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Trump Cancels Rallies in Kansas and Iowa This Weekend

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By: Chris Cameron
30 October 2026 at 01:08
President Trump has been holding hours-long rallies for G.O.P. candidates nearly every day for weeks.

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President Trump at Joint Base Andrews, Md., after a campaign rally in South Carolina.

Republicans Ramp Up Investigation Into Democratic Plan to Pack Alaska’s Ballot

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By: Kellen Browning · Anna Griffin and Glenn Thrush
30 October 2026 at 02:18
The Justice Department issued subpoenas, a House oversight committee sought interviews and the state opened its own inquiry into a Democratic plan to recruit a spoiler into a Senate race.

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Republican anger grew on Thursday over a Democratic effort to stack Alaska’s Senate ballot with candidates to siphon votes from the G.O.P. incumbent.

How Common Is Ballot Stacking? What to Know as Conflict Roils Alaska Senate Race.

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By: Madison Malone Kircher
30 October 2026 at 00:39
As a conflict over candidates roils the Alaskan Senate race, here’s a look back at the political practice over the years.

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Polymarket Is Investigating Suspicious Bets on Israeli Election

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By: Lauren McCarthy and Stuart A. Thompson
29 October 2026 at 23:37
The company said it was looking into hundreds of new accounts that had placed wagers in two markets related to the election on Tuesday.

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Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at a Likud event in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
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Trump Administration Pressures California With Expanded Voter Fraud Investigation

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By: Devlin Barrett and Shawn Hubler
29 October 2026 at 22:09
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

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By: Stuart A. Thompson and James O’Toole
29 October 2026 at 11:55
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

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By: Maia Spoto and Leo Dominguez
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

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By: Reid J. Epstein
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

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By: Laurel Rosenhall
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

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By: Evan Reynolds · Laura Bult · June Kim · Sutton Raphael and Thomas Vollkommer
29 October 2026 at 09:01
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.

Ilhan Omar Investigation Involves New Scrutiny of Long-Disputed Marriage

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By: Ernesto Londoño
29 October 2026 at 12:30
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.

Alaska Governor Orders Criminal Investigation Into Peltola Campaign

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By: Kellen Browning and Anna Griffin
29 October 2026 at 07:22
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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