Oct 30 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction that would block Alaska from certifying its Senate election result if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses and votes cast for another candidate named Dan J. Sullivan could theoretically ch
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s months-long push to prod lawmakers to end the twice yearly practice of changing the clocks — including posting the phone number of a US senator this month — has run out of time this year. The United States will return to sta
By Luc Cohen Oct 30 (Reuters) – A US appeals court said on Friday that blocking California from counting midterm election mail ballots received from more than 20,000 registered voters the Trump administration alleges may not be citizens would risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The ruling could s
By Luc Cohen and Tom Hals Oct 30 (Reuters) – The Justice Department is investigating allegations that Democrats recruited potential spoiler candidates to run in Alaska’s US Senate race, and has asked a US judge to prevent certification of the vote if incumbent Republican Senator Daniel S. Sullivan l
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump are having a food fight in the closing days of the midterm election campaign, trading barbs over the Cheesecake Factory as voters prepare to decide control of Congress. Obama struck a nerve with
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) suggested Thursday his state’s midterm election certification process may be “stopped or changed” due to its investigation into ballot stacking allegations against Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola. NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Dunleavy about the state’s probe
The 2026 midterms have officially become the most expensive election cycle ever, with a handful of races dominating the ad spending charts. On Monday, the current cycle reached $11.21 billion in ad spending and reservations, surpassing the $11.2 billion spent during the 2024 cycle, which included $3
By Andrew Goudsward and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday intensified his effort to save Republicans’ congressional majorities ahead of Tuesday’s US midterm election, restoring planned 11th-hour rallies he had canceled a day earlier while stepping up leg
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Some of Tuesday’s US midterm races may take weeks to clear recounts and court challenges, but ultimately the Senate and House of Representatives decide who gets seated, a power that could matter if a handful of contests determine control of Congress. Fe
By Alexandra Alper and Michelle Price WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – US Senate Democrats plan to launch investigations into an array of issues, ranging from private equity’s impact on living costs to data center taxation and fears about AI, if they retake the chamber in next week’s midterm elections
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said on Thursday that broadcast networks should use “due diligence” before airing polls that could have been fabricated but he did not identify any specific broadcasts that raised concerns. Earlie
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department has escalated its investigation into the candidacy of an Alaska Senate candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, issuing more than 40 subpoenas and requests to preserve documents with more expected, a source famil
By Nate Raymond Oct 29 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked US President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing a rule that would narrow exceptions to new work requirements for Medicaid recipients with serious medical conditions. US District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston sided wit
(Undated) — Midterm elections are just days away and President Trump is taking his campaign push to South Carolina today after rallying supporters in Ohio Wednesday. Trump is scheduled to appear in Rock Hill in support of Republican Senator Darline Graham, who’s facing a tight race against Democrat
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – A lobbying group that says it represents farmers and meat companies is helping to fund $3 million in attack ads against Republicans in some of the most competitive US midterm election races, criticizing the party’s candidates on cost-of-living and anima
Oct 28 (Reuters) – The US Department of Justice said late on Wednesday that agents and employees from the FBI and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will not be serving as monitors during the midterm elections. Here are some details: • In a court filing in a federal court case brought by
By Ryan Patrick Jones Oct 28 (Reuters) – A Minnesota prosecutor charged conservative activist James O’Keefe and influencer Cam Higby on Wednesday with felony unlawful voting and identity theft for posing as registered voters at Minnesota polling places during the August primary as part of a hidden-c
President Trump Says His Endorsement ‘Turned the Whole Tide’ for Netanyahu in Israeli Election By The Media Line Staff President Donald Trump said his endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped boost the Likud leader’s showing in Tuesday’s Israeli elections, declaring that his i
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The Federal Election Commission restored its electronic filing system Wednesday night after taking it offline for nearly 41 hours to contain a cyberattack, which temporarily concealed spending from big donors as political donations ramp up in the final da
Oct 28 (Reuters) – CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Wednesday expanded their lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s efforts to ban them from the White House, saying even after a judge ordered their access restored they have continued to face retaliation for their news coverage. • The media outlets
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday said he is “honored” to lead the central bank’s policymakers and said politics played no role in their decision to skip a rate hike, rebutting at least indirectly President Donald Trum
By Bo Erickson and Nandita Bose CHILLICOTHE, Ohio/MORROW, Georgia, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Neither man is on the ballot but Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic former President Barack Obama took prominent roles on the campaign trail on Wednesday, with less than a week to go before congressio
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Democrats recruited potential spoilers in Alaska’s US Senate race, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Aides to Mary Peltola, the Senate Democratic nominee, worked with the campaign’s lawyers and senior staff at Senate Democrats’ campaign arm to recruit two candi
By Peter Eisler, Ned Parker, Mike Spector and Tom Hals Oct 28 – The Trump administration has issued more than 100 subpoenas demanding records on tens of thousands of voters in at least 13 states, part of an escalating effort ahead of next week’s midterm elections to uncover evidence of unlawful voti
House Republicans are dealing with the possibility that they could lose their majority next week and be launched into a divisive leadership race. Speaker Mike Johnson recently signaled he could stay on as GOP leader in the minority. But interviews with three dozen GOP lawmakers and senior Republican
Oct 28 (Reuters) – While the battle for Congress in November’s US midterm elections captures most of the attention, voters in more than three dozen states will also decide around 150 ballot measures, from the rights of transgender athletes, to abortion access, to the world’s first billionaire tax. H
By Nathan Layne Oct 28 (Reuters) – Michigan’s tight race for an open US Senate seat will help determine control of the chamber while testing two broader questions: whether identity-based attacks on a Muslim candidate can succeed in a battleground state, and how willing Democratic voters are to embra
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department sued a public school district in Maryland on Tuesday over transgender policies that it alleged violated federal law, the latest attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to limit transgender rights. The Trump adminis
(Washington, DC) — Consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in October. The Conference Board’s lead index improved seven-and-a-half points from September. The board’s senior economist Fergus McCormick said the recovery was “in line” with easing gas prices. But he also noted overall confidence “remained
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) – US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced widespread rebuke from civil rights groups, healthcare advocates and Democrats on Tuesday over his anti-Arab comments that the Council on American-Islamic Relations cast as “a textbook display of unvarni
