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Russian operative likely behind fake videos targeting Texas Senate candidate James Talarico

Russian operatives are most likely trying to meddle in the Senate race in Texas in the most prominent example yet of a foreign effort to mislead voters ahead of the midterm elections, three teams of disinformation researchers said. NBC News' Ryan Reilly reports on how the fake videos are targeting Democratic and Republican candidates who have been…

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SCOTUS Says New Hampshire Can Close Student ID ‘Loophole’ In ElectionsThe U.S. Supreme Court temporarily greenlit a New Hampshire directive on Thursday that prohibits the use and acceptance of student IDs in elections. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissent in the case. In its new order, the high court granted an emergency application by New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan to temporarily […]

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Supreme Court Justice erupts as colleagues greenlight ‘misleading’ voting guidanceJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson pushed back Thursday after the Supreme Court blocked an order she said protected voters from misleading information about New Hampshire’s election rules. The lone dissenter argued that her colleagues had misapplied a principle discouraging federal courts from changing voting rules close to an election. “When a federal court…

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DOJ monitoring plans and DHS voter checks raise concerns of election interferenceWith the midterm elections less than two weeks away, a new legal battle is raising questions about the federal government's role in policing who is eligible to vote. A federal judge in California has blocked a Department of Homeland Security effort to identify noncitizens on voter rolls. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports.

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Supreme Court rules NH can block voters from using student IDsThe Supreme Court on Thursday ruled New Hampshire’s top election official can fully stop voters from using their student IDs when showing up to the polls in the midterms — a request backed by the Republican National Committee (RNC). A lower judge ruled officials had improperly gone further than a new state law placing restrictions on...

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GOP election official's ‘misleading’ info passes Supreme Court muster days before midtermsThe Supreme Court handed Republicans a victory Thursday by blocking New Hampshire voters from using student IDs as backup identification in November’s election, NBC News reported . The state’s emergency request, backed by the Republican National Committee, challenged a lower court order allowing officials to consider those IDs as supplementary evidence…

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Failed GOP auditor candidate admits to breaking state law in effort to undermine GOP rival - Thu, 22 Oct 2026 PSTWeeks after Republican Dale Whitaker lost in the primary to become Spokane County’s next auditor, he used his company phone numbers to send anonymous texts to local Republicans trying to undermine rival Republican Michael Cathcart, who bested Whitaker for a spot on the November ballot.

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Trump's Midterm Election Monitors: What Federal Observers Can and Can't DoAbout 1,000 Department of Justice workers will be dispatched to polling sites on Nov. 3.

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Blanche: DOJ could block election certification in 'doomsday scenario'Attorney General Todd Blanche left the door open on whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) would intervene in states' midterm elections verification processes, telling reporters Thursday there are hypothetical "scenarios" in which it could block the certification of votes. "Yes, of course there's scenarios that we can all come up with hypothetically,…

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Musk Giving Tops $445 Million in Midterm Election Push for GOPWith a fresh infusion of cash to his super political action committee in the first two weeks of October, Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle and become one of the biggest-ever contributors to such groups.

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Chris LaCivita and James Blair donate full Bosnian consulting fee to Trump presidential libraryWASHINGTON — President Trump’s election advisers Chris LaCivita and James Blair have donated their six-figure consulting fees from a controversial side-hustle in Bosnia and Herzegovina to Trump’s presidential library, The Post has learned. Trump was “gloating” and “very braggadocious” in private conversations this week upon learning the development, a…

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