Polls are open nationwide with control of Congress at stake, as poll-closing times roll in from 6 PM to midnight Eastern and attention centers on Senate contests in Michigan, Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, and Texas.
Former Rep. Justin Amash says he voted for neither Senate candidate in Michigan, but argues Mike Rogers poses a far greater threat to civil liberties than Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
California will have a new governor for the first time in eight years after the Fox News Decision Desk projected that former Biden administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has defeated Republican Steve Hilton, keeping the governorship in Democratic hands as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s term-limited tenure comes to a close.
Rep. Byron Donalds has won Florida’s governor’s race, becoming the first Black governor in state history and the first Black Republican ever elected governor nationally, defeating Democrat David Jolly.
Democrat David Crowley, Milwaukee County’s executive, has won Wisconsin’s governorship over Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany, becoming the state’s first Black governor.
A Honduran man freed from ICE custody by a federal judge’s habeas ruling in August has been charged with raping a woman in her Mounds View, Minnesota home in October, just days after his deportation order became final.
Actor Bill Murray surprised National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” by asking him to say “my dog just died” to see how his smile would react.
Rep. Robert Garcia says House Democrats would subpoena acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and other Trump officials on “day one” if they retake the chamber, as a separate Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska’s Senate race was dismissed by a federal judge.
A 16-year-old North High School football player, William Aviles, was shot and killed at a Halloween party in Bakersfield early Saturday, and police are asking the public for video of the incident.
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Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer dedicated a hospital support room in Lake Success named for his mother, who died of breast cancer in 2024, to help children of cancer patients.
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San Luis Obispo County’s district attorney has charged a noncitizen with voter fraud and is investigating 16 more cases, part of an expanding federal and county crackdown that has brought the statewide total to 34 defendants.
