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 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