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Supreme Court shuts down Trump’s bid to block 20,000 California ballots

The Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed President Trump's last-ditch bid to block California from counting 20,000 ballots the feds say were mailed to suspected noncitizens.

He’s not on the ballot but Trump’s presidency is on the line Tuesday

The Trump era could effectively end Tuesday if Americans decide to hand Democrats control of Congress.

Americans put more than control of Congress to the test in the midterm elections

Midterms are usually a referendum on the party in power. This one is also shaping up as a stress test for some of the biggest assumptions in American politics.

A socialist mayor in D.C. and fast-track to a new congressional map in Maryland on Tuesday’s ballot

D.C. voters will in all likelihood elect the first socialist mayor in the history of the nation's capital Tuesday, while Marylanders prepare to cast ballots in a congressional redistricting skirmish that has ricocheted from state to state ahead of the midterms.

Another judge blocks Trump’s attempt to hold disputed ballots, saying they include legitimate voters

A federal court in Washington said Monday that the lists of 20,000 suspected noncitizens the Trump administration crafted from California's registration data is "flawed," and include dozens -- and perhaps thousands -- of legitimate citizen voters.

ICE officer accused of hitting immigrant in Houston with an SUV turns himself in

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who is accused of intentionally ramming his car into a Mexican construction worker in Houston turned himself in Monday, his attorney said.

Harvard beats Justice Department in court case over affirmative action data

A federal judge shot down the Trump administration's demand that Harvard University turn over details of its admissions process.

Trump spends final day of midterm campaigning talking about Reflecting Pool

President Trump spent the final day of the midterm campaign talking about his renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, an unusual closing argument for a president whose party faces the prospect of losing its grip on Washington.

What happens if the midterms produce a 50-50 split in the Senate

Among all of the possible outcomes of the midterm Senate races, the one neither party wants is a 50-50 split.

Duckworth condemns Trump’s low Halloween flyover, demands answers

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) condemned President Trump’s recent low flyover on Halloween in a Monday letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought.  The flyover occurred last Thursday during the White House’s Halloween party with Air Force One making two...

The Memo: Michigan Senate chaos may preview Democratic clashes ahead

Chaos in Michigan is raising the stakes even higher in one of the most closely watched Senate battles in the nation. The political world was agog on Sunday when Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) endorsed the GOP’s Senate candidate, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), over her party colleague Abdul El-Sayed. Democrats immediately and fiercely denounced Stevens,...

Massie pushes back on Rogers over claim young people are ‘against the Jews’

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Monday went after former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who is running for Senate in Michigan, over his claims that more young people are “against the Jews.” In an appearance on CBS News’s “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday, Rogers said “the next generation of kids thinks it's really cool to be against...

Trump touts oil price dip in closing speech

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Oil prices fall ahead of midterms President Trump on Monday touted a new drop in oil prices during his closing pitch to voters ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. © Alex Brandon, Associated Press International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $104 Monday afternoon, down...

How National Guard units are being deployed around the midterm elections

National Guard members in at least seven states will have some form of a role around Tuesday’s highly charged midterm elections. As Americans head to the polls, plain clothes National Guard soldiers are set to help monitor ballot boxes in seven Washington state counties, Iowa guardsmen are tasked with monitoring and defending election networks, and...

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