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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) shared her rationale for her recent decision to endorse former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the state’s contested Senate race, citing campaign ads, among other reasons. “Once I concluded that Abdul El-Sayed is not fit to serve in the…
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Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced the U.S. would be mediating upcoming Ukraine and Russia peace talks in Abu Dhabi next week. “The United States will mediate working-level negotiations between Ukraine and Russia on November 10–11 in Abu Dhabi, advancing President Trump’s mission to end the…
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Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico said he would want to work with President Trump on a bipartisan “Make America Great Again” agenda. “I would love, as the next U.S. senator from Texas, to work with Donald Trump to actually fulfill some of the promises of his political project,”…
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The U.S. military struck radar detectors and missile launchers on Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, a day before the U.S. midterm elections as mediators continue to push the two sides to reach a peace deal. The Monday attack is a continuation of strikes against Iran and was defensive in nature, a…
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A group of Senate Democrats accused Elon Musk’s social media platform X of giving the prediction market Polymarket “preferential treatment” on its timeline. In a letter to X leadership Friday, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Richard…
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Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story What role with the US military take at the polls? National Guard members in at least seven states will have some form of a role around Tuesday’s highly charged midterm…
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For the first time in decades, there's no pro-coal candidate for Navajo Nation president. Coal has been an important part of the economy, but voter sentiment is changing.
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Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) told reporters that if he was elected to the upper chamber, he wanted to pass an act related to 2026’s cyclospora outbreak: The Sh– Lettuce Elimination Act. “For a long time here in Michigan, right, over the summer, there were a lot of people who ate…
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The nonpartisan political handicapper Cook Political Report has shifted its rating of the 2026 Michigan Senate race to lean Democratic. In a post on the social platform X Monday, the Cook Political Report said it was “issuing its final Senate ratings of the 2026 midterm cycle” and that “the…
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Open enrollment for the Affordable Card Act marketplace opens Nov. 1, just two days before Election Day, putting healthcare in sharp focus the same year millions have lost coverage.
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In Washington, President Trump delivered his last expected public address, pushing a weaving message to the public about why they should support Republicans.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) condemned President Trump’s recent low flyover on Halloween in a Monday letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought. The flyover occurred…
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Monday went after former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who is running for Senate in Michigan, over his claims that more young people are “against the Jews.” In an appearance on CBS News’s “60 Minutes” broadcast Sunday, Rogers said that “the next generation of kids…
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National Guard members in at least seven states will have some form of a role around Tuesday’s highly charged midterm elections. As Americans head to the polls, plain clothes National Guard soldiers are set to help monitor ballot boxes in seven Washington state counties, Iowa guardsmen are tasked…
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The Supreme Court on Monday quickly rejected the Trump administration’s effort to force California officials to set aside 20,000 ballots it claims belong to likely noncitizens and must be investigated. The court’s one-sentence order contained no explanation and had no noted dissents. California…
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Federal officials said Marcotulio Melendez Diaz, 42, was arrested after allegedly raping a woman Oct. 11 in her Minnesota home.
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Thousands of voters in Washoe County, Nevada, received mail-in ballot return envelopes with the word “FALSE” written on them. A spokesperson for the county’s Registrar of Voters, George Guthrie, said in a statement to The Hill that the affected envelopes were “not limited to voters of any…
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President Trump’s political capital is on the line ahead of the midterm elections as a potential blue wave threatens his final two years in office. Trump has crisscrossed the country, holding 28 in-person campaign rallies in addition to a series of tele-rallies. The president has made stops in…
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A group of Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged Frank Bisignano, the CEO of the IRS, to answer for why the agency has delayed publication of data that shows how much money owed by taxpayers wasn’t paid on time. The lawmakers wrote in a letter to Bisignano that the IRS not yet releasing its tax gap…
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Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Doctors command the stage ahead of Election Day Dozens of Democratic medical professionals are on the ballot for Congress and top state offices, a direct rebuke of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the massive changes…
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Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Doctors command the stage ahead of Election Day Dozens of Democratic medical professionals are on the ballot for Congress and top state offices, a direct rebuke of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the massive changes…
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The Hill’s Decision Desk ’26: Election Night In America will feature five hours of live election coverage moderated by Cory Smith and Drew Petrimoulx, with further contributions from Chris Stirewalt, and a few special guests. As the go-to powerhouse covering politics and policy, and The Hill’s…
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As the Nov. 3 midterm elections approach, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are reportedly attempting to coerce Ukraine into unfavorable concessions before a potential shift in congressional power occurs in January.
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There's a lot of data coming at Americans from polls, predictions markets and political chatter. But it's important to take that information in with caution as much of it isn't predictive.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday defended the accuracy of its claim that more than 20,000 noncitizens are on California’s voter rolls after an outside analysis of the voter rolls said 4 in 10 names flagged as noncitizens were not on the state’s voter rolls. DOJ officials wrote in a filing…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia could use Tuesday’s midterm election to launch a massive attack against Ukraine. “We have intel that Russia is preparing a new massive attack on our country – primarily targeting energy and logistics,” he wrote in a statement on social media.…
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President Trump’s closing speech a day before the midterm elections focused on the reopening of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and other changes around Washington, D.C. Trump in remarks at the Reflecting Pool announced its reopening. He showed pictures of what was replaced and said it should…
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President Trump’s closing speech a day before the midterm elections focused on the reopening of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and other changes around Washington, D.C. Trump in remarks at the Reflecting Pool announced its reopening. He showed pictures of what was replaced and said it should…
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President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are underwater in their approval ratings with veterans and military members, according to a poll conducted by Common Defense. In a survey of 731 active-duty service members, veterans and military families, 67 percent of respondents said they…
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Former Chicago FBI chief Douglas DePodesta sued President Trump and other top administration officials, alleging he was forced to resign after a federal prosecutor sought to blame him for the collapse of a controversial case against six protesters opposing the federal immigration crackdown.…
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President Trump on Monday touted a new drop in oil prices during his closing pitch to voters ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $104 on Monday afternoon, down from as high as $112 earlier in the day. U.S. benchmark WTI was trading at about $96…
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Jason Turkish, Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-Mich.) fiancé, has divided Michigan Democrats after he and the lawmaker endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Turkish’s pledge to vote for Rogers followed attacks against El-Sayed for using “antisemitic…
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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) suggested former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), whom she recently endorsed for the Senate seat in Michigan over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, could be similar to two Republican senators known to buck their party. In an interview released Monday by The Free Press,…
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Democratic Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan touted her bipartisan record but couldn't name one Trump policy she'd support, citing "continued grift."
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Iran offered to open the Strait of Hormuz on several conditions during negotiations, as President Trump has warned he is open to authorizing major combat operations against Tehran after the November midterm elections. Iranian officials are demanding that the U.S. government lift sanctions and…
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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) released a new campaign ad this past weekend responding to attacks toward him over his medical debt lawsuits against former patients, reportedly bucking his campaign team’s guidance. “When I practiced as a small-town OB doc, often serving as the only OB in the middle…
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Parts of a business jet appear to have broken off before the aircraft crashed in South Florida and erupted into a ball of flames, killing all nine people on board, a federal investigator said Monday. Video recorded by a passersby captured the terrifying moment on…
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Kansas Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton called his opponent’s attempt to explain away his past lawsuits against indebted patients “desperate.” Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), an obstetrician, recorded a video disputing claims that he sued more than 700 former patients for overdue medical…
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The findings come amid media reports of a possible religious revival among young Americans, especially conservative men.
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Patients who improved their fitness while waiting for a transplant were about 50% less likely to die before receiving an organ, researchers found.
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Other top choices were affordability, data center, unc, and odyssey.
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Kansas Democratic Senate Candidate Adam Hamilton said it was “pathetic” for President Trump to call him a “perverted pastor” at a Sunday rally in support of Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.). “I think it’s sad, it’s pathetic to be calling a pastor a pervert and all the things that he’s been saying,”…
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Monday threatened to sue the Trump administration over Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s (ICE) alleged use of city property. In a letter addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, acting ICE Director David Venturella and ICE New York…
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Longtime sportswriter and television commentator Michael Wilbon is taking an extended break from “Pardon the Interruption,” the long-running ESPN debate show, to focus on his health. Wilbon, in a statement posted Monday to social platform X, said he was stepping back from the show indefinitely,…
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Playwright David Mamet, songwriter Paul Anka, composer David Foster, actor Andy Garcia and country music singer Barbara Mandrell are poised to receive the Kennedy Center Honors this year, at a ceremony that will be held off-site amid a legal battle over renovations and adding President Trump’s…
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's September directive mobilizes the entire Defense Intelligence Enterprise for midterm election security overseas.
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The judge said he was "deeply troubled" by the mistakes and rushed nature of the case over the FBI's Hunter Biden probes — one of several politically charged DOJ actions ahead of the midterms.
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Stevens is entitled to disagree with El-Sayed, but repeatedly creating headlines that undermine your own party's nominee days before an election that could decide the balance of power in the Senate is absurd.
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Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has settled claims alleging the platform was intentionally designed to be addictive for young users, ending the bellwether trial two days before opening arguments in Los Angeles. The settlement, announced Monday by the legal teams for plaintiffs for “S.J.” and…
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In an op-ed, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain argues that the 119th Congress focused on reducing federal authority through record-breaking regulatory repeals, tax extensions, and border security measures.
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GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers defended Dem Rep Haley Stevens as top Democrats erupted over her decision to cross party lines and endorse him over Abdul El-Sayed just before Election Day.
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Unsurprisingly, Democrats are furious, and are roundly denouncing her as a traitor.
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U.S. manufacturing activity expanded slightly in October, marking 10 straight months of growth leading into the midterms. The manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) was 55.5 percent last month, up from 54.5 percent in September, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Monday.…
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Former police chief Brian O'Hara argues that instead of banning license plate readers due to privacy concerns and misuse, Congress should implement strict federal regulations regarding data retention, independent oversight, and manual verification.
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Liberal commentator Van Jones on Sunday described Rep. Haley Stevens’s (R-Mich.) recent endorsement of GOP Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers as flushing “herself down the toilet.” During a panel on CNN on Sunday night, Jones praised Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s message…
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President Trump will make his final pitch to voters Monday afternoon ahead of the midterm elections, hoping to boost Republican support as control of Congress hangs in the balance. But rather than holding another campaign rally, Trump will deliver remarks from the revamped Lincoln Memorial…
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Actor Bill Murray walked onto a CNBC set Monday and interrupted an interview with President Trump’s top economic adviser Kevin Hassett. The “Saturday Night Live” and “Ghostbusters” star interjected during the National Economic Council director’s appearance on the financial news show “Squawk Box.”…
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For Donald Trump, no matter how the election is decided, he stands to gain.
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Ukraine is accusing Russia of using a localized ceasefire agreement for the border city of Oleshky, brokered by first lady Melania Trump, to shore up its military positions around the city. The truce for the Russian-occupied town located in southern Ukraine began on Tuesday and ended late Sunday,…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says Democrats will consider “next steps” for Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) when Congress reconvenes next week, after the lawmaker endorsed former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) in the Michigan Senate race. “Haley Stevens made a terrible decision, blindsided…
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