Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots amid criminal probe over Senate candidate
The latest developments come amid allegations, first reported by The New York Times, that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate in the toss-up U.S. ...
More than 43 million ballots cast so far in midterms early voting surge
Hispanic voters have helped drive the early voting numbers, which appear to outpace overall turnout for previous elections in some battleground counti...
Israel election results live: count of absentee ballots under way as coalition talks among Eisenkot bloc set to begin
With the final count unlikely to shift results significantly, experts say Gadi Eisenkot’s hopes of unseating Benjamin Netanyahu rest on his willingnes...
Judge rebuffs Trump DoJ’s bid to order California to set aside 20,000 ballots
Justice department had demanded state segregate ballots from people it claimed were non-citizensA federal judge declined to order California election ...
Trump administration asks Washington to set aside hundreds of ballots from suspected noncitizen voters
This is the latest sign of the administration’s attempts to challenge states with competitive midterm races that could determine control of CongressTh...
Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop California from counting mail-in ballots
California counties were told by DoJ to set aside and verify ballots administration claims belong to noncitizen votersA US appeals court on Monday ru...
California officials ordered by DoJ to set aside ‘likely’ noncitizen ballots
Letters from federal prosecutors represent latest escalation as Trump continues to make claims of voter fraudFederal prosecutors sent letters to count...
Headteachers threaten strike ballots after losing confidence in Ofsted
Unions tell government to fix ‘overbearing mess’ of inspection regime and its impact on staff wellbeing – or risk industrial actionTensions between En...
California sheriff ordered to return ballots he confiscated in voter ‘fraud’ inquiry
State supreme court rules Chad Bianco’s conduct unlawful and says he ‘must refrain from further handling’ of ballotsA Republican California sheriff mu...
Poll: Trust in the U.S. Postal Service delivering mail-in ballots on time has fallen
Registered voters are less confident that USPS will deliver election mail on time compared with 2024, an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds, after USPS wa...
North Carolina becomes first state to send out mail-in ballots for US midterms
State decides to proceed hours after Trump administration asks supreme court to let it carry out proposed crackdownNorth Carolina became the first sta...
New system for screening mail-in ballots risks denying entire batches, says whistleblower
US senator says that project, a key part of Trump’s voting restrictions, is ‘perilously rushed and potentially unlawful’A new system to screen million...
First Thing: Supreme court backs Trump’s ability to fire agency chiefs but rules against him on mail-in ballots
Decision in case concerning Rebecca Slaughter overturns decades of precedent curbing executive power. Plus how one man survived eight days lost in the...
US supreme court upholds law to count mail-in ballots arriving after election day
Court sides against Republican challenge after deciding earlier this term to let Louisiana effectively dismantle Voting Rights ActSign up for the Brea...
The Supreme Court upholds grace periods for mail-in ballots, siding against the GOP
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Mississippi law that allows election officials to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but re...
Midterm primaries 2026 live: results and reaction after six states including California and Iowa cast ballots
All the latest results and updates as New Jersey, South Dakota, New Mexico and Montana also vote in primariesCalifornia elections: governor, LA mayor ...
