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The action was limited, the officials said, with no immediate plans to escalate. The strikes come on the eve of the midterm elections.

Mr. Turkish, 39, is a longtime Democratic donor and disability rights lawyer. He endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

Judge James E. Boasberg ruled that states had largely succeeded in rebuffing the Trump administration’s efforts to disqualify voters, and that Democratic plaintiffs hadn’t suffered direct impacts.

The refusal of top department officials to acknowledge Donald J. Trump’s loss that year is the engine driving an intensifying effort to intercede in state administration of elections.

Despite worries about federal intervention, local and state officials say they are well prepared to run a secure election.

Chuck Schumer thinks his party has expanded the map.

A shattered alliance in Michigan between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and his former primary rival, Representative Haley Stevens, underscored broader tensions in the party.

The Trump administration’s campaign to identify and charge immigrants in connection with voting violations has led to fears of being jailed, or deported.

On the eve of the election, the president held forth in great detail on columns, drain pipes and granite at the newly refilled Reflecting Pool.

The court’s ruling came just hours after administration lawyers asked the justices to immediately order California to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.

Vice President JD Vance’s sharp-edged rhetoric shows his instincts as a politician as attention is about to shift to the 2028 presidential race.

The Biden era law was meant to help women stay in the workplace, but some conservatives say rules to enact it went too far with coverage for abortion and fertility treatment.

Two Times journalists, blending A.I. analysis and traditional reporting, evaluated public speeches to spot trends.

Election officials across the country have conducted hundreds of exercises to prepare for possible threats or disruptions at polling sites.

The rejection demonstrates the department’s harried push to prove President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of rampant voter fraud.

The 2026 midterm election is the most expensive national midterm election in U.S. history, with more than $11 billion in ad spending. Our national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher breaks down where all that money is going.

Strategists in both parties say it is likely that Democrats will wrest back control of the House, but the battle for the Senate is more complicated.

Protecting the vote was once considered among the top priorities of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Now it barely mentions the issue.

President Trump promised to end the chaos at the southern border. But deadly ICE shootings and high-profile raids have shaken many voters.

The magistrate judge, Zia M. Faruqui, said the case was a rushed, political prosecution ordered by the White House intended to affect the midterm elections.