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 https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-golden-state-valkyries-wnba-title-gameThe Countryen2026-11-01T05:26-05:00Gabby Williams scores 30 points as the Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7 at Chase Center in San Francisco for their first WNBA title https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-fbi-north-korea-tradertraitor-binance-hackThe Countryen2026-11-01T05:26-05:00The FBI says North Korean hackers stole more than $6 billion from crypto exchange Binance this week, as Binance says it has covered 90% of the stolen assets https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-birmingham-magic-city-classic-shooting-legionThe Countryen2026-11-01T05:26-05:00A shooting near Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., after the Magic City Classic football game kills one person and wounds eight others https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-trump-wsj-epstein-lawsuit-dismissedThe Countryen2026-10-31T16:34-04:00Federal Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismisses President Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the Epstein birthday letter story, this time with prejudice https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-oleshky-evacuees-ceasefire-melania-trumpThe Countryen2026-10-31T16:34-04:00Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky reach Ukrainian-held territory by way of Russia and Belarus under a local ceasefire that first lady Melania Trump helped broker https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-jeffries-johnson-himes-house-control-final-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T16:34-04:00Three days before the midterms, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls Nov. 3 'Judgment Day,' Speaker Mike Johnson calls a Democratic majority 'a nightmare scenario' and Rep. Jim Himes says a win would give Democrats 'an audition' https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-dc-virginia-trump-arch-lawsuitThe Countryen2026-10-31T16:34-04:00D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb and Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones sue in federal court to block President Trump's 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery, days before construction could begin https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-31-khamenei-response-order-qatar-talksThe Countryen2026-10-31T11:28-04:00Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei orders an immediate response without geographic limits to any new U.S. or Israeli attack as Qatari mediators move their talks from Tehran to Doha https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-thompson-doj-election-officials-orderThe Countryen2026-10-31T11:28-04:00Federal Judge Trina Thompson in California orders the Justice Department to stop threatening election officials with prosecution over ballots it says belong to noncitizens, days before the midterms https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-stevens-el-sayed-feud-michigan-senateThe Countryen2026-10-31T11:28-04:00Rep. Haley Stevens demands that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed apologize over remarks on Israel, and his campaign asks her to stay away from its final events before Tuesday's election https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-trump-daytona-beach-rally-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00At a Daytona Beach, Fla., rally for Byron Donalds four days before the midterms, President Trump calls Robert De Niro a moron, says he will probably give Hollywood tax credits and has protesters removed https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-texas-senate-talarico-steelman-paxton-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00Former Republican Rep. Alan Steelman endorses Democrat James Talarico over Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, Sen. Ted Cruz calls Talarico a "tofu-eating" charlatan and a prediction market favors Talarico https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-spirit-halloween-shooting-fairfieldThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00A shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield, Calif., kills one person and wounds six https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-patriot-sale-ukraineThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00The State Department approves a possible $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 interceptors to Ukraine, paid for by Canada, Germany, Norway and EU-backed funds, as Volodymyr Zelensky warns delivery could take years https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-ice-officer-indicted-houstonThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00A Texas grand jury indicts ICE officer Mario Alberto Morales on an aggravated assault charge over the Oct. 10 vehicle strike that injured Miguel Parra Hernandez in Houston https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-house-democrats-majority-plans-raskin-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00Four days before the Nov. 3 midterms, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez describe what House Democrats would do first with a majority, from pardon investigations to the Medicaid cliff https://thecountry.news/story/2026-10-30-data-centers-midterms-ohio-videoThe Countryen2026-10-31T09:17-04:00Data centers become a midterm issue as residents near Meta's Prometheus site in New Albany, Ohio, push back, Rep. Summer Lee ties them to power bills and Tucker Carlson attacks the industry