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Daniel Rosen, U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday Sept. 30, 2026, in Washington, as Attorney General Todd Blanche, left, and Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, look on. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump administration says it has no plans for ICE officers at polls. Activists are preparing anyway.

October 2, 2026 at 8:18 a.m.

With early voting already underway, a question worrying some voters is what role — if any — immigration enforcement officers might have at polling places through Election Day.

The Supreme Court is seen on the morning after the conservative majority sided with the Trump administration in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now

September 25, 2026 at 6:43 p.m.

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting.

A voter casts a ballot on the first day of early voting in Minnesota at the Elections & Voter Services building, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Just 40 days out from midterms, election officials say new US cyber plan comes too late

September 24, 2026 at 9:23 p.m.

Election officials said the plan is both inadequate and belated after the administration gutted the agency’s election security work last year.

Ed Westrick, 59, adjusts a roof on a small building at his rural home near Commerce, Texas, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Economic frustration tests President Donald Trump’s standing with rural voters, new AP-KFF poll finds

September 23, 2026 at 6:19 a.m.

About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey.

A sign directs voters to an entrance for City Hall during early voting for the Rhode Island primary election, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress

September 18, 2026 at 8:24 p.m.

In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections begins Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide who they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a...

Dr. Nicole Saphier, surgeon general nominee, testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions during a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Trump’s 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stance

September 16, 2026 at 3:51 p.m.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump’s third surgeon general nominee, was grilled at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday about her stance on childhood vaccines.

President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican convention, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Donald Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states

September 10, 2026 at 10:26 a.m.

The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees across 30 states, whom the White House alleges were overcharged by the Biden...

FILE – Voters cast their ballots during the primary election in Windsor, Conn., Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Rusty Jones, File)

Noncitizen voting claims animate President Trump’s attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges

August 29, 2026 at 1:41 p.m.

Voting by noncitizens is extremely rare and is punishable as a felony that carries the potential for deportation.

FILE – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

Exclusive: RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that

August 27, 2026 at 7:32 a.m.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation last year that a 2019 visit to Samoa before a deadly measles outbreak had...

Heidi Overton, deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, speaks during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration

August 19, 2026 at 2:17 p.m.

Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.

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