House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the top Democrat in the Republican-majority House, is joined by Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., chair of the House Democratic Caucus, as they criticize President Donald Trump and his policies while talking to reporters about the approaching midterm election, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Signs for Democratic candidates in the 2026 midterm election are seen outside of a home in Racine, Wis., Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

The Supreme Court is seen Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Southern University students participate in the traditional Pretty Wednesday on campus during lunch time in the Scotlandville section of Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Merchant Frank Levy works behind the counter at a gas station food mart in the Scotlandville section of Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Anthony Kenney, District 2 councilman for the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council, speaks in his office underneath a photo of him with former Vice President Kamala Harris, in the Scotlandville section of Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A man rides his bicycle past a closed meat market in the Scotlandville section of Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Karl Deisseroth, one of the three recipients of the 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine, answers questions at home on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)