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1909 items · updated Oct 31, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
An immigrant's death has reignited calls for the closure of a Folkston, Georgia ICE facility, where Luis Sandoval was detained and a hunger strike has been ongoing for over 2 weeks.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Anti-trans ballot measures in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska and Washington could restrict trans people's access to sports and bathrooms and limit gender-affirming healthcare.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Activists have gone around lawmakers to put proposed bans on transgender girls in school sports on Colorado and Washington ballots.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Ahead of the midterms, Trump offers a $1-million reward to voter fraud tipsters; the Trump administration has a push in California to segregate ballots from voters it considers likely noncitizens.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
Israeli forces have displaced over 3,000 Palestinians from their homes in Hebron, a West Bank city, since Friday, ahead of Israel's elections; Truthout reports Netanyahu extends the assault.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Ordinance 2920-2026 would authorize the Department of Development to enter into a Housing Development Agreement with Columbus Housing Partnership Inc. for the George's Creek apartment community.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama made campaign pushes ahead of the midterm elections, and a new CBS News poll reports Democrats are on track to take control of the House.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Building the Future, an offshoot of the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, jumps into the Kansas governor's race to boost Republicans.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
Axios reports President Trump will campaign with three football stars in Texas on Tuesday as Republicans scramble to turn out voters in the final week before the midterms.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
President Donald Trump is offering $1 million to anyone who reports cases of voter fraud in past elections or the 2026 midterms if it leads to a conviction.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
A U.N. human rights panel says Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza since the cease-fire and accuses it of crimes against humanity in the West Bank; Israel condemned the report.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Texas redistricting at President Donald Trump's request left many Latino voters in Houston and southern Texas facing unfamiliar candidates, and NBC News asks whether it will impact midterm vote.
Source: NBC News (nbcnews.com)
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger discusses election security and the political battle in the Peach State as Election Day nears.
Source: ABC News (abcnews.com)
Voters in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia could soon vote to strengthen abortion protections, while Missouri voters face a ballot measure that would roll back rights they approved in 2024.
Source: Prism (prismreports.org)
In late August, the Trump administration flew 12 Somali immigrants to an ICE facility at Guantanamo Bay, where Sakariye Abdi Mohamed told journalist Amanda Moore it was 'just like kidnapping'.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
PBS NewsHour reports on the key ballot measures voters will decide on Election Day in this year's midterm elections.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Columbus ordinance 2921-2026 would authorize the Department of Development to enter a Housing Development Agreement with Columbus Housing Partnership Inc. for the Pheasant Run apartment community.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Pollster Nate Silver says polling “would have to be very wrong” for Republicans to hold on to the House, a little more than a week before this year’s midterms.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The FTC has asked Anthropic executives to testify as part of its consumer harm investigation into the maker of the Claude AI model, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Press freedom groups argue Trump's media bans 'deprive the public'; plaintiffs allege they are no longer able to do their work without reliable access to White House information.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)