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Saturday, October 31, 2026

91 stories, ranked by how many outlets across the spectrum covered each one · Updated Nov 2, 2026, 9:37 AM ET

Topics this day: 2026 Midterm ElectionsAlaska PoliticsTexas PoliticsIranMaine Senate RaceMichigan PoliticsIlhan OmarVoting & Election LawIsrael & GazaFlorida Politics

  1. Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit in Alaska Senate race 8 outlets
  2. Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter 6 outlets
  3. Alaska officials ask judge to deny DOJ’s ‘impossible’ demand to set aside ballots 5 outlets
  4. Five dimensional chess: inside James Talarico’s extraordinary bid to break Texas Democrats’ losing streak 4 outlets
  5. Virginia and D.C. sue over Trump's planned arch 4 outlets
  6. Virginia and D.C. sue to block construction of Trump arch 3 outlets
  7. Trump has frank call with Netanyahu about next move in Iran war 2 outlets
  8. Trump Calls Former Lawyer’s $50 Million Deal ‘Obnoxious and Outrageous’ 2 outlets
  9. Final Campaign Push with Two Days Until Election Day 2 outlets
  10. Trump’s Proposed Triumphal Arch Faces New Pushback 2 outlets
  11. Ricketts leads independent candidate Osborn by 6 points in latest Nebraska Senate poll 2 outlets
  12. The Trump DOJ’s Futile Attempt to Indict Cassidy Hutchinson 1 outlet
  13. 5 races that will tell the story of the midterms 1 outlet
  14. How an Idaho Court Contrived a New Right to Abortion 1 outlet
  15. G20 foreign ministers end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues 1 outlet
  16. How to watch live 2026 election results on CBS News 1 outlet
  17. Talarico Makes Final Election Pitch to Texans: ‘You Are My Slingshot’ 1 outlet
  18. Susan Collins Is Always Keeping Score 1 outlet
  19. When will we know 2026 midterm election results? It may take some time, but that's normal 1 outlet
  20. Americans turn against socialism in last months before midterm election: Poll 1 outlet
  21. Trump and GOP Close Midterms With Ugly Personal Attacks 1 outlet
  22. Congress has limited power to shape policies affecting affordability, writes @greg_ip 1 outlet
  23. Polls suggest that Darline Graham is tied with, or trailing, Dr. Annie Andrews in a South Carolina race for the U.S. Senate 1 outlet
  24. Peltola repeats denial of ballot-stacking reports, stays silent on federal probe 1 outlet
  25. Trump administration attempts to bypass restrictions on sending Afghan refugees to Afghanistan: Reports 1 outlet
  26. This Sunday, conservative pastors will preach against Democrats’ claims to Christian faith 1 outlet
  27. As Midterms Near, Top Law Firms That Capitulated to Trump Are on the Sidelines 1 outlet
  28. How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine 1 outlet
  29. Sunday shows preview: Candidates make last-minute pitches ahead of Tuesday's midterms; Economy weighs heavily on voters' minds 1 outlet
  30. A Halloween Tale: Ghost Stories of the U.S. Capitol 1 outlet
  31. New Census data reveal a homeowner-renter divide in America's electric-car transition 1 outlet
  32. Live updates: Trump telerallies planned in 19 states; Atlanta G20 meeting continues after early tensions 1 outlet
  33. Michigan man charged with allegedly threatening to kill Kash Patel, 'his associate' 1 outlet
  34. ‘I Came as Donald Trump’: The President Hosts a Luxury Halloween at Mar-a-Lago 1 outlet
  35. Voters Usually Ignore Corruption as an Issue. It Now Has Their Attention. 1 outlet
  36. Alaska's decoy scandal brings back the usual suspects for shady election tactics 1 outlet
  37. Polling data remains at issue after Brazil, Serbia and Wisconsin election prediction markets were upset by supposed long-shot candidates 1 outlet
  38. Lula and Milei both owe their victories to Trump 1 outlet
  39. Can Democrats win Maha voters after Trump let them down? 1 outlet
  40. Troubling discovery on state voter rolls sparks action days before midterms: ‘Should have been fixed’ 1 outlet
  41. Can I trust the polls? And other questions from listeners about the 2026 midterms 1 outlet
  42. Democrats in key battlegrounds throw Joe Biden under the bus on the border 1 outlet
  43. Federal appeals court lifts Idaho ruling permitting abortions for women's health 1 outlet
  44. Iran's Supreme Leader threatens US with response if strikes are launched after midterms 1 outlet
  45. Iran's supreme leader orders "maximum" response to any U.S. attack 1 outlet
  46. Haley Stevens’s Political Suicide Mission 1 outlet
  47. DeSantis suspends Florida mayor charged with COVID-19 fraud 1 outlet
  48. CodePink leader adds muscle to well-funded fight to ban restaurant delicacy 1 outlet
  49. Mike Rogers claims he's ahead by 7 percent on ballots returned so far ‘by our models’ 1 outlet
  50. The Healthcare Election: Florida 1 outlet
  51. Election cheat sheet: These early races could tell us where the midterms are headed 1 outlet
  52. Evacuees from Russia-controlled Oleshky arrive back in Ukraine amid U.S.-brokered ceasefire 1 outlet
  53. CCTV, zip ties and election watchers: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted 1 outlet
  54. Scott Colom releases ‘Sinners’-themed campaign ad as Mississippi Senate race heats up 1 outlet
  55. Politics, norms and the DOJ's unprecedented pre-election headlines 1 outlet
  56. Week in Politics: Trump's Midwest pivot; sharper Democratic messaging 1 outlet
  57. Who are Ilhan Omar’s lawyers? Meet the high-powered Dem attorneys the embattled rep hired 1 outlet
  58. What a midterm race in Kentucky says about how Democrats may do in Trump strongholds 1 outlet
  59. Election officials worry about DOJ monitoring of Tuesday's vote 1 outlet
  60. Rubio says the US government did not facilitate Bolsonaro’s flight to the US 1 outlet
  61. More than 50m Americans cast ballots in early voting with three days to go before midterms 1 outlet
  62. Binance recovers 90 percent of stolen assets from hack 1 outlet
  63. How House Democrats' 'deterrence message' on Trump jobs could backfire 1 outlet
  64. Veteran Dem operative says subpar GOP candidates poised to hand over Senate majority 1 outlet
  65. Trump beware: US voters are concerned about government corruption 1 outlet
  66. The staggering $446m Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualized 1 outlet
  67. Trump push to oust Omar faces historic Supreme Court test, but legal experts see ‘uncharted’ twist 1 outlet
  68. Affordability, AI and Iran: Americans on the key issues guiding their midterm votes 1 outlet
  69. Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says 1 outlet
  70. How to follow 2026 Election Day coverage on Fox News platforms 1 outlet
  71. Why the Ilhan Omar saga isn't going away 1 outlet
  72. Dems' dire warnings about threats to democracy face an uncomfortable reckoning after Alaska election report 1 outlet
  73. Trump admin threatens Iran with 'consequences' as allies convene amid threats of post-election escalation 1 outlet
  74. This rightwing evangelical was one of Trump’s biggest backers. Why isn’t he talking about the midterms? 1 outlet
  75. Days away from a national verdict on Trump 2.0, we check in with nine voters across the political spectrum 1 outlet
  76. Top Democrats are fighting a billionaire tax in California. Their voters are on the other side | 1 outlet
  77. Anna Eskamani is bringing the 'Mamdani Model' to Central Florida 1 outlet
  78. Ads accusing Republican candidates of protecting Epstein fill airwaves in final midterm push 1 outlet
  79. How the SAT Lowered Expectations 1 outlet
  80. Kamala Harris urges a 'too big to rig' turnout for the midterms and tees off on Trump 1 outlet
  81. As Trump fans the flames of a world on fire, can diplomacy take back control? 1 outlet
  82. How Trump and his allies seek to interfere in the US midterm elections 1 outlet
  83. 5 state Supreme Court races to watch on Tuesday 1 outlet
  84. It’s closer to Beijing than Washington – and residents of this Alaskan outpost are reeling from Trump’s policies 1 outlet
  85. Will Tuesday be a a blue wave or just an anti-Trump surge? 1 outlet
  86. The 6 races that could decide Senate control 1 outlet
  87. How Obama appointee and Trump nemesis Boasberg ended up overseeing Ilhan Omar warrant, other key cases 1 outlet
  88. Home heating costs threaten to chill GOP vote in key Senate races 1 outlet
  89. New autism study complicates Trump administration’s search for cause 1 outlet
  90. Blackburn’s move to governor leaves Hegseth with potential parachute 1 outlet
  91. Paxton and Talarico tussle for Texas Senate seat as Trump campaigns virtually 1 outlet

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