US Politics

Ballot scanners stopped accepting paper ballots at most Westchester County polling places Tuesday morning, but officials and both major House candidates say voting continues and every eligible ballot will be counted. What went wrong Polls opened at 6 a.m. Eastern. Soon after, scanners at most sites across Westchester County would not take ballots, according to … Read more

Maine’s U.S. Senate contest could help decide who controls Congress, and ranked-choice rules mean the winner might not be clear Tuesday night. Why this race matters Voters across Maine are casting ballots Tuesday in a U.S. Senate race both parties treat as a national prize. Republican Sen. Susan Collins, seeking a sixth term, is the … Read more

As voters cast midterm ballots, the Supreme Court is weighing whether Colorado can keep Catholic preschools out of its free preschool program unless they admit LGBTQ families. What the justices are deciding On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026 — Election Day — the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, according … Read more

On Election Day, Virginia voters are choosing yes or no on three statewide amendments covering reproductive care, marriage equality, and voting rights after prison. Virginia’s Nov. 3 ballot goes beyond races for Congress. Three proposed changes to the state constitution ask voters to lock in or leave out protections that now sit mostly in ordinary … Read more

The Justice Department is sending more than 1,000 federal monitors to polling places nationwide on Election Day, its largest such effort on record, as both parties step up their own watch on the midterms. What the monitors will do According to NBC News and a Justice Department spokesperson quoted by Just the News, the department … Read more

On the eve of the midterms, the Supreme Court denied a Justice Department request to keep roughly 20,000 California mail ballots from being counted. What the Court Did Late Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Department of Justice’s emergency request in United States v. California. The one-line order, case 26A624, said … Read more

Flash floods on Florida’s east coast forced last-minute Election Day polling moves in seven counties, while rain and storms also threaten travel in other midterm battlegrounds. What changed overnight Heavy rain and flash flooding forced Florida officials to shift Election Day voting sites less than a day before the polls opened. Gov. Ron DeSantis issued … Read more

Election Day is here after a surge of early voting that already tops 57 million ballots, with control of Congress hanging in the balance. What is on the ballot Voters across the United States are casting final ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the 2026 midterm elections. All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats … Read more

On the eve of the midterms, President Donald Trump told Fox News viewers to treat Tuesday’s races as if his name were on the ballot, arguing his tax cuts and agenda hang on Republican control of Congress. What Trump said Monday night Calling into Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on Monday, Nov. 2, Trump said … Read more

In deep-red Louisiana, early Democratic turnout has turned an open U.S. Senate race into a real Election Day fight. Why this race suddenly matters Louisiana votes Tuesday for an open U.S. Senate seat that analysts long treated as a near-lock for Republicans. That outlook shifted after early voting closed. According to the Louisiana Secretary of … Read more