https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-03-westchester-county-ballot-scanners-voting-machinesThe Countryen2026-11-03T16:23-05:00On Election Day, ballot scanners across Westchester County, New York, reject paper ballots, and officials say every vote will be counted https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-03-supreme-court-st-mary-catholic-parishThe Countryen2026-11-03T16:23-05:00The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Catholic preschools in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a fight over Colorado's universal preschool rules https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-03-alaska-senate-election-day-dan-sullivan-videoThe Countryen2026-11-03T16:23-05:00On Election Day in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan calls a second Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot a decoy as he faces Democrat Mary Peltola https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-03-trump-end-us-military-aid-israelThe Countryen2026-11-03T11:44-05:00On Election Day, President Trump says the U.S. will stop about $4 billion a year in aid to Israel at the end of the year https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-03-michigan-senate-election-day-haley-stevens-videoThe Countryen2026-11-03T11:44-05:00On Election Day in Michigan, Rep. Haley Stevens heads to the polls after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers, Rogers calls it courage, and Detroit voters react ahead of the Rogers and El-Sayed Senate race https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-03-election-day-texas-senate-talarico-paxton-videoThe Countryen2026-11-03T11:44-05:00On Election Day, The Bulwark's Sonny Bunch sees a blue wave in Texas, Breaking Points' Emily Jashinsky picks Texas to stay red, and Sen. Tim Scott says Republicans will keep the Senate https://thecountry.news/story/2026-11-03-disney-layoffs-thousands-of-jobs-costThe Countryen2026-11-03T11:44-05:00Disney plans thousands of layoffs and asks some managers to cut costs by up to 20%, reports say 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 Ben Parker 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