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Operatives aligned with Democratic nominee for US senate sought candidates of same name as Republican rival

More than 100 subpoenas issued across 13 states as government ramps up search for alleged noncitizen voters.

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The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens.

The Justice Department sought an emergency order in the case.

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SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Thursday moved boxes of bal...

While the judge rejected the Department of Justice's unprecedented demand in California, the case isn't over yet. The federal government immediately filed notice that it will appeal.

A federal judge in California on Wednesday refused the Trump administration’s request to segregate 20,000 mail-in ballots from individuals it alleges are noncitizens.

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's bid to require California election officials to separate out mail ballots received from roughly 20,000 people it claims are not U.S. citizens.

President Trump returned to Ohio on Wednesday to campaign for the Republican candidates in the state's heavily watched governor and Senate races. Danny Eldredge, the Columbus bureau chief for the Toledo Blade, joins CBS News to discuss the issues driving Ohio voters to the polls.

Enrolment closed at midnight on Sunday, October 25.

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Democrats pushed to get a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan to run for Senate in Alaska, with the involvement of Democratic nominee Mary Peltola's campaign, according to a New York Times report. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe has more.

Also, Life magazine rises again. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Donald Trump demands a Democrat be removed from the Alaska ballot after a NYT report alleged a scheme to recruit spoiler candidates to confuse voters. Read More: https://punchng.com/trump-demands-alaska-democrat-off-ballot-after-ny-times-report/

The petition alleged that withholding the entire account with over 50,000 followers was disproportionate, unreasoned and without any notice

Operatives aligned with Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, spent months recruiting candidates to peel votes from Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican.

The anti-immigrant movement is becoming a voting bloc, as ActionSA makes ‘South Africans first’ central to its election campaign, while Tshwane’s water crisis fuels attacks and tests the anti-foreigner vote.

Accuses Congress of undermining democracy over its campaign against electoral roll revision

A federal judge will rule on a Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel California to separate mail ballots from suspected noncitizens. California officials have denounced the lawsuit as a political stunt intended to cast doubt on their election process. Kathy Boockvar, the former Pennsylvania secretary of state, weighs in on this and more.

Israeli voters in Tel Aviv expressed mixed emotions as ballots were counted after the election.

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Wednesday launched an inspe...

<p>From Medicare for All to research grants, science-driven issues are playing a role in the midterm elections</p>

<p>This live blog is now closed – you can read the latest elections news <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/israel-election-exit-polls-suggest-netanyahu-eisenkot-blocs-tied-ntwnfb">here</a></p><p><strong>One apparent loser from Tuesday’s election was far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who was expected to better his part

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Wednesday launched an inspe...

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Wednesday launched an inspe...

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The Justice Department called on election officials in Washington state to requester some 400 ballots it says may belong to noncitizen voters.

Federal prosecutors said they sent a letter to the Washington secretary of state with a list of 400 people they claimed are not U.S. citizens.

Just two years after Missouri voters approved an amendment enshrining the right to abortion care in the state constitution, abortion is on the ballot again.

A ballot measure could test the limits of how states can curb corporate influence in politics.

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SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Tuesday searched a handball...

SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Tuesday searched a handball...

Locals' tickets are not eligible for resale, cannot be transferred and are non-refundable.

The move is the Trump administration’s latest attempt to involve itself in ballot counting and certification that’s handled by state officials.

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President Trump visited deep-red Mississippi on Monday, rallying for incumbent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is facing off against Democrat Scott Colom. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry has more from Corinth.

By a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.

A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed the DOJ's effort to force California election officials to set aside thousands of ballots that the Trump administration claims may have been cast by alleged noncitizens.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday asked Washington state to set aside any ballots received from more than 400 people it alleges registered to vote without U.S. citizenship, less than two weeks after making a similar demand in California.

The effort is the latest by the administration to identify noncitizen voters, even though noncitizen voting is exceptionally rare.

When Americans cast their ballots in this year's midterm elections, they'll not only be picking who represents them in Congress, but also weighing in on a range of topics that could change their state laws and constitutions.

Voters in Idaho and Massachusetts face contrasting gun-related ballot questions that highlight the national tension between firearm freedoms and restrictions

A year after declaring themselves unashamedly pro-development, Liberal MPs are revolting over high-density plans in their own backyards.

Netanyahu faces a significant test as Israelis vote in a key election. The ballot measures to watch in the midterms. And a divisional showdown in the NFC North.

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With the Trump administration preemptively suing to block the certification of the results in the Alaska Senate race, Attorney General Todd Blanche told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the Justice Department is "doing our own research under the law."

The administration has insisted that immigrants voting is a major problem nationwide, when in fact it is quite rare, as even its own investigations have shown.

Trump has been criticized in the past for voting by mail despite his long history of railing against that method of submitting ballots.

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The letters are the latest escalation in a legal battle between California and President Donald Trump's Department of Justice, which has recently focused on the state in its efforts to root out noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections.

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