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First published 29 October 2026
The Trump administration proposed easing access to injectable peptides promoted for wellness uses such as muscle building and injury recovery. FDA scientific staff opposed the changes and warned they could undermine the agency’s role in keeping unsafe products off the market.
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The Pentagon told Congress that the estimated cost of the Iran war had risen to $47.1 billion. About $29 billion of the total is for replacing munitions.
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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered an investigation into Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign after reports that it helped recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
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The Justice Department has pursued politically sensitive investigations, charges and election-related lawsuits in the weeks before the midterm elections. Critics have raised concerns about politicization, while the department says it is following the facts and the law.
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The Trump administration’s deportation campaign has intensified clashes in communities and contributed to voter disapproval of its immigration approach, according to polling cited by AP. An estimated 660,000 people were deported in the past fiscal year, below the administration’s stated annual goal of one million.
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A federal court in Boston temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that refugee resettlement groups said could make it easier to strip thousands of refugees nationwide of legal status. The case challenges the policy’s procedures and its effect on due-process protections.
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A federal judge ruled that the acting US attorney in Los Angeles is not legally serving in the position. The decision follows disputes over whether Trump administration appointments to temporary federal prosecutor posts exceeded statutory time limits.
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A federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s request to stop California from processing ballots from up to 20,000 people alleged to be likely noncitizens. The Justice Department said it would appeal.
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A federal appeals court appeared skeptical of the Trump administration’s effort to set aside roughly 20,000 California mail ballots based on suspected noncitizen registrations. The case is part of a broader effort to influence state election administration before the midterm elections.
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A federal appeals court heard arguments in the Justice Department’s effort to require California to segregate ballots from roughly 20,000 people the administration alleges may be noncitizens. The court did not issue a ruling.
abc30.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 26 October 2026
The November 3 midterm elections will determine control of Congress during the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. Democrats need a net gain of four seats in both chambers to overturn narrow Republican majorities, while analysts expect debt-ceiling and government-funding battles in 2027 regardless of the outcome.
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The Justice Department is escalating election-related lawsuits, raids and arrests as the 2026 midterm elections approach. The actions are described as part of a broader administration effort targeting alleged election fraud and prominent Democrats.
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The Supreme Court has issued decisions affecting election administration before the 2026 midterms, including allowing New Hampshire to limit use of student identification and rejecting an effort to let the Postal Service withhold mail ballots.
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A shooting near Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s campus in Tallahassee left 11 people with gunshot wounds and another person injured, authorities said.
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New polling found Democratic candidates ahead in two key Pennsylvania House races, narrowly leading in a third and tied in a fourth.
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Federal prosecutors ordered at least 18 California counties to provide voter information and set aside ballots they believe may have been cast by noncitizens. State officials said the federal data may be unreliable and warned the demands could undermine the November midterm elections.
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California election officials said they were confused and frustrated by Justice Department demands to sequester ballots that federal officials believe were cast by noncitizen voters, escalating a legal conflict ahead of the midterm elections.
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An immigrant detained at the D Ray James facility in Folkston, Georgia, died as detainees continued a hunger strike over prolonged detention and conditions. A detained striker, his wife, attorneys and advocates alleged that officials and contractors threatened force-feeding.
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A New York Times report said the Justice Department had increased its interventions in the midterm elections through moves in Alaska and California, portraying the department as an instrument of presidential power responding directly to Trump’s demands.
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Legal experts say there is no obvious legal authority for a pre-emptive effort to block certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.
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The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that emit cancer-causing gases. His appointees then worked to gut the regulations altogether.
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A US appeals court ruled that the Constitution does not require the Trump administration to provide bond hearings for detained immigrants, a decision that could allow some migrants to remain in detention without a judicial opportunity to seek release.
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U.S. officials said Iran was in advanced stages of planning attacks against Americans. The government ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia and reduced staffing at other missions in the region.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change to act after President Trump said at a rally that US warships could intervene in Cuba on their return from the Iran war.
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Two former FBI officials were charged with lying to Congress about their roles in the bureau’s investigation of Hunter Biden’s laptop in a politically charged case filed ahead of the November midterm elections.
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President Donald Trump said he ordered the Justice Department to sue over Alaska’s Senate election. The lawsuit seeks to block certification of a Democratic candidate’s victory, citing alleged election-integrity concerns.
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A federal judge restricted election-related field operations and interviews under the administration’s Unlawful Voter Initiative when they involve or are likely to involve US citizens. The ruling followed criticism of the initiative’s data and methods.
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The Justice Department filed an unusual lawsuit arguing that confusion over candidates with similar names could taint the result of Alaska’s Senate race and seeking to block certification if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.
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A Migration Policy Institute report estimates that the Trump administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people over the past year, up from roughly 620,000 during the first year of its second term but below its stated goal of one million annually.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 23 October 2026
Calley Means, who helped unite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump and advocated food reforms, resigned after growing frustrated with stalled progress on the MAHA agenda.
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