Every new angle at which you view last night’s Wisconsin election results looks crazier than the next.

Iran War Live Updates: Cease-Fire Tested by Confusion Over Strait and Strikes on Lebanon www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Stung by Voters, Republican Legislators Move to Curb Citizen Initiatives www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

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In 103 qualifying special elections, Dems are now outperforming the 2024 presidential results by an average of 12.9 points. In 2017-18, it was 10.6 points. But the *frequency* of overperformances has leapt, too. The GOP outperformed in 30% of '17-18 specials. This cycle, it's just 15%. Big Board:

Virginia Redistricting Referendum 2026: Latest Polls www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Live Updates: Suspect in Gilgo Beach Murders Pleads Guilty www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Clay Fuller, a Republican, won a special election in a rural part of Georgia on Tuesday to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, but Democrats shifted the district 25 points to the left since the 2024 presidential race. Conservative candidates also lost in Wisconsin. See three takeaways from the results.

Iranians were grappling with a confusing brew of emotions after a temporary cease-fire was announced between the U.S. and Iran, including fears that the government would flex its power at home to reassert its authority.

Democrats Pulled Off Their Biggest Shift Yet Among House Specials Since 2024 (Caroline Soler and Christine Zhang, NYT-unlocked) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

So on the same day that BLS reported the lowest household survey response rate on record, the White House is proposing further budget cuts. Pretty much every economist that I've talked to says that we should be investing more money in the statistical system right now, not less.

Even if the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens (and stays that way), it will take time for the flow of energy to return to normal. Smart story from @rfelliott.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...

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While similar in 1980, the U.S. and its peers have diverged in life expectancy and health spending over the past 40 years. Health care spending has grown faster in the U.S. than in peer countries and life expectancy has grown slower: https://on.kff.org/4dYBbRB

In 2024, Donald Trump won 34 of 72 Wisconsin counties with 60% or more. On April 7th, 2026, the conservative Supreme Court candidate won only 3 counties by 60% or more: Washington, Taylor, Florence. The WTF counties. 3/n

Democrats Pulled Off Their Biggest Shift Yet Among House Specials Shawn Harris lost by about 12 percentage points in the 14th Congressional District in Georgia, but he shifted the district 25 points to the left. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

The survey, conducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, is the first high-quality, nonpartisan poll to capture New Yorkers’ views of Mr. Mamdani, 34, since he took office on Jan. 1.

Trump's campaign of "retribution" continues as Justice Department assigns its civil rights division to investigate Cassidy Hutchinson, who outraged Trump four years ago after her congressional testimony implicated him in Jan. 6. @alanfeuer.bsky.social Michael Schmidt www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

“If we actually want a democracy that reflects the thoughts of the country as a whole and delivers for everyone, we need to stop designing institutions around the ‘natural leaders,’” Hélène Landemore writes.

“Policy-as-politics doesn’t work,” Sam Rosenfeld and Daniel Schlozman write about the Democrats’ current trajectory. “Parties can, and historically have, forged stronger, more sustainable connections with voters through other means” — like the art of mass politics.

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: If you purchased tickets for the 2026 World Cup, you might find that your seats have moved. Ticket buyers are accusing FIFA of “misleading” them with stadium maps that misrepresented the potential location of seats.

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz — a central aim for the U.S. when it agreed to a cease-fire with Iran — would be the first step toward getting more energy flowing through the Persian Gulf. But bringing its energy system back to something akin to normal will take months.

The cease-fire agreement between Iran and the U.S. has been greeted with relief around the world. But what comes next is far from certain. Here's what we know.

Democrats overperformed by drastically more in heavily Latino precincts than their overall 25-point overperformance in Georgia’s 14th District. This special election is yet another sign that Trump’s Latino support has collapsed since 2024, just like in New Jersey and Virginia’s elections last year

Overall, Shawn Harris improved upon Kamala Harris's GA-14 margin by 25%. He lost by 12 while she lost by 37. But in the five most Hispanic precincts in the district, he improved upon her margin by a whopping 42%. He won them by 28% while she lost them by 14%.

It is brutal for the Republicans along the border of Wisconsin and Minnesota. This is usually swing voter territory; it is, however, the same media market as Minneapolis.

What a result: A Democratic-backed candidate has won the mayoral election in Waukesha, the biggest city in the notoriously conservative Waukesha County. Alicia Halvensleben will be the next mayor. She defeated a GOP state lawmaker.

rural Wisconsin counties that went for Trump by roughly 20% voted for the liberal candidate today.

His tactic resolved none of the fundamental issues that led to the war www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

Democrats actually did even better in heavily Hispanic Dalton than in the first round, which was already a massive swing from Kamala’s 2024 performance. Shawn Harris won these two Hispanic-majority precincts by 73% — +3 from in March and a whopping 51% improvement over 2024.

Fuller prevailed 56-44 in #GA14, a longtime GOP stronghold that Trump carried 68-31. Everyone agreed Fuller would win, but his 12-point showing is a gigantic 25% underperformance compared to Trump's 37-point margin of victory.

Idaho cut wraparound services for people with schizophrenia. In the weeks after the service was discontinued, there was a preventable death among the program's former clients. And another. And another. And another. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/h...

Wisconsin continues to be the state with the largest share of women on the top court. (The only man on the court won his seat by only half a percentage point.)

April 2025: Jimmy Patronis (R-Fla.) won special US House election with 57% in a Trump 68% district #fl01 April 2026: Clay Fuller (R-Ga.) won special US House election with 57% in a Trump 68% district #ga14

Breaking News: Chris Taylor won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, widening liberal control of the court to a 5-to-2 majority.

It goes without saying but Republicans are having a really, REALLLLY bad night electorally.... Like, 5-alarm fire bad.

These swings are ungodly, even in the context of the normal Dem advantage in specials

Final results in the Georgia #SD53 (Trump+58) special election: Lanny Thomas (R)- 68.7% Jack Zibluk (D)- 31.3% Over 20 point overperformance for the Democrats in northwest Georgia!

We have live estimates for tonight's Wisconsin Supreme Court race. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In just a few minutes, polls close in Wisconsin, where the top race is for a conservative-held state Supreme Court seat that liberals are hoping to flip. If they do, they'd extend their majority to 5-2. Here's an NYT gift link for the results:

Follow live results from Georgia's 14th Congressional District special runoff election.

While passing by the far side of the moon, the Artemis II crew saw parts of the moon that were never observed with human eyes before. Here's what they saw. nyti.ms/3Qp9Cak

NEW: At a moment when voters are angry about the economy, President Trump is proposing to cut a slew of programs that help families in financial trouble, including energy bill assistance -- all to offset the cost of a massive military boost www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

Breaking News: President Trump announced a two-week cease-fire with Iran, backing down from his threats of imminent devastation. Follow live updates.

President Trump, his administration and GOP lawmakers have prompted baseless claims with mailed ballots and fraudulent voting, but the evidence doesn’t support them. Here’s a fact-check. nyti.ms/4me7ZbD

Polls close at 7pm ET in Georgia. They close at 7pm local, meaning 8pm ET, in Oklahoma. They close at 7pm local, meaning 8pm ET, in Missouri. They close at 8pm local, meaning 9pm ET, in Wisconsin. They close at 7pm local, meaning 10pm ET, in Arizona.

It could help Democrats avoid being shut out of the general election. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...

Colleagues Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman have new insider details of how Trump decided to go to war with Iran, including Netanyahu's hard sell that Iran was ripe for "regime change." That's also the title of their upcoming new book on Trump. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

This is astonishing. "The president’s advisers could see that he had been deeply impressed by the promise of what Mr. Netanyahu’s military and intelligence services could do, just as he had been when the two men spoke before the 12-day war with Iran in June."