Bill Bradley: My Fear for the Midterms NYT - Top Stories By: Bill Bradley 27 October 2026 at 18:21 The buck must stop with local officials. © Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New York Times
Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit NYT - Top Stories By: Zach Montague 27 October 2026 at 00:04 By a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots. © Philip Cheung for The New York TimesBallots being processed in City of Industry, Calif., during last year’s election.