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Democrats may gain politically from the Iran War, but opposition to Trump supplies no answer to their own crisis of national identity.

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Chile President José Antonio Kast’s approval rating sank to a record low as a controversy over the early release of convicted child sex offenders added to anger over a stagnant economy just eight months into his term in office.

The administration has laid the groundwork to challenge the midterm results.

Lula's victory hands the godfather of our hemisphere's socialist movement four more years at the helm of Latin America's largest country.

I traveled to Belgrade, Serbia, this past weekend as an international observer of the country’s Oct. 25 parliamentary elections. What I witnessed was a remarkably thorough system of election security, administered by election officials representing competing political parties, with multiple safeguards designed to prevent fraudulent voting. What I also witnessed was an opposition movement seemingly […]

Trump called Democratic candidate a ‘jihadist’ as El-Sayed’s defeated primary opponent backs Republican Mike Rogers. Plus an Australian fish worth its weight in gold Good morning. Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, has endorsed his Republican rival in an extraordinary rebuke of her party’s nominee on the eve of the midterm elections. Tensions between El-Sayed and Stevens had already led to him asking her to stay away from his campaign events , and her endorsement of Mike Rogers comes as the US president unleashed a racist tirade against El-Sayed in Iowa . What did Stevens do? Her endorsement came in a video posted to X after she attended an event with Rogers at the predominantly Black Perfecting church in Detroit on Sunday. Stevens’s endorsement was the culmination of an escalating feud between the former primary rivals – primarily over support for Israel – that has roiled one of the most fiercely contested Senate contests of the cycle. What did Trump say? The president bashed El-Sayed, a practicing Muslim, in brazenly racist terms, saying that Congress would have to “get a special metal detector for Abdul” if he were elected. “If you vote for this jihadist lunatic that wants to destroy you, you’re crazy. Mike Rodgers is apple pie. And you know what this country needs? A little apple pie. We don’t need the communists or jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood. We need apple pie.” Continue reading...

This week, the Court will consider when a death-row inmate may file a second habeas application based on “a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable.”

We can measure whether students can multiply and whether certain instructional practices helped them do it. But how do we measure global citizenship? We can’t, and so anything goes.

President Trump is holding an event Monday at the Washington, D.C. Reflecting Pool, while Michigan Democrats assess the fallout from a cross-party endorsement.

President Donald Trump said he would be willing to offer protective pardons to Elon Musk and close aides if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterm elections.

Democrats in Michigan are considering their options after Haley Stevens endorsed GOP candidate Mike Rogers for Senate. And the Gulf states are bracing for a possible U.S. attack on Iran after the midterms.

CBS News has identified 11 key Senate and 42 House races that will likely decide the majority — all of which can change during the midterm campaign.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made an unsuccessful bid to stop fellow Democrat Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) from taking drastic action in Michigan’s contentious Senate race.  Ocasio-Cortez called and texted Stevens about her growing dissatisfaction with Democrat candidate Abdul El-Sayed in the days before she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers, Politico reported Monday. The shocking endorsement came ...

President Trump said Monday he'd move to protect Elon Musk if Democrats investigate the SpaceX and Tesla CEO after midterm elections. He also suggested the possibility of pre-emptive pardons for staff and others around him if Democrats win the election. Why it matters: Trump is positioning himself for a combative final two years in the White House, as polls increasingly point to the prospect of a significant blue wave. What they're saying: In an interview for the "Pod Force One" podcast published early Monday, host Miranda Devine asked Trump about rumors of Musk being investigated or having assets seized. "It's talk. But if it is talk, we'll have to protect them," Trump said. He went on to say he wouldn't hesitate to pardon staffers if he thought Democrats were pursuing them. Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and will be updated with more information.

Steve Hilton rallied in Pacific Palisades, calling the wildfire devastation a symbol of 16 years of Democratic failure ahead of Tuesday's election.

Vice President JD Vance conceded to a major parenting fail at a Monday rally appearance in Rome, New York. Vance, along with President Donald Trump, was in the Empire State to help give a boost to Republican candidates ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections — Anthony Constantino, who hopes to fill the seat left by outgoing ...

Tech leaders await fallout from Tuesday’s US midterms