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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Outline Election Demands Sent to States

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By: Zach Montague
A federal judge gave the government until noon on Friday to share which states had received letters trying to enlist them in an effort to find evidence of voter fraud.

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Early voting in New York City last week.
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Trump Administration Pressures California With Expanded Voter Fraud Investigation

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By: Devlin Barrett and Shawn Hubler
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.
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Polymarket and Kalshi Turn Midterm Elections Into a Multimillion Dollar Market

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By: Stuart A. Thompson and Lauren McCarthy
Betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have transformed America’s democracy into a new kind of casino.

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David Bensoussan has placed wagers worth over $1.5 million in over a dozen midterm races.
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From a Billionaires Tax to Abortion Rights, Voters Will Decide Policy

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By: Maia Spoto and Leo Dominguez
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.
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Third-Party Spoilers, Long Fueled by Both Parties, Could Matter This Year

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By: Reid J. Epstein
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.
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Four Scenarios for How the Midterms Could Go

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By: Nate Cohn
Expectations are cresting for Democrats, and some kind of wave seems likely, but so much will depend on a few close Senate races.

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Billionaire Tax Campaign Pins Its Hopes on Influencers and Social Media

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By: Laurel Rosenhall
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.
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Spain Crash Investigators Focus on Train Traffic Controllers’ Role

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By: Jason Horowitz
After the country’s second major rail disaster in a year, Spaniards were confronting questions about the safety of their once-vaunted rail system.

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Emergency workers were still searching for survivors and victims at the site of the crash on Thursday.
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The Red States That Could Decide the Senate

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By: Evan Reynolds · Laura Bult · June Kim · Sutton Raphael and Thomas Vollkommer
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.
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Ilhan Omar Investigation Involves New Scrutiny of Long-Disputed Marriage

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By: Ernesto Londoño
Several current and former law enforcement officials said an Obama-era investigation found some evidence that Ms. Omar had entered into a sham marriage with a man suspected of being her brother.

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Representative Ilhan Omar at the Capitol in Washington earlier this year.
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Alaska Governor Orders Criminal Investigation Into Peltola Campaign

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By: Kellen Browning and Anna Griffin
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.
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Is There a ‘Safest Seat’ in a Train Crash? Experts Say It’s Not So Simple.

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By: Mark Walker
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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Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Bid to Set Aside California Ballots

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By: Shawn Hubler
The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens.

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Election workers process mail-in ballots in San Diego.
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Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian Official

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By: Farnaz Fassihi and Tyler Pager
In his letter, the vice president suggested an immediate resumption of comprehensive talks, including about Iran’s nuclear program.

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Vice President JD Vance is said to have made the outreach in a letter sent last week via Qatari meditators and delivered Sunday to an Iranian official, Gen. Mohsen Rezaei.
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