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573 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
President Donald Trump told a rally for candidates in South Florida that U.S. warships returning from the Middle East could stop over in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
Researchers who track online influence operations say Kremlin-backed groups are renewing tactics used to sow distrust and discord as Russia steps up efforts in the final stretch of midterms.
Source: NPR (npr.org)
Musk has spent more than $442 million in the midterm elections, pouring another $76.8 million into his super PAC over the past month, campaign finance filings show.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Police in Germany raided a transgender and queer community health center in Berlin during a weekly gathering for transfeminine people, according to the organization.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Doctors and nurses in Washington warn that an anti-transgender sports ballot measure would subject girls to invasive sex-verification requirements to participate in school athletics.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
CBS News reports an ICE crackdown is prompting some Texas Latinos to turn away from Trump; one man says he regrets his votes for Biden and Trump.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
Washington Republican state lawmaker John Braun, running for a U.S. House seat, is campaigning for a ballot measure that would ban transgender girls from girls' school sports.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
New body camera footage shows a cop firing into a car's passenger side as it passed, in shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley; Mississippi investigators said the shooting was justified.
Source: The Intercept (theintercept.com)
More than 100 science, medical and nutrition experts sent an open letter Friday to the Office of Management and Budget urging release of the first-ever government definition of ultraprocessed foods.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
DOJ regularly monitors polling places; this year's effort on Nov. 3 will more than double the federal monitors deployed during the 2022 midterms, and some state officials are concerned.
Source: PBS NewsHour (pbs.org)
The Treasury Department moved to implement a bipartisan housing law, including a ban on large institutional investors buying single-family homes starting on Jan. 7, 2027.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Sen. Padilla questions a U.S. attorney over his threat to hunt down Texas voters and local officials in the midterm election.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
Florida drag queen Miss Bouvèé has raised over $25,000 for Pride by selling bricks from a Miami Beach rainbow crosswalk that was dismantled in October 2025.
Source: them (them.us)
A bodycam clip was released in the fatal police shooting of a Mississippi one-year-old; the family lawyer says an allegation of shoplifting does not warrant the death of a child.
Source: BBC News US & Canada (bbc.co.uk)
President Trump campaigns at a Fort Myers, Fla., stop before midterm elections to boost Rep. Byron Donalds, running for governor, and Sen. Ashley Moody, running for a full Senate term.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
The West Virginia Attorney General's Office subpoenaed at least six environmental groups in September for records regarding climate change and public statements about coal mines and gas wells.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
The U.S. Department of Justice will send monitors to three Oklahoma counties for the Nov. 3 elections, monitoring compliance with federal voting rights laws including the Voting Rights Act.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
Truthout reports at least 59 people have died in ICE custody since the start of Trump's second term; GEO Group announced DHS purchased two immigration jails in Adelanto, California, for $950 million.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. says the war with Iran could last another year, but he hopes Tehran will "come to the table" sooner.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
A special edition of The Morning Meeting ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections is presented in partnership with NewsNation and The Hill as the race for control of Congress enters its final days.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)