US midterms 2026

US midterms: The Pakistani-Americans on the ballot on Tuesday, from Texas to Connecticut

Candidates of Pakistani origin are running in at least six states, most of them for state legislatures rather than Congress

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Yesterday

1. 23:30

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   US midterms: Trump vows to be ‘Mr Veto’ if Democrats win, as both parties make their last push

   He was due to close at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. A judge was also hearing a challenge over immigration agents at polling places

   

2. 22:35

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   US midterms: Justice Department heads to Supreme Court over California ballots a day before the vote

   It wants the ballots of people it calls likely noncitizens held back. Two lower courts have refused, and officials say many on its list of 20,000 were never mailed a ballot

   

3. 22:18

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   US midterms: Democrat Haley Stevens drops Abdul El-Sayed for his Republican rival two days before the vote, as Schumer calls it a ‘despicable betrayal’

   The reversal in Michigan, one of the races that could decide the Senate, reopens a Democratic rift over Israel. El-Sayed says: ‘None of this matters’

   

4. 22:18

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   US midterms 2026: what is at stake, when polls close in Pakistan time and the Senate races that could decide Congress

   Americans vote on Tuesday for all 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governors, with the first polls closing at 4am on Wednesday in Pakistan

   

5. 09:26

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   Trump calls Abdul El-Sayed a ‘jihadist’ again and jokes about a ‘special metal detector’ at final midterm rallies

   The Muslim Democrat is in a tight Michigan Senate race, and community leaders say hostility is at its highest since the September 11 attacks.

   

6. 05:25

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   Netanyahu pushed Trump to strike Iran right after the midterms in ‘tough’ call, officials say, as Iran claims two more tankers hit mines in Hormuz

   Trump prefers to give talks more time and says he is in no hurry, while Israeli officials say they are preparing in case fighting resumes after Tuesday’s vote.

   

Saturday 31 October 2026

1. 11:03

   INTERNATIONAL

   Trump may order major Iran strike if Republicans lose in midterms, US officials say, as Qatar presses talks in Tehran

   A US official said Trump could ‘do something bold’ if embarrassed at the polls, as Qatari mediators reported ‘positive progress’ after 12 hours of talks in Tehran; the White House denied any link.

   

Friday 30 October 2026

1. 20:23

   INTERNATIONAL

   Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election, casting mail-in ballot in midterms

   The Chicago-born pope voted by post from the Vatican in Illinois, days before midterms that will decide control of Congress, after clashing with Trump over Iran and immigration.

   

2. 00:21

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   Trump brands Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed a ‘jihadist’ as anti-Muslim attacks mount before midterms

   Muslim leaders in Michigan say hostility is at its worst since 9/11 as Republicans accuse the Egyptian-American doctor, without evidence, of links to the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran.