They're former Democrats, Republicans and long-standing independents. Meet America's independent voters, who told us why they changed their minds.

Independent voters bring to the ballot a serious sense of dissatisfaction that will swing the 2026 midterm elections away from Trump and Republicans.

At a Fort Worth truck stop and beyond, Texas voters weigh Talarico's faith pitch and Paxton's baggage – and many just pick who they distrust less.

Health care does not run on two-year election cycles, but it is shaped by them. Voting gives you a say in the conditions that impact your health.

We all like to think we're free thinkers, and to an extent, we are. But parental politics matter – you can see it in the data.

My parents watched 'The Daily Show' every night. I laughed along – until I didn't. How a kid from Detroit ended up to the right of his whole family.

Border security and 'woke' pushed Starr County Democrats to vote for Donald Trump and Republicans in 2024. The cost of groceries could push them back.

Across America, election administrators and law enforcement agencies are planning for smooth midterms, but also preparing for potential disruptions.

A Democratic Senate could block President Trump's nominees until 2029. Justice Alito's decision to stay makes the midterms a Supreme Court election.

Elon Musk is bankrolling Ken Paxton in Texas and Republican midterm candidates across the country. Yet the Tesla and X CEO's hateful views go ignored.

White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia was fired too soon. Now we can only imagine the lies she might have told.

New York's Republican attorney general candidate is betting that safer subways and a crackdown on petty crime can win over frustrated city voters.

I came to the realization that for me to be able to keep my child in my life, I needed to open myself to learning.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico got softballs at his CNN-Jubilee town hall – and dodged crucial questions on abortion and voter ID.

Starr County, Texas, voted Republican in 2024, the first time in generations voters there chose the GOP.

On CNN, James Talarico said he would prioritize economic issues and immigration reform, making his case for why Texas should elect the Democrat.

The industry should acknowledge not just its own agency in how artificial intelligence is developed, but also the public's in deciding how it is used.

After questioning the rush to judgment against seven men accused of rape at Cornell University, I received hundreds of hateful messages and threats.

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's film 'You Can See Everything' showcases the disgraced Silicon Valley CEO's unflinching hold on popular culture.

Republican candidates are lucky to have President Donald Trump on the midterm elections campaign trail offering voters all kinds of free things.

We should be grateful Cheekface held a mirror up to our present day and created a truly relevant protest album.

LA indie band Cheekface has given us the Trump-era protest album we needed, holding a mirror to the cruelty while never losing a sense of humor.

An unpopular war, high gas prices and a president at a 38% approval rating. Republicans lost Congress the last time the numbers looked like this.

The Defense secretary's latest display of hypermasculine leadership comes in the form of a planned live-streamed execution of the Fort Hood shooter.

The public humiliation of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is not a rare act – it's the point. It has become the Republican way of politics under Trump.

Did Russian lab worker Darya Shipilova die of pneumonic plague? Once again, we are in the dark – and it is that lack of knowing that scares us.

From Michigan to Maine, Democrats are courting young men with gym-bro bravado. They just spent a decade telling us masculinity was the problem.

New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia inhabits the same deeply bizarre world as President Donald Trump and his Republican Party.

Dr. Steven Kull talks to USA TODAY Opinion about the work his group did to survey American voters on immigration across the country ahead of the midterm elections.

Rival views on Christianity by Ken Paxton and James Talarico are part of the likely most religious-themed election season in modern history.

No matter their politics, nearly all Americans agree that our immigration system needs reforming. They want a more orderly and controlled system.

My social media feeds have been brimming with those bemoaning the state of my modern friendship.

Counterintuitive as it sounds, a blue wave on Nov. 3 could be the GOP's silver lining for 2028. The pendulum never stops swinging.

Do American voters support governmental help with the costs of raising children? Dr. Steven Kull's recent survey of voters makes it clear that they do.

It may be time to update our assumptions about what American families want – and what they expect from their government.