https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-us-strikes-iran-qeshm-island-limitedThe Countryen2026-11-03T05:32-05:00On the eve of the midterms, the U.S. military carries out limited strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials say https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-trump-vance-iran-war-hannity-hertling-videoThe Countryen2026-11-03T05:32-05:00On the eve of the midterms, President Trump tells Sean Hannity that Iran's military is gone, Vice President JD Vance says talks with Iran have made progress, and retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling says Trump's Vietnam comparison gets the facts wrong https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-new-york-measles-death-lewis-countyThe Countryen2026-11-03T05:32-05:00A child in Lewis County, New York, dies in the state's first measles-associated death in more than 30 years, health officials say https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-final-midterm-polls-blue-wave-or-videoThe Countryen2026-11-03T05:32-05:00On the eve of the midterms, election analyst Larry Sabato predicts a blue wave, strategist Mike Madrid says the polls are missing a surge of young Latino voters, and Benny Johnson calls the Democratic lead in the polls a mirage https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-supreme-court-denies-doj-california-mailThe Countryen2026-11-02T21:57-05:00On the eve of the midterms, the Supreme Court denies the Trump administration's emergency request to make California set aside mail ballots from more than 20,000 people it says are likely noncitizens https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-trump-reflecting-pool-final-midterm-remarks-videoThe Countryen2026-11-02T16:28-05:00On the eve of the midterms, President Trump gives his final scheduled remarks at the reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, jokes about renaming it the Trump Reflecting Pool and calls the Democratic slate the most extreme in American history https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-doj-supreme-court-california-mail-ballotsThe Countryen2026-11-02T16:28-05:00A day before the midterms, the Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to order California to set aside mail ballots from more than 20,000 people it says are likely noncitizens, after two lower courts refused https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-ukraine-russia-fake-nuclear-alerts-emergencyThe Countryen2026-11-02T16:28-05:00Ukraine's Air Alert app sends fake warnings of a nuclear alert, radiation and street fighting, and hours later Russia says its own emergency alert app was hit by a cyberattack https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-fbi-officials-floris-benavides-case-dismissedThe Countryen2026-11-02T11:45-05:00A federal magistrate judge in Washington, D.C., dismisses the case against former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, who were accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden laptop probe https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-binance-withdrawals-outflows-hack-north-koreaThe Countryen2026-11-02T11:45-05:00Binance customers pull more than $4.6 billion from the crypto exchange after it reopens withdrawals following a record hack the FBI tied to North Korea's TraderTraitor group https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-trump-closing-midterm-pitch-pod-force-videoThe Countryen2026-11-02T11:36-05:00On the eve of the midterms, President Trump tells the New York Post's Pod Force One he has never worked a midterm like this one, as The Bulwark's Penn Barker answers his claim that he could have won the Vietnam War in a week https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-02-kansas-texas-senate-polls-hamilton-talarico-videoThe Countryen2026-11-02T11:36-05:00A day before the midterms, a New York Times/Siena poll shows Democrats Adam Hamilton in Kansas and James Talarico in Texas ahead in Senate races, as President Trump attacks Hamilton at his Salina, Kan., rally https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-halloween-weekend-shootings-dallas-deep-ellumThe Countryen2026-11-02T06:09-05:00Shootings over the Halloween weekend kill more than a dozen people across the U.S., including four in Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-trump-final-midterm-rally-salina-kansas-videoThe Countryen2026-11-02T05:30-05:00President Trump ends his midterm rally tour in Salina, Kan., as Speaker Mike Johnson tells Trump's Iowa rally there are no moderate Democrats and Sarah Longwell calls for a repudiation of Trump https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-haley-stevens-cnn-anderson-cooper-interview-videoThe Countryen2026-11-02T05:30-05:00Rep. Haley Stevens tells CNN's Anderson Cooper she backed Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed because of anger in her party, as President Trump says he'd love to have her in the GOP https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-sharon-gleason-alaska-senate-doj-lawsuitThe Countryen2026-11-01T16:39-05:00U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason in Alaska dismisses the Justice Department's suit to block certification of the Senate race if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-learjet-crash-palm-beach-county-floridaThe Countryen2026-11-01T16:39-05:00A Learjet 60 flying from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas crashes near Cresthaven in Palm Beach County, Fla., killing all nine people on board https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-haley-stevens-endorses-mike-rogers-michigan-videoThe Countryen2026-11-01T16:26-05:00Two days before the midterms, Michigan Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers for Senate over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who says he doesn't think about her https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-chris-murphy-stroke-hospitalized-johns-hopkinsThe Countryen2026-11-01T16:26-05:00Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has a stroke at his son's hockey game and is moved to Johns Hopkins, where his chief of staff says he is awake and alert https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-trump-approval-nbc-news-poll-midtermThe Countryen2026-11-01T11:56-05:00Two days before the midterm elections, an NBC News poll finds Democrats ahead 52%-45% and President Trump's disapproval at 60% https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-dan-sullivan-alaska-senate-results-peltolaThe Countryen2026-11-01T11:56-05:00Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan says on CNN he will accept the election results, and says Mary Peltola is still lying about the second Sullivan on the ballot https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-gen-z-protests-germany-frankfurt-franceThe Countryen2026-11-01T11:56-05:00Youth-led Gen Z protests over living costs turn violent in Frankfurt and Cologne, as France holds a third weekend of rallies https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-01-kansas-senate-hamilton-marshall-cruz-warnock-videoThe Countryen2026-11-01T11:26-05:00Two days before the midterms, Sen. Raphael Warnock calls Sen. Ted Cruz's Kansas remark about Muslims and heaven 'bigotry,' as Democrat Adam Hamilton says President Trump's Salina rally for Sen. Roger Marshall will help him