exercise their right to vote.

In casting his ballot, Pope Leo became not only the first pope to vote in a U.S. election, but also provided what some observers called a timely moral witness.

Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV requested a mail ballot for the upcoming Illinois midterm elections, according to a county official. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Oct. 29 that the pope had placed …

The report filtered focus-group participants for those who identified as Catholics and said they were undecided in the upcoming elections.

“Please know that my intention was never to cause confusion, anger, or disappointment among the people entrusted to my care,” Archbishop Grob said.