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Trump Administration Pressures California With Expanded Voter Fraud Investigation

The department has issued grand jury subpoenas to local election officials as part of a widening effort to prove unsubstantiated claims about large numbers of illegal voters in the state.

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Voters casting their ballots in Los Angeles in June. At least two employees of Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office received grand jury subpoenas last week.

Websites For Midterm Candidates Are Filled With A.I.-Written Text, Analysis Shows

The use of A.I. chatbots to write candidate biographies and policy positions is another way the technology is entangled with elections.

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From a Billionaires Tax to Abortion Rights, Voters Will Decide Policy

29 October 2026 at 16:20
More than 140 statewide ballot measures will go before voters during the midterms. Here are the races we’re watching.

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Voters casting their ballots in Franconia, N.H., in the state’s primary earlier this year.

Third-Party Spoilers, Long Fueled by Both Parties, Could Matter This Year

29 October 2026 at 16:00
The other Dan Sullivan in Alaska has drawn the most attention, but both parties are quietly trying to use little-known candidates in other battlegrounds to siphon votes, too.

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Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher in Alaska, was recruited by Democratic operatives to join the race against Senator Dan S. Sullivan, a Republican, whose allies have been left worrying that voters will be confused.

Billionaire Tax Campaign Pins Its Hopes on Influencers and Social Media

29 October 2026 at 09:02
Supporters of a California wealth tax are short on cash and are relying on cheaper campaign methods to get their word out.

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Ifeanyi Ifediba usually creates videos about sports, anime and campus life. But he recently agreed to make a political ad to support the billionaire tax.

The Red States That Could Decide the Senate

Democrats need to flip four Republican-held Senate seats to regain the majority, but some of their targets are in states President Trump won by double digits in 2024. Our election data reporter Evan Reynolds explains just how difficult that might be.

Alaska Governor Orders Criminal Investigation Into Peltola Campaign

President Trump had lashed out at Mary Peltola after The New York Times reported that her campaign and national Democrats helped recruit spoiler candidates to the race. He offered no explanation of what crime may have been committed.

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President Trump campaigned this month for Senator Dan S. Sullivan of Alaska, a Republican running for re-election this year against Mary Peltola, a Democrat and former congresswoman.

In Michigan, El-Sayed Faces Heat From Former Primary Rival as Election Nears

29 October 2026 at 04:50
Representative Haley Stevens has been less than enthusiastic about Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, injecting late intraparty tensions into a race that could decide Senate control.

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Is There a ‘Safest Seat’ in a Train Crash? Experts Say It’s Not So Simple.

29 October 2026 at 03:16
After a high-speed collision near Toledo, Spain, killed at least 68 people, rail safety experts said the rough consensus that it is best to sit in the middle of a train has its limits.

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Emergency workers at the scene of a crash involving two trains near Toledo, Spain, on Wednesday.
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