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  • Barack Obama gestures while speaking into a microphone at a rally podium

    ‘He’s a force’: Obama answers call to boost Democrats – and rattle Trump

    Former president has given series of blistering speeches to help candidates in key races – and deployment has proved a hit with party’s progressive wing
  • Mayor Karen Bass, wearing glasses and a green blazer, smiles outdoors against a clear blue sky

    An embattled Karen Bass is fighting tooth and nail to keep her mayorship in LA. It might be too late

  • Graphic illustration of Trump looking up at a tidal wave.

    Are the US midterms going to see a blue wave of Democrats winning seats – or a blue flood?

  • Two people

    Haley Stevens advised to stay away from Abdul El-Sayed campaign events to limit ‘distractions’

  • Election 2026 MichiganMichigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, at the UAW Local 600 union hall in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

    Abdul El-Sayed disinvites former Democratic rival Haley Stevens from Michigan Senate rally, reports say – as it happened

  • Donald Trump waves around a small arch.

    Virginia and DC sue to stop Trump’s arch as government looks to start construction

  • A man fills out a voting form in a voting booth.

    More than 50m Americans cast ballots in early voting with three days to go before midterms

  • UNALASKA - OCTOBER 16, 2026: Carl E. Moses Boat Harbor.

    It’s closer to Beijing than Washington – and residents of this Alaskan outpost are reeling from Trump’s policies

  • A disheveled Epstein in a sex offender registry photo.

    Ads accusing Republican candidates of protecting Epstein fill airwaves in final midterm push

  • man wearing blue suit and red tie speaks at microphones outside court, surrounded by colleagues and journalists with cameras

    Federal judge bars DoJ from threatening election workers to stop processing ballots

  • US secretary of state Marco Rubio speaks during the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia

    US cancels G20 ‘family photo’ after Australia, UK and others refuse to appear with Russia

  • Stephen Hubbard, a bearded man in a plaid shirt, stands near a US flag

    Retired Michigan teacher released from Russian prison believed he would never be freed

  • a woman speaks into a microphone

    Alaska prosecutor investigates alleged Democratic plot to confuse voters with second Dan Sullivan

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Hear me out: maybe Norway should give Melania Trump the Nobel peace prize

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The first lady has been praised for ‘singlehandedly’ brokering a ceasefire in a Ukrainian city – though she might have had some help
  • Norman Solomon

    Top Democrats are fighting a billionaire tax in California. Their voters are on the other side

    Norman Solomon
  • people in warm coats come out of the new york subway

    The Iran war is deepening the US energy crisis. A bad winter is ahead

    Mark Wolfe
  • Cuba's foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla speaks at a podium in the UN general assembly hall

    The world needs the United Nations more than ever. It needs a new lease on life

    Alex Rondos and Mark Medish
  • US-POLITICS-ELECTIONS-MIDTERMUS Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK) shakes hands with supporters during a campaign event at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1547 in Anchorage, Alaska on September 17, 2022. - Peltola is the state's first Indigenous national legislator elected to Congress. Peltola won the special election held to replace Republican congressman Don Young, who died in March after serving in the House for 49 years, but the Democrat will face Republican opponent Sarah Palin again in November in order to retain the congressional seat for a full term. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

    Mary Peltola made a mistake. But her Republican opponent would be a disaster for Alaska

    Kim Heacox
  • Steven Greenhouse in New York

    Trump vowed to reduce prices, but his policies have fueled US inflation

    Steven Greenhouse in New York
  • Alex Bronzini-Vender

    I’m a gen Z voter. Content creators have far less power than politicians think

    Alex Bronzini-Vender
  • Leander Schaerlaeckens

    A phone-free Yellow Wall: are Dortmund urging fans to be present or policing them?

    Leander Schaerlaeckens
  • Cooper Pratt celebrates with the Commissioner’s Trophy after the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 of the World Series to clinch the first championship in club history.

    The low-budget Brewers won the World Series – and exposed baseball’s biggest lie

    Howard Bryant
  • Jockey Junior Alvarado wins the Breeders' Cup Classic.

    Breeders’ Cup 2026, day two: Moore’s ‘one bullet’ hits the target in Turf – as it happened

  • Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs faces fresh allegations of physical abuse.

    Packers’ Josh Jacobs faces fresh abuse allegations from three women in police records

  • San Diego Chargers v Kansas City ChiefsRunning back Larry Johnson #27 of the Kansas City Chiefs watches the scoreboard during the game against the San Diego Chargers on October 25, 2009 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

    He was one of the NFL’s most feared runners. Now Larry Johnson fears what football did to his brain

  • Haffner ridden by Ryan Moore wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

    Breeders’ Cup 2026 day one: Haffner wins Juvenile Turf to complete O’Brien double – as it happened

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    ExxonMobil and Chevron top estimates for Q3 as Americans feel gas price pain

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    US economy grows faster than expected but inflation rises to 3.7%

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