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Alaska's governor orders a probe into Peltola's Senate campaign over spoiler candidate controversy

29 October 2026 at 17:46
Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate in the state after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting another candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.

WATCH LIVE: Trump rallies voters in Ohio after divisive Ramaswamy campaign ad

President Donald Trump is finishing the midterms with a cross-country blitz of campaign rallies that allow him to bask in applause when he's otherwise profoundly unpopular.

WATCH LIVE: 2026 midterms preview, plus your questions on voting

Ahead of Election Day, our politics crew takes a closer look at what to watch in the 2026 elections and take your questions around election security and voting rights.

What our final poll before Election Day says about midterms and Trump

27 October 2026 at 12:00
Democrats hold an 8-point lead among likely voters in the fight for control of Congress with one week until Election Day, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

Blanche says Trump isn't trying to meddle with Alaska election results by suing over Senate race

Blanche told CNN's "State of the Union" that President Donald Trump, who said Friday that he was "the one that said do it," is not trying to overturn state election results "in any way, shape or form" on the cusp of the Nov. 3 election.

Obama, in Midwest, assails 'cruelty' and indecency from Trump and his allies in the midterm campaign

Obama remains the Democratic Party's best motivator nearly a decade after leaving the White House. And he's taking his star power on the road in the final days of the midterm elections, which will help determine the balance of power in American politics on Nov. 3.

Trump casts his midterm ballot early in Florida

Trump has been criticized in the past for voting by mail despite his long history of railing against that method of submitting ballots.

Republican billionaire Rick Jackson is walking a Trump tightrope in his quest to lead Georgia

24 October 2026 at 22:04
Jackson's path differs from Donald Trump's, and the 72-year-old healthcare magnate and investor brings a vastly different persona to his first campaign. Unlike Trump, who was born to wealth, Jackson spent his early years bouncing through foster homes before launching his first company as a young man.

What's going on with Dan Sullivan and Dan Sullivan? The Alaska Senate litigation, explained

One of them is a Republican senator and ally of the president. The other is a retired schoolteacher whom Republicans accuse of being a Democratic plant to siphon away votes.

DOJ orders some California counties to set aside ballots from suspected noncitizens

The letters are the latest escalation in a legal battle between California and President Donald Trump's Department of Justice, which has recently focused on the state in its efforts to root out noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections.

Vivek Ramaswamy defends ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother

Speaking at a campaign stop, Ramaswamy said the advertisement, which features Acton's mother calling her "a liar," had nothing to do with childhood abuse.

WATCH: Trump defends Ramaswamy's attack ad against Acton amid bipartisan criticism

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, should keep running a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic opponent Amy Acton.

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall in debate blames Ukraine war, not Iran war, for high diesel prices

22 October 2026 at 23:03
The answer, delivered during a debate with Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton, aligned Marshall with President Donald Trump's freshly antagonistic posture toward Ukraine, which has spent more than four years defending itself against an invasion.

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