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Axios

The brutal 2026 attack ads even rivals had to respect [1d]
"I Voted" stickers become tributes at ICE memorials [2d]
Haley Stevens requests U.S. marshals' protection after death threats [2d]
Election night opens with Trump in battle mode [2d]
That dream job offer might be from a North Korean hacker [2d]
States take steps to secure vote after federal pullback [2d]
Prediction markets have a lot riding on the blue wave [2d]
Voting machine chaos hits key House battleground [2d]
What we're watching on election night for energy [2d]
DOJ sending 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states [2d]

Salon

MAGA panics as post-midterm investigation season looms [2d]
Elon Musk is using Anakin Skywalker to cope with the midterm forecast [2d]
Will the midterms live up to the hype? 6 key stories we’re watching [2d]
Tom Petty and The Who box sets reveal two sides of rock history [2d]

The Drudge Report

EXIT POLLS: REBUKE OF TRUMP [2d]
POLLS BEGIN CLOSING... [2d]
Texas site disrupted by fire alarms... [2d]
Technical Issues to Delay Some Results... [2d]
'MOOD FOR CHANGE' [2d]
Haley Stevens requests U.S. marshals' protection after death threats... [2d]
Lachlan Murdoch acknowledges 'viewer fatigue'... [2d]
Gallego Tests His '28 Blueprint... [2d]
Celeb who threatened kill self if sex allegations made public loses bid to gag media... [2d]
Pentagon to Strike Iran as Soon as Wednesday... [2d]
UK's King Charles decries 'monstrous injustice' of slave trade... [2d]
Pieces of private jet found miles from Palm Beach crash site... [2d]
Gas and Diesel Hit Highest Ever Prices for Election Day... [2d]
DOJ election monitors 'ask voters unusual questions' at polling stations... [2d]
MAG: Things Are Going to Get Ugly... [2d]
DeSantis breaks as Dems surge... [2d]
Coast Guard detains cruise ship in Miami... [2d]
NASA Telescope to Crash Back to Earth In Hours... Developing... [2d]
Israeli Claims of Iran Chemical Weapons Divide U.S. Officials... [2d]
Military Aid Cut Off by End of Year... [2d]
DEMS GET FIRST FLIP [2d]
Republicans About to Pay for Trump's Mistakes... [2d]
Susan Collins' office vandalized with 'disturbing' graffiti on before Election Day... [2d]
DOJ Sends Target Letters to Dems in Escalation of Alaska Inquiry... [2d]
Election monitors overwhelmingly deployed to blue locales... [2d]
Poland launches major security operation along border... [2d]
Drone attacks turn Black Sea into world's deadliest waterway... [2d]
NYTIMES Dragged for Coverage of 'Letter' From Michigan Jews Backing El-Sayed: 'Jack Mehoff'... [2d]
Billionaire pessimists predict epic stock market crash... [2d]
ISN'T SPENDING HIS OWN MONEY ON MIDTERMS [2d]
'CHECKS AND BALANCES' [2d]
86% COLLINS LOSES IN ME... [2d]
75% SULLIVAN LOSES IN AK... [2d]
75% CHANCE MARSHALL LOSES IN KS... [2d]
67% PAXTON LOSES IN TX... [2d]
JR. WARNS 'COMMUNIST' DEMS 'WANT TO MAKE OHIO A STATE'... [2d]
Is This the End for Trump's Princelings? Or Just the Start? [2d]
PEACE IN HER TIME: Melania to host Russia, Ukraine representatives at White House... [2d]
Italy's 'exit tax' plan spooks rich expats... [2d]
Egyptian mummy portraits show antiquity's piercing gaze... [2d]
Deniers in Retreat... [2d]
WILL TRUMP FLEE TO ISRAEL? [2d]
Governor Warns New Jersey Ports to Turn Away Russian Fuel... [2d]
White House livestreaming bizarre AI LEGO video in last-minute bid... [2d]
Can Depp Battle Back from Oblivion with 'EBENEZER'? [2d]
THE TRIAL: Russell Brand Jury Begins Deliberations... [2d]
ELECTION DAY MELTDOWN [2d]
The Voters Sitting This One Out... [2d]
The METALLICA Diehards Who Love to Rock Out With Mom and Dad... [2d]
STUDY: More People 'Outsourcing Emotions' To Bots... [2d]
Celeb who threatened kill self if sex allegations made public loses bid to gag media... [2d]
Bomb threats hit flights across Europe... [2d]
Dinosaur blood found in fossils in world first... [2d]
More people having strokes before 55. Here's what experts know... [2d]
UPDATES... [2d]
Dems pin hopes on the new Obama... [2d]
America's Arab Allies Brace for War as Midterm Deadline Looms... [2d]
Hedge Fund Warns of FOGO: Fear of Getting Obliterated in the Market... [2d]
Therapy's role in the toxic trend of family estrangement... [2d]
ANGRY VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS [2d]
40-Somethings Having Really Hard Time Admitting They Can No Longer See... [2d]
Poland deploys significant forces to Russian border... [2d]
Parts of Florida see half a year's worth of rain in 36 hours... [2d]
The very online creators who want you to touch grass... [2d]
Incursion fears... [2d]
Four European flights targeted by bomb threats within hours... [2d]

The New Republic

Leaked Texts Expose GOP in Key Swing State Bracing for Disaster [2d]
Trump DOJ Targets Democrats in Senate Race Probe Right Before Election [2d]
Google Tries to Blackmail Schools Into Using Its AI Tools [2d]
Trump Team Makes Desperate Final Pitch to Voters: High Prices Are Good [2d]
Trump DOJ Deploys Hundreds of Agents in Terrifying Election Scheme [2d]
FBI Charges Jan. 6-er Pardoned by Trump for Threatening Judges [2d]
Haley Stevens Rocks Unfortunate Hat to Vote for Mike Rogers [2d]
Trump Makes Stunning Announcement About Aid for Israel [2d]
Trump Loses His Mind Over Key Senate Race Hours Before Election [2d]
Here Are Some Ballot Measures to Watch on Tuesday [2d]
Supreme Court Hands Trump Huge Loss in Voter Suppression Scheme [2d]
Transcript: Why This Veteran Election Forecaster Expects GOP “Beating” [2d]

Talking Points Memo

Let’s Do This, People [2d]
Trump Is Still Talking About the Reflecting Pool — And Other Election Day Tidbits [2d]
Join Us Tonight for Our Live Video Coverage [2d]
Why a Disputed Election in the Senate Leaves Many Open Questions [2d]
Election Day Morning Observations [2d]
What Trump’s 2020 Election Loss Can Tell Us About Republicans Possible 2026 Trouncing [2d]
New NYT Poll Has Dems on Tsunami Watch as Republicans Try to Steal Alaska [2d]
Trump Waylaid by Amazing Series of Court Setbacks on Election Eve [2d]

Politico

Democrats sweep Texas [2d]
Josh Turek flips Iowa Senate, the first Democrat to win since 2008 [2d]
Democrat David Crowley clinches historic win in Wisconsin governors race [2d]
Gina Hinojosa wins Texas governor's race — the first Democrat to do so in decades [2d]
The blue wave is cresting: GOP braces for midterm wipeout [2d]
Democrat Rob Sand wins Iowa governor's race [2d]
Democrat James Talarico just flipped Texas blue [2d]
Biden’s revenge: His alumni are winning in the midterms [2d]
Supermarket Chain Thaw Massacre: Russia suspected in Europe’s fridge attacks [2d]
White House’s first take: Trump wasn’t on the ballot [2d]
Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history — and gives Democrats new hope in the South [2d]
Republicans nationwide are freaking out after Dem gains in Florida [2d]
Ossoff’s win gives him 2028 springboard — if he wants it [2d]
Trump’s trade chief pushing him to step up negotiations with Canada [2d]
Trump’s DC golf course plan revealed [2d]
British lobbyist in DC who overstayed visa ordered deported — but given months to leave country [2d]
Poll: GOP voters say the party isn’t focused enough on the economy [2d]

The Hill

Iran speaker: Ball in Trump administration court to prevent renewed war [2d]
DOJ sends target letters in Alaska probe to 20 Democrats [2d]
Mullin slams Hillary Clinton for poll intimidation warning [2d]
Trump issues Election Day proclamations on space, communism [2d]
Trump-backed Kentucky Republican wins Massie House seat [2d]
Carville predicts ‘astronomical’ Black turnout will drive midterm results [2d]
Greene: Trump’s Israel aid announcement shows ‘how bad the polling is’ [2d]
Big Tech, environmental groups in talks for potential data center framework [2d]
Trump turns off Fox News over Tarlov’s ‘dumb voice’ [2d]
Learjet’s parts may have broken off before Florida crash: Investigators [2d]
How does inflation compare to past midterm cycles? [2d]
Democratic Iowa Senate candidate says he split his ticket [2d]
House Republicans accuse the American Psychological Association of antisemitism, threaten accreditation [2d]
Crockett: Stevens did El-Sayed ‘a favor’ among Black voters [2d]
Warnock: ‘2028 could very well be theoretical’ if Democrats don’t win midterms [2d]
Pardoned Jan. 6 defendant charged with threatening to assassinate DC federal judges [2d]
Binance says malicious code, fake job interview led to $6.3B hack [2d]
ChatGPT provided Democracy Works info to voters more than 16 million times this cycle [2d]
Sullivan campaign, NRSC form ‘recount fund’ for Alaska Senate race [2d]
Justice Department: Election Day monitors deployed to every state for first time [2d]
Winchester vs. Colt: Idaho votes to designate a state gun [2d]
Police arrest 17-year-old in deadly mass shooting at California mall [2d]
North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York report technical issues at polls [2d]
Trump Jr. invokes Charlie Kirk assassination in last-minute plea to voters [2d]
Paxton: Review of Harris County voting claims ‘won’t be resolved by the time the election is over’ [2d]
DHS’s Mullin warns people who illegally vote will be hunted down [2d]
Jon Stewart mocks Trump’s ‘I had it cleaned’ speech at Reflecting Pool [2d]
DeSantis: War in Iran ‘big, big drag’ on Republicans [2d]
Abdul El-Sayed soars in Kalshi odds after Haley Stevens fallout [2d]
GOP braces for midterms wipeout as Trump rants about Reflecting Pool algae? [2d]
Collins’s Maine office vandalized on eve of election [2d]
Ken Burns: ‘Something more fundamental at stake’ with this election [2d]
Oklahoma man charged over mailing letters with powder to lawmakers [2d]
North Korea calls US accusation over Binance heist a ‘provocation’ [2d]
Wright: ‘The best cure for high prices is high prices’ [2d]
Gas prices reach record high for an Election Day [2d]
Young voters could help shape the midterms. But will they turn out? [2d]
Transparent, approved and stoppable: A standard for government’s use of AI [2d]
Acton calls Ramaswamy a danger to Ohio [2d]
Election Day is finally here! [2d]
Abbott: Hinojosa ‘makes Talarico look almost conservative’ [2d]
Trump’s tariff claims need evidence, not a rubber stamp [2d]
New York reports first measles-associated death in more than 30 years [2d]
New Jersey live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Montana live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
District of Columbia live results: 2026 House delegate election [2d]
West Virginia live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Los Angeles live results: 2026 mayoral election [2d]
Wyoming live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Wyoming live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Wisconsin live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
New Jersey live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Montana live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
New Mexico live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
New Mexico live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
New Hampshire live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
New Hampshire live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Nevada live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
New Hampshire live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Nevada live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Nebraska live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Nebraska live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Nebraska live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
District of Columbia live results: 2026 mayoral election [2d]
Wyoming live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
California live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Arkansas live updates: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Arizona live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Kansas live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Arkansas live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Iowa live results: 2026 Governor election [2d]
Iowa live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Illinois live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Idaho live results: 2026 Senate elections [2d]
Idaho live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Hawaii live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Georgia live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Georgia live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Delaware live results: 2026 House election [2d]
Delaware live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Ohio live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
North Dakota live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
North Carolina live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Connecticut live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Colorado live results: 2026 governor’s election [2d]
Colorado live results: 2026 Senate election [2d]
Illinois live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Connecticut live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Colorado live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Maryland live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Louisiana live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Kentucky live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Indiana live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Maine live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Kansas live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Idaho live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
What happens if the president says an election doesn’t count? [2d]
California live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Florida live results: 2026 House elections [2d]
Georgia live results: 2026 House races [2d]

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