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FACT FOCUS: False accusations and unverified claims quickly spread about Election Day voting

Election Day was barely underway before unverified rumors of voting irregularities surfaced online. One actual ballot-scanning breakdown, in Westchester County, New York, in particular gave rise to baseless theories about activities by Democrats or their allies to suppress Republican votes. But there was no indication that episode was engineered to disadvantage either party — “no shenanigans,” said the Republican lawmaker seeking reelection there. In Fulton County, Georgia, officials said some voters reported receiving false texts about polling place changes

Republican Byron Donalds will win Florida’s governor race, CNN projects

Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas will win New Hampshire’s open Senate seat

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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will win Georgia governor race, CNN projects

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will win Georgia’s gubernatorial race and become the first Black female governor in U.S. history, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. The former Atlanta major also will make Georgia history as the first African American and the first woman elected to the role. Bottoms faced an onslaught of advertising from her GOP rival, billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson, a political novice who burst onto the scene in this election and deployed his wealth to defeat a crowded field of well-known Republicans in the primary and flood the airwaves in the general electi

Brazil’s Senate approves Lula’s main bet to tackle criminal gangs

Skyworks tumbles as sluggish smartphone market weighs on forecast

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Suncor Energy tops profit estimates on higher oil prices, margins

Canada's integrated oil and gas producer Suncor Energy surpassed analysts' expectations for third-quarter profit on Tuesday, as higher oil prices and strength in refinery margins helped offset lower production and throughput volumes.The Iran war, now entering its ninth month, has disrupted global energy supplies, driving up crude oil prices. The average price of benchmark Brent crude was 31% higher at $89.27 per barrel for the quarter compared with a year earlier.Integrated oil companies such as Imperial Oil and Suncor have benefited from a global fuel market roiled by the war, with the highe

Block lifts profit outlook on Cash App strength, reaches preliminary DOJ settlement

Tesla misled South Korean customers about automated-driving tech, consumer group alleges

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Progressive Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers duel for key Michigan Senate seat

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers tested two sharply different theories for winning one of the nation’s premier swing states Tuesday in a white-knuckle contest that may determine control of the Senate. Polls have closed throughout the state as El-Sayed aims to prove that an unapologetically progressive agenda centered on universal healthcare can win a general election in a state President Donald Trump carried two years ago. The former Wayne County health director narrowly defeated establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens in an expensive and bruising Democratic

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The Latest: Democrat Roy Cooper flips key Senate seat in North Carolina

Voters across the country are deciding control of the U.S. House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. Democrat Roy Cooper won North Carolina’s Senate race, the first Democratic pickup of the night, and Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff was reelected in Georgia, another top battleground. Republicans fell short in their attempt to pick up a Senate seat in New Hampshire, while Democrats were unsuccessful in Florida. Democrats need a net gain of three more seats to take the majority. All eyes are on Senate contests in Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio and Tex

Justice Department sends criminal target letters in Alaska probe to people aligned with Democratic party

US Supreme Court leans toward Catholic preschools' challenge to LGBT protections

Investigators say Learjet may have broken up before crashing in Florida

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday a Learjet 60 that crashed on Sunday in a residential area in Palm Beach County, Florida, ‌killing all nine people on board, may have broken up before hitting the ground at high speed.The private Bombardier-made jet had taken off from Austin, Texas, and was headed to the Bahamas. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms were occurring in the area where it went down.NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, posting on X, highlighted the harrowing experience of those on the aircraft, including the 20-year-old copilot."She was doing her job, communicatin

Six things to watch as US voters decide control of Congress

Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will decide control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term.The results will serve as the first nationwide verdict on Trump's presidency, revealing whether voters want to check the Republican president's power by giving Democrats control of one or both chambers of Congress or are willing to accept the status quo despite frustrations over the cost of living and the US-led war with Iran.The outcome could also reshape debates within both parties over which messages and policies resonate most with voters

US carries out 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, officials say

Trump details Reflecting Pool renovations in speech the day before midterm votes are counted

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Middle East on edge as fears mount that Iran war could restart after the midterms

With little transparency from Washington and warmongering from Tehran, people across the Middle East have been left anxious and confused, scanning for signals on whether the conflict between Iran and the United States will reignite.“The mood has definitely shifted,” a 36-year-old American living in Saudi Arabia told CNN. She plans to leave before Tuesday’s US midterm elections, after which US President Donald Trump has hinted renewed fighting is possible.“People are more cautious in general, and it feels like a waiting game to see what happens,” she added.At homes and workplaces acro

Trump says US is cutting off aid to Israel at year’s end because ‘they don’t need it’

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States is cutting off $4 billion in aid to Israel at the end of the year because “they don’t need it.”Trump, speaking to Fox News on the morning of Election Day, suggested that US aid to Israel has become a powerful political talking point for Democrats and questioned why Republicans should “suffer the slings” from candidates like Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed when Israel isn’t in need of assistance.“It’s a bad talking point because when you say, ‘Why don’t we give everybody $4 billion?’ Israel’s ou

G20 photo scrapped amid tensions over Russian foreign minister’s presence

Russian bombing of Ukrainian aid center is one of the war’s ‘deadliest attacks,’ Zelensky says

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Crypto scammers are capitalizing on anti-Muslim bigotry

In September, as election season entered its stretch run, researchers from the Center for the Study of Organized Hate, a DC-based think tank, began noticing a bizarre and disturbing variant of AI slop on X.One post depicted a Muslim family at an airport, overlaid with a floating sign that read, “We are leaving America due to lack of respect for our culture.” Another, showing a smiling Arab man and a dog side by side, asked: “Would you give your dog away to make a Muslim happy?” Yet another featured a woman wearing a niqab, surrounded by a throng of other women in niqabs, holding a sign

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Spanish soccer player Jesús de Miguel dies after on-pitch collision

Soccer player Jesús de Miguel has died after an on-field collision during a Spanish second-division match on Monday, his club CD Tenerife has said.The Spanish striker sustained injuries after colliding with Andorra’s goalkeeper Jesús Owono in the closing seconds of the Segunda División game. De Miguel had been chasing the ball near the halfway line before Owono – who had come a long way out of his goal – crashed into him at speed while trying to clear it.Owono was instantly shown a red card and sent off for his role in the incident. The Andorra keeper had been walking off the pitch bu

Italian taxpayers are paying millions to keep Russian yachts afloat

On Day of the Dead, tourists bump shoulders with celebrating families in San Andrés Mixquic

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Democrats press to win a majority of governors' offices in midterms after power struggles with Trump

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Cooper flips Senate seat in North Carolina as Democrats win in Georgia and New Hampshire

Democrats have flipped a Senate seat in North Carolina as they try to recapture majorities in Congress and break Republicans’ unified hold on power in Washington

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Election night agenda: When polls close and when to expect results

With voters deciding thousands of races across the country, keeping track of which races to watch throughout the night and when to expect results can get tricky

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Judge blocks Trump administration from pressuring states over noncitizen voting

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Democrat Ossoff wins Georgia Senate race as US midterm elections enter final hours

Polls closed in more than half of US states on Tuesday evening, as Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff won the first major race call

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Trump Justice Dept breaks with tradition to intervene in midterms

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has shown a willingness to intervene directly in Tuesday's midterm elections, breaking with decades of practice meant to avoid

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Election Day unfolds with relatively few problems. Some voters disrupted by weather, machine issues

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‘He would wind her up’: Democratic anger at Haley Stevens’ fiancé boils over after her endorsement reversal

Parts of a Learjet may have broken off midair before Florida crash that killed 9, investigators say

Parts of a business jet likely started to break off before the aircraft crashed in South Florida, killing nine people

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US judge orders Trump admin to stop demands California remove suspected noncitizen voters

A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to stop demanding that California election officials segregate ballots cast by people on its lists of suspected

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls