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Trump Says He’ll Accept Midterm Results If He Deems Them “Honest”
Trump has repeatedly — and baselessly — suggested that widespread voter fraud may play a role in this year’s races.
Mike Rogers Receives Last-Minute Donation From Anti-Abortion PAC
While in office, he was a sponsor of four fetal “personhood” bills that aimed to ban nearly all abortions nationwide.
Student-Led Movement Could Lower Voting Age to 16 for Local Races in Culver City
Students were motivated to push the proposal due to drastic cuts in funding for their schools that they had no say in.
Private Prison Companies Are Pouring Money Into GOP Coffers Ahead of Midterms
Donald Trump’s second term has been a financial boon to the private prison industry.
Alaska Officials Seek Dismissal of DOJ Suit Aiming to Block Election Results
Officials have “taken significant steps to distinguish” two candidates with the same name on the ballot, they said.
Poll Challenges Narrative That Michigan Democratic Voters Are Split on El-Sayed
Ninety-five percent of Democrats say they’re voting for El-Sayed, and just 4 percent say they’re voting for Rogers.
Netanyahu Extends Assault on Hebron Ahead of Israel’s Elections
Israeli forces have displaced over 3,000 Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank city of Hebron since Friday.
Trump Calls for Metal Detector in Senate for El-Sayed in New Islamophobic Remark
Trump called El-Sayed a “jihadist” and said people like him should never be allowed in the Senate.
Serbia’s Student-Led Movement Sweeps Strongman Aleksander Vučić Out of Power
Students “changed our understanding of what’s politically possible for all of us,” says journalist Lela Vujanić.
US Urged to Recognize Lula’s Presidential Victory as Bolsonaro Demands Annulment
Trump ally Flávio Bolsonaro’s refusal to accept the results sparks fears of political violence and another coup attempt.