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Saturday is the first day of early voting in New York and Empire State voters could help decide which party will control the House over the next two years.

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More than 15 million Americans have already voted early in the 2026 midterm elections. VoteHub head of data science Zachary Donnini joins "The Takeout" with a look at the numbers.

As Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto marks two years in office, public discontent is growing over the government’s handling of disasters and the high cost of living. This week, students and civil society members took to the streets.

Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews. Those charges could lead to years in prison and thwart their efforts to naturalize.

Candidate Kerrin Leoni resigned yesterday with early voting opening on Monday.

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.

President Trump's mass deportation operations and immigration enforcement actions could reshape the way Texans vote. CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez spoke with voters and officials about that.

Also, a top Trump health adviser resigns. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

A federal judge has ordered that President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration must halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote

Federal agents have knocked on doors in some states to check on citizenship and voter status as midterms approach, raising concerns over voter suppression by the Trump administration. Nicole Sganga reports.

Among the districts, Jhalawar recorded 69.16% polling, followed by Jaipur at 68.29%, meanwhile, polling was boycotted in some villages over grievances related to administrative boundaries and local issues

President Donald Trump will visit South Carolina on Wednesday to boost Graham, whose stumbles in her first campaign since replacing her late brother have Democratic voters hopeful — but not necessarily optimistic — that their candidate can break Republicans' grip on the state.

Election law expert Rick Hasen explains Trump's interference in the midterms, including threatening local officials with criminal prosecution unless they strike alleged noncitizens from voter rolls.

The startup initially set out to build better, faster, and cheaper surveying hardware in 2021.

<p>Laddli Khatun pulled one document after another from a yellow bag, desperately hoping one would be enough to keep her name on India’s electoral rolls.</p> <p>As the world’s largest democracy overhauls its voter lists, millions like Khatun are scrambling to re-establish their credentials, despite having voted before.</p> <p>Critics and opposition parties s

More than a million people have already voted in Florida as Former President Bill Clinton makes a campaign stop in the state to support Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly. CBS News' Cristian Benavides has more.

The Justice Department has charged 28 people in California with voting crimes as Election Day nears. And, TikTok staff raised child safety concerns with executives, who failed to act, court records show.

Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.