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First published 26 October 2026
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.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
New polling found Democratic candidates ahead in two key Pennsylvania House races, narrowly leading in a third and tied in a fourth.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
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.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
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.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
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.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
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.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
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.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 25 October 2026
The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that emit cancer-causing gases. His appointees then worked to gut the regulations altogether.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
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.
investing.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
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.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
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.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
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.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
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.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
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.
axios.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 24 October 2026
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.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 23 October 2026
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.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 23 October 2026
The Supreme Court allowed New Hampshire to enforce a law barring student identification cards as acceptable voter identification in the midterm elections, reversing a lower-court decision that had blocked related state guidance.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 23 October 2026
The Trump administration withdrew its legal challenge to a proposed overhaul of the federal student loan forgiveness program after a rule change affecting employer eligibility.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 23 October 2026
A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations into suspected noncitizen voters in nine states until after the November 3 midterm elections, finding the government’s data unreliable and the inquiries potentially intimidating to voter-assistance groups.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 22 October 2026
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of a border-wall project in Texas’s Big Bend region to resume. A lower-court judge had halted the work after finding that opponents were likely to prevail in challenging federal waivers of environmental and other regulations.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 22 October 2026
The Interior Department asked a federal judge to reconsider approval of the New England Wind project off Massachusetts, the fourth offshore wind project targeted by the administration in recent months. The move could jeopardize a bipartisan Senate effort to accelerate permitting.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 22 October 2026
Two weeks before the midterm elections, Democratic Party leaders sued in federal court to block the Trump administration from taking over state election responsibilities or intimidating state and local election officials. The Justice Department said its actions are grounded in law.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 22 October 2026
The Supreme Court refused to let the Trump administration immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in federal prison. The decision leaves a lower-court block in place while the case proceeds.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 21 October 2026
Relatives and an immigration advocacy group say authorities are preparing to deport gravely ill detainees from two Florida facilities to unknown African countries where they have no ties. Flights could be scheduled as early as Wednesday, they said.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 21 October 2026
Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 36% in a New York Times/Siena College poll of about 3,494 likely voters. Fifty-nine percent disapproved of his job performance, while 52% said they planned to vote for the Democratic candidate.
theguardian.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 21 October 2026
A super PAC supporting the term-limited president has spent $277 million in the final stretch of the midterm campaign, a sum described as without parallel in American history and potentially helpful to struggling Republican candidates.
nytimes.com (English · subscription) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 21 October 2026
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned in a speech that the court’s rulings are contributing to political polarization and undermining democracy, two weeks before midterm elections.
apnews.com (English) ↗＋ SaveFirst published 21 October 2026
A New Jersey food importer sued to challenge President Donald Trump’s authority to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian goods under a Depression-era law, testing the administration’s continued use of emergency trade powers.
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