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A new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll released on Tuesday shows Democrats hold an eight-point lead among likely voters. With independents, that lead grows to 13 points. Geoff Bennett breaks down the poll results and what it tells us with Domenico Montanaro of NPR.

The Federal Reserve meets in Washington this week, where it will consider whether to raise interest rates in an effort to tamp down on inflation.

White evangelical Christians have been among President Trump's most loyal supporters for more than a decade, and our new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll shows that most still approve of him. But signs of slippage are emerging ahead of the midterms. Stephanie Sy reports on the overlap of politics and faith.

As the US president casts doubt on the security of the midterm elections, BBC Verify examines his claims.

Lynda Ben-Menashe, president of the National Council of Jewish Women Australia, travelled to Israel to cast her vote.

US president seeks to highlight Venezuela operation as Iran war makes affordability a key midterm issue.

INEC is investigating suspicious, possibly AI-generated, photos in the preliminary voter register and will clean it before final certification on December Read More: https://punchng.com/inec-to-probe-suspicious-photos-clean-voter-register-before-december-15/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged voters to back his Likud party minutes before polls close.

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Several economic issues could impact midterm elections voters. Here's what to expect on Nov. 3.

A new poll showed Opportunity’s support dropping again.

In one social media post, PM Netanyahu accused Arab voters of 'raiding the polling stations and stealing the elections'.

Les partis de la coalition ont fait preuve de fébrilité au cours de cette journée d’élections législatives. Ils ont demandé, en vain, que soit repoussée la fermeture des bureaux de vote, prévue pour 22 heures en Israël. L’opposition dénonce la manœuvre et s’inquiète que le résultat ne soit contesté.

Trump’s combative approach to Canada appears to be softening just days before midterm elections in which tariff-fueled inflation is a primary concern for voters.

The Osun State chapter of the African Democratic Congress has urged the electorate to reject the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 general elections. Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-reject-apc-osun-adc-tells-voters/

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has questioned the credibility of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, saying he is not a man you can trust with his words. Read More: https://punchng.com/atiku-cant-be-trusted-wike-tells-rivers-voters/

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Early voting is underway in some states. Ameshia Cross, a Democratic strategist who also served as a communications adviser on former President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, weighs in on the 2026 midterm elections.

More than elsewhere in the country, U.S. policy toward Israel is at the forefront of the race between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed.

A former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has warned Nasarawa voters against vote buying as he declares his ambition to contest the 2027 govern Read More: https://punchng.com/2027-ex-ig-adamu-warns-nasarawa-voters-against-vote-buying/

Matthieu Mabin, notre correspondant à Washington, analyse la situation.

As many as 1.48 lakh names have been removed in the district after SIR

The final electoral roll has 18.94 lakh voters against the 23.71 lakh before revision

Turnout in Tuesday's Israeli election, seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was at the highest level on record at the midway point, the Central Elections Comm...

Industries Minister says issues that had remained unresolved for decades were addressed, and measures were being undertaken to alleviate traffic congestion at Bellary Chowrasta, while 900 new electricity poles will be installed throughout the city

Women voters outnumber men in the district with seven Assembly constituencies, according to the final electoral roll

Toronto voters turned out in significantly higher numbers for the 2026 municipal election, delivering the city’s strongest voter participation rate since 2014 and reversing a decline that peaked with a historic low just four years ago. According to unofficial election results, 982,660 ballots were counted across all 1,431 polling locations, resulting in a vo

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Pour prendre part aux législatives du 27 octobre, les Israéliens expatriés doivent regagner leur pays. Le Likoud, parti de Benyamin Netanyahou, s’est opposé à l’assistance proposée pour leur voyage par une association, estimant que ces facilités pouvaient avantager l’opposition.

America’s affordability crisis and corruption are now treated as two sides of the same coin

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Karnataka’s electorate now stands at 4,55,00,011, down from 5,54,32,314 voters before the SIR began

Polls have opened across Israel in one of the most momentous elections in its history as voters deliver their verdict on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's wartime leadership. Mr Netanyahu is seeking re-election after a four-year term defined by the catastrophic security failure of the attacks on October 7, 2023, Israel's destructive war on Gaza and the co

Israelis have sprinted to the polls to deliver a verdict on Benjamin Netanyahu’s prime ministership, with voter turnout soaring to the highest level in over 50 years.

Arab citizens of Israel make up 20 per cent of the population but have traditionally stayed away from the polls. That is set to change, with major consequences.

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

President Trump is visiting Mississippi on Monday, a historically bright-red state that he won in 2024, when he gained more than 60% of the vote. Ashton Pittman, a news editor for the Mississippi Free Press, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss the midterm elections there.

Anthropic admitted that its Claude chatbot accessed voter statistics in Georgia without being instructed to do so. Also on Monday, an appeals court ruled against the Trump administration's bid to block certain votes in California. CBS News election law expert and contributor David Becker has more.

President Trump is campaigning in traditionally red states as voters worry about rising prices.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has published the preliminary register of voters for the 2027 general elections online following public conce Read More: https://punchng.com/inec-uploads-voters-register-online-after-outcry/

Israelis will go to the polls on Tuesday in what many describe as the most consequential election in years. It's the first vote since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and Israel's war in Gaza. Prime Minister Netanyahu has been campaigning that he'll keep Israel safe. But the opposition says Netanyahu failed to prevent the 2023 attack and is blocking an investigation

Campaigns and their allies are making their closing arguments, and they've spent more than the annual budgets of a handful of states doing it. Much of that money is aimed at voters' wallets, but the attacks are also getting more personal and more artificial. Lisa Desjardins explains.

Johnny Garcia, the Democratic candidate for Texas' 35th congressional district, joins "The Takeout" to discuss disaffected Republicans, Hispanic voter frustration and more ahead of the midterms.

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.

It’s unclear where the money would come from for Trump’s latest effort to crack down on purported voter fraud ahead of the midterm elections.

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

The countdown to the midterm elections is on, and both sides of the aisle have deployed strategies to appeal to voters. CBS News contributor Chuck Rocha and former RNC spokesperson Kevin Sheridan break down the different approaches.

Colorado and Washington are reliably Democratic states where elected officials have rejected moves to ban transgender women and girls from female sports competitions. Now activists have gone around lawmakers to put proposed bans on both states' ballots.

President Trump will work to court voters for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi on Monday ahead of the midterms. Skyler Henry has more details.

Learn how to check your name on INEC’s voters register online. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for viewing the preliminary register on the po Read More: https://punchng.com/how-to-check-your-name-on-inecs-voters-register-online/