POLITICS

(Headline USA) The Justice Department has escalated its investigation over an Alaska Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, issuing a letter to a prominent Democratic attorney in Washington and others that they may be targets of the criminal inquiry, two people familiar with the matter...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) For the first time in history, the U.S. Department of Justice is monitoring voting in all 50 states. In a statement issued Tuesday morning, the DOJ said one if its most important missions “is ensuring election integrity, supporting free and fair elections, and protecting the...

(Headline USA) Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma City man with sending hundreds of letters containing white powder and ominous warnings about treason to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be nonhazardous — yeast or flour — though not all letters have been...

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Control of Congress is at stake in Tuesday's midterm elections, with Democrats seeking to overturn Republican majorities in both the U.S. House and Senate. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are on the ballot Tuesday, along with 35 Senate seats, including two special...

(Headline USA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for another wave of strikes on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections in the United States, according to two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter. A return to full-scale war with Iran could help Netanyahu to form an...

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) The former leader of the FBI’s Chicago field office has filed a lawsuit claiming he was forced to resign because “false and defamatory statements” by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros created political pressure. Douglas DePodesta filed the suit Monday in...

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Spending on the two U.S. intelligence budgets hit a record $109 billion in fiscal 2026 but still landed $6.5 billion below what the Trump administration requested, the largest shortfall in 14 years of figures published by ODNI. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Tucker Carlson claimed in a post on X on Sunday night that the Trump administration is considering launching a nuclear strike targeting Pickaxe Mountain in central Iran and that the president is expected to make a decision by November 7. “Under pressure from Israeli prime minister Benjamin...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The American Community Survey estimated the nation’s immigrant population at 50.4 million in 2025, only slightly above the previous year’s 50.2 million. Steven Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies, highlighted the figures in a new analysis describing a substantial slowdown after an...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Americans buying health insurance through Affordable Care Act marketplaces face another substantial price increase in 2027, compounding the strain that has already prompted millions to leave individual coverage.  In an October 30  New York Times report, Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger Katz described households struggling with...

(Sean Reed, The Center Square) Ahead of the midterm election, Department of Justice filings revealed the federal government won’t send immigration or FBI agents to state polling places. President Donald Trump and members of his administration floated the idea they might send Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agents...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) A federal judge in Alaska on Sunday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department seeking to delay certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race if an alleged spoiler candidate remains on the ballot. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason issued an order on Sunday dismissing the...