早安。一路以来都有迹象。迹象表明这将是一场疯狂的大戏。3月3日，白宫发动对伊朗战争一周后，这场伟大的美国政治重组的第一张多米诺骨牌倒下了。
Good morning. There were signs all along. Signs that this was going to be crazy. March 3, one week after the White House launched the war against Iran, the first dominoes fell in this Great American Political Realignment.
那天，36岁的州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科击败联邦众议员贾丝明·克罗克特，赢得了民主党参议员初选。同一天在得克萨斯州，州众议员史蒂夫·托斯以15个百分点的优势大胜共和党联邦众议员丹·克伦肖。
That’s when 36-year-old state Rep. James Talarico defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett to win the Democratic primary for Senate. Also that day in Texas, state Rep. Steve Toth trounced GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw by 15 percentage points.
3月4日，参议员史蒂夫·戴恩斯（共和党，蒙大拿州）在截止日期前几分钟退出连任竞选，让他挑选的候选人在最后关头进入竞争行列。
March 4, Sen. Steve Daines (R., Mt.) withdrew from running for re-election just minutes before the deadline, sliding his chosen candidate into the race right under the wire.
4月12日，联邦众议员埃里克·斯沃韦尔（民主党，加利福尼亚州）退出州长竞选，并于次日辞去国会职务。
April 12, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) drops out of the governor’s race and resigns from Congress the next day.
5月3日，联邦众议员马克斯·米勒（共和党，俄亥俄州）赢得初选，此前他的岳父、参议员伯尼·莫雷诺（共和党，俄亥俄州）曾建议他退选。
May 3, Rep. Max Miller (R., Ohio) wins his primary after his father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R., Ohio) suggested he should drop out.
5月16日，参议员比尔·卡西迪（共和党，路易斯安那州）在初选中落败。
May 16, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.) lost his primary.
5月19日，联邦众议员托马斯·马西（共和党，肯塔基州）在初选中落败。
May 19, Rep. Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) lost his primary.
5月26日，参议员约翰·科宁（共和党，得克萨斯州）在决选中以近30个百分点的差距败给了特朗普支持的肯·帕克斯顿。
May 26, Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) lost a runoff to Trump-backed Ken Paxton by nearly 30 percentage points.
5月29小丹·J·沙利文提交文件参选阿拉斯加州参议员，使他成为该选票上第二位名为丹·沙利文的候选人。
May 29, Dan J. Sullivan Jr. files paperwork to run for Senate in Alaska, making him the second Dan Sullivan on that ballot.
6月9日，格雷厄姆·普拉特纳赢得缅因州参议员席位的民主党初选。
June 9, Graham Platner wins the Democratic primary for a Senate seat in Maine.
6月23日，纽约市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼支持的三名候选人在初选中击败建制派人选，令民主党领导层懊恼不已。
June 23, three candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani win primaries over establishment picks to the chagrin of Democratic leaders.
7月8日，普拉特纳因关于他对待女性行为的质疑不断升级而退选。
July 8, Platner drops out amid mounting questions about his treatment of women.
7月11日，参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（共和党，南卡罗来纳州）突然去世，其妹妹达琳不久后获任命继任其席位。
July 11, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) suddenly passes away, and his sister Darline is soon appointed to his seat.
8月4日，阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德在密歇根州参议员席位的民主党初选中以微弱优势击败联邦众议员海利·史蒂文斯。
Aug. 4, Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeats Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat in Michigan.
10月28日，阿拉斯加州州长和特朗普总统呼吁对阿拉斯加州民主党参议员候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉展开刑事调查。
Oct. 28, Alaska’s governor and President Trump call for criminal investigation into Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate, Mary Peltola.
玛丽亚·科里娜·马查多：这位委内瑞拉反对派人物自意外从流亡地返回以来，举行了首场新闻发布会，推动举行新的选举。
Maria Corina Machado: The Venezuelan opposition figure held her first news conference since her surprise return from exile, pushing for fresh elections.
二十国集团外长会议：国务卿马可·鲁比奥在亚特兰大主持全球顶级外交官会议。
G-20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts top global diplomats in Atlanta.
特朗普的周五：总统上午7:30（美东时间）接受密苏里州KCMO谈话广播电台的电台采访。他中午12:30举行政策会议，随后前往佛罗里达州代托纳比奇。他下午5点举行电话集会，随后于晚上7点在海洋中心举行中期选举集会。
Trump’s Friday: The president has a radio interview at 7:30 a.m. ET with Missouri’s KCMO Talk Radio. He has a policy meeting at 12:30 p.m., after which he will head to Daytona Beach, Fla. He holds a tele-rally at 5 p.m. and then a midterm rally at the Ocean Center at 7 p.m.
阿拉斯加参议院竞选已成为最混乱的一场。关于佩尔托拉竞选团队秘密招募搅局候选人以帮助其政党赢得关键的阿拉斯加参议院席位——并可能重夺参议院控制权——的指控，已成为本次中期选举最大的“十月惊奇”。司法部周四扩大刑事调查，发出数十份新的大陪审团传票。
Alaska’s Senate race has become the most chaotic. Allegations that Peltola’s campaign secretly worked to recruit a spoiler to help her party win the pivotal Alaska Senate seat—and potentially retake control of the Senate—has become this midterm election’s biggest October surprise. The Justice Department on Thursday expanded its criminal investigation, sending dozens of new grand jury subpoenas.
各州正为联邦政府可能的干预做准备。在数月来围绕美国人投票程序的敌对互动后，州选举官员与特朗普政府在周二中期选举前正以极度怀疑的眼光相互审视。两党州官员一直在为其选举流程接受显微镜般的审查做准备，其应急规划已达到新高度。
States are preparing for potential interference from the federal government. State election officials and the Trump administration are eyeing one another with extreme suspicion ahead of Tuesday’s midterms, after months of hostile interactions over the procedures for how Americans vote. State officials of both parties have been bracing for their electoral processes to come under a microscope, and their contingency planning has reached new heights.
康奈尔大学调查让莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯再次成为焦点。这位纽约州总检察长因多次起诉特朗普而建立了全国声誉，如今因主导调查康奈尔大学2024年性侵案件而身陷风波。两名兄弟会成员要求将她从调查中移除，辩称她通过公开声援所谓受害者已对案件形成偏见。
The Cornell University probe puts Letitia James back in the spotlight. The New York attorney general, who built a national reputation by repeatedly suing Trump, is now in the hot seat for her lead role in investigating a 2024 sexual assault at Cornell University. Two fraternity members want her removed from the probe, arguing she has prejudged the case by offering public support for the alleged victim.
1994年10月29日，一名26岁的陆军退伍军人向白宫发射了29发半自动步枪子弹，企图刺杀时任总统比尔·克林顿。克林顿当时在白宫内，但未受伤害。
On Oct. 29 in 1994, a 26-year-old Army veteran fired 29 rounds from a semiautomatic rifle at the White House in an attempt to assassinate then-President Bill Clinton. Clinton was in the White House at the time, but was unhurt.
我是达米安·帕莱塔，《华尔街日报》华盛顿报道主管。作为记者和编辑，我报道华盛顿已有22年。我曾报道白宫、国会、国家安全、联邦预算、经济以及多次市场崩盘。
I’m Damian Paletta, The Wall Street Journal’s Washington coverage chief. I’ve covered Washington for 22 years as a reporter and editor. I’ve covered the White House, Congress, national security, the federal budget, economics and multiple market meltdowns.