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Al Jazeera looks at the key takeaways from the US president's campaign event in Michigan ahead of the midterm vote.

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Trump, who imposed a travel ban targeting several predominantly Muslim countries during his first term, has increasingly leaned into anti-Muslim rhetoric as Election Day approaches.

The Department of Justice has faced criticism that its lawsuit is aimed at blocking a Democratic victory in a key race.

Democrats have maintained they have no connection to Daniel J. Sullivan.

Peltola required medical attention after the accident, which happened when another vehicle crashed into the one transporting Peltola and her family, the campaign said.

Anchorage police confirmed a crash involving three vehicles occurred Saturday and said those involved sustained “non-life threatening” injuries.

Blanche told CNN's "State of the Union" that President Donald Trump, who said Friday that he was "the one that said do it," is not trying to overturn state election results "in any way, shape or form" on the cusp of the Nov. 3 election.

Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department's suit over Alaska's Senate race in an interview on CNN.

The once-reliably red state has become competitive turf for Democrats – and the GOP has taken notice.

Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola sustained "minor injuries" in a car accident, her campaign said.

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On the trail, James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee, has increasingly gone after Mr. Musk, a critic of his who has given big to a group aligned with the Republican candidate, Ken Paxton.

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In a climate where polls show Trump's approval cratering, Dems are optimistic about Scott Colom's chances of flipping Republican senator's seat in deep-red Mississippi.

Attorneys for Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and Senate Democrats filed a motion Friday urging a federal judge to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking to block the results of the upcoming election if Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan loses.

On Thursday, the DOJ filed a lawsuit to block Alaska from certifying its senate election results if Republican Dan S. Sullivan, the incumbent, doesn’t win.

Lawsuits filed by candidate Mary Peltola and a voters' rights group challenge Trump's preemptive efforts to block a Democratic Senate victory in Alaska.

Democrats are increasingly optimistic about the midterms. But they are being outspent by Republicans. And they are trying to compete in states that favored President Trump by large margins.

One of them is a Republican senator and ally of the president. The other is a retired schoolteacher whom Republicans accuse of being a Democratic plant to siphon away votes.

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The intervention by a president to launch a preemptive challenge against a possible election result casts a new shadow over the midterms.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune campaigned with GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson in Iowa on Friday in his latest effort to prop up Republican candidates on the campaign trail.

President Trump is calling into question the integrity of the upcoming Alaska Senate vote, asking the Justice Department to block future certification over possible confusion around the identities of two candidates who share the same name. Nancy Cordes has more.

President Trump's Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to block the certification of Alaska's Senate race if incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses. It argues the presence of another GOP candidate, named Daniel J. Sullivan, could create confusion for voters and benefit Democrats. CBS news legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks it all down.

President Trump told the Justice Department to intervene in the race, where polling shows Republicans at risk of losing a seat.

President Trump is making a final push to help Republicans maintain control of Congress as some of the most closely watched races remain competitive. But the battle for the Senate is also playing out in court. In Alaska, the Trump administration sued to potentially block certification of the election if the Republican incumbent loses. White House corresponde

At President Trump's direction, the Justice Department sued Friday to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, citing the presence of another candidate on the ballot bearing the same name. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.

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Ohio has been a reliably red state for several elections but it's competitive this year. If Democrats want to prevail, they'll have to win people who have backed Republicans, like rural voters.

Candidates’ similar names could ‘taint’ the result, argues US Justice Department

The Justice Department is suing Alaska election officials to prevent them from certifying Senate race results if GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan loses next month.

Pete Buttigieg chose to endorse independent Seth Bodnar over the Democratic Senate nominee, Alani Bankhead. Bodnar says he will not caucus with Democrats if he wins.

The department, in a highly unusual lawsuit, argued that confusion over candidates with similar names could taint the election result.

President Trump says he directed the DOJ to preemptively file a lawsuit to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.

The Trump administration is suing to prevent the Alaska Senate election from being certified if GOP Sen. Daniel Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola because of the other Dan Sullivan who is on the ballot.

There are two Dan Sullivans on the ballot in the Senate race in Alaska. The DOJ says that fact could help Democratic nominee Mary Peltola defeat both of them.

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The lawsuit centers on one of the president's longstanding complaints in the Senate race — the presence of a second candidate named Dan Sullivan who Republicans fear could siphon away votes from the incumbent in what's likely to be a photo-finish contest with Democrat Mary Peltola.

James Talarico hit back at Elon Musk's attacks and spending in a new ad by the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas.

North Carolina has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2008. Can Roy Cooper break that spell?

Pete Buttigieg is endorsing independent Montana U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar.

Supporters of Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate, have described his Democratic opponent, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, as un-American and worse.

In a year when the wealth of the rich soared while workers lost ground to inflation, class has become political, especially in the Nebraska Senate race.

One of the most closely watched Senate races in the country is unfolding in Maine, where five-term Republican Susan Collins faces a tough challenge from Democrat Troy Jackson, a former logger and state legislator. The race is rated a toss-up, with both parties fighting for a seat that could determine control of the Senate. Lisa Desjardins reports from Maine.

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers went head-to-head during the Michigan Senate race's final debate on Wednesday night. CBS News White House and politics reporter Aaron Navarro joins with a recap.

New polling shows Minnesota Republican Senate candidate Michele Tafoya making gains in her race against Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. CBS News correspondent Jonah Kaplan spoke with Tafoya about how she would serve as a check on President Trump if elected to the Senate.

Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson held a town hall in Portland, Maine, on Thursday with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. CBS News congressional reporter Taurean Small has the latest.

Florida State Sen. Angie Nixon pulled off an upset in her August primary, and now she sits just four points behind her Republican rival in polls.

The Senate has ordered the Inspector-General of Police to investigate the killing of 113 persons, including six police officers, in Benue State communities Read More: https://punchng.com/senate-orders-ig-to-probe-killing-of-113-benue-residents/

Kansas Senate candidates Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton faced off on the debate stage Wednesday night. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman has more.

President Trump is campaigning in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday to try to drum up support for Republican Ashley Hinson in her Senate race against Democrat Josh Turek. J.D. Scholten, a campaign surrogate for Turek, joins CBS News to discuss the race.

Chris Pappas, the Democratic nominee in New Hampshire, would make history if he won. On the campaign trail, he doesn’t dwell on it.

On Thursday, Hinson took the stage before Trump came on, at a rally in Sioux City, which is in Iowa's conservative northwest corner. The visit to safe territory is geared toward boosting turnout even as it ties her more tightly to an unpopular president.

This time, the exchanges focused on policy, though both candidates repeatedly returned to their central attacks.

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has a sizable lead over his Republican opponent Rep. Mike Collins in the Georgia Senate race, according to new polling from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington Bureau Chief Tia Mitchell shares takeaways from the polling data.

Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Dr. Abdul El-Sayed faced off in the final Michigan Senate debate. CBS News' Aaron Navarro has the details.

The state is both fired up by this big race and exhausted by its avalanche of ads.

The economy and the war in Iran emerged as dominant debate topics in critical races in Michigan, Kansas and Wisconsin.