A liberal judge won big in Wisconsin's April 1 Supreme Court election while the GOP held two Florida House seats. Both parties are spinning the results ahead of the 2026 midterm cycle.

Three spring elections have provided early warning signs to Republicans and President Donald Trump. The conservative Wisconsin judge endorsed by Trump and backed by Elon Musk and his groups to the tune of $21 million lost by a significant margin in a state Trump won in November.

This week on the podcast, host Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg News government reporter Ben Westcott about the key issues to be debated in the coming weeks, from tax cuts to Donald Trump, and the key things you should know about the battle for the top job.

President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Truth Social after Republicans Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis won two critical Florida special elections.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order directing major changes to how the US registers voters and counts mail-in ballots was challenged as unconstitutional in separate lawsuits filed by the Democratic National Committee and a slew of nonprofits.

The Associated Press called the race for Jimmy Patronis less than a half hour after polls closed in the GOP stronghold.