Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find  —  Democrats are up in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio, have an edge in Alaska and are effectively tied with Republicans in Iowa, new New York Times/Siena polls found.  —  Democrats are ahead of Republicans …

DOJ points to legal losing streak in bid to toss out Democrats' election interference lawsuit  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) made a baffling argument when it asked a federal judge to dismiss Democrats' election interference lawsuit*: The department's streak of bruising court losses proves …

Haley Stevens' act of bravery as her party abandons Jewish voters  —  Haley Stevens is a “proud Democrat” who bashed GOP candidate Mike Rogers just this past summer.  —  So think about how bad Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed must be for Stevens to cross the political aisle and endorse Rogers …

Judge dismisses complaint against 2 ex-FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of falsely downplaying their knowledge of a laptop the Justice Department says belonged to Hunter Biden.

Ex-Chicago FBI boss sues Trump admin saying he was wrongfully blamed for botched ‘Broadview 6’ case  —  Douglas DePodesta's lawsuit, filed Monday, targets the FBI, the Justice Department, Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros.

The Racism Scam  —  Republicans are stoking hatred.  —  Faced with flagging numbers over an unpopular and unnecessary war in Iran, inflation exacerbated by tariffs, lawless immigration enforcement, and corruption, Republicans have gone back to basics for their closing message: stoking hatred against minority groups.

‘A lot of Republicans have held their tongues’: Anger at Trump is growing … Republicans are already privately blaming President Donald Trump as they brace for losses on Tuesday.  —  Even as they race to distance themselves from his actions on tariffs, the unpopular Iran war …

Trump vows to protect Musk, floats pre-emptive staff pardons  —  President Trump said Monday he'd move to protect Elon Musk if Democrats investigate the SpaceX and Tesla CEO after midterm elections.  — He also suggested the possibility of pre-emptive pardons for staff and others around him if Democrats win the election.

Fox hawks say new Iran strikes are coming “after the midterms”  —  Fox News hawks who suggested in June that President Donald Trump should “slow-walk” the Iran war to preserve the GOP's political standing in the months leading up to the midterms and then resume combat operations after Election …

Early vote data shows Latinos, young people, Democrats surging in turnout  —  New voters are younger, more Latino and much less Republican than new voters in 2022  —  THE POLLS HAVE SHOWN for months that Democrats are headed for a big midterm.  And now that final early-voting numbers are in from Texas …

Blue Texas Is a Mirage—Until It Isn't  —  In the reddest of states, a perfect storm offers Democrats their best chance in two generations.  —  Weatherford, Texas  —  “It's not the heat, it's the humidity.”  —  When used to describe the outdoors, this phrase is scary enough.

Weirdly, There's One Blue State the Blue Wave Might Not Reach  —  In this run-up to the midterms, Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Brad Tabke has knocked on thousands of doors in order to keep his seat as the state representative for Shakopee, Minnesota.  “It's going really well,” he insists.

Learjet co-pilot in fatal Florida crash ID'd as Nathalia Gadelha, 20, who got her license in high school  —  PALM SPRINGS, Florida — The doomed Learjet co-pilot heard pleading for help in harrowing air traffic control audio before the fiery Florida crash has been identified as Nathalia Gadelha …

The media blackout of the new rape allegation against Trump  —  On October 26, the Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee released a report that contains a new, detailed allegation of rape against President Trump.  The committee interviewed Beatrice Keul, a Swiss model who met Trump …

Fox News loses its grip on the culture wars  —  Coded bigotry is harder to sell when MAGA gets unfiltered garbage online  —  In any other election cycle, a viral Fox News gaffe would have registered only as a momentary laugh.  Last week, reporter Lucas Tomlinson was covering a South Carolina rally …

Kansas Senator Goes Rogue With Video Response to Medical Debt Lawsuits  —  Roger Marshall, a Republican senator whose re-election bid has grown surprisingly competitive, wanted to push back against attacks.  His team didn't agree.  He ignored the guidance.

Morning Digest: The battlefield makes one last push into unimaginable turf  —  Deep red states and districts that had never looked competitive now have the GOP panicked  —  In the waning days of the 2026 midterms, the electoral battleground has pushed into once unimaginable territory …

Petrol prices set to hit record high under Trump on eve of US elections  —  Average fuel costs during president's second term pass Biden-era levels as affordability issues dominate Tuesday's midterm polls

Newsom proposes $1 billion California film and TV tax credit  —  LOS ANGELES — Gavin Newsom on Monday proposed expanding California's film and television tax credit program to at least $1 billion, a year after the state more than doubled it to $750 million annually.