Nine stories to know this Election Day, US first: Americans vote with Congress at stake, the Supreme Court's ruling on California ballots, Trump's closing pitch, floods in the Southwest, new details in the Florida jet crash, falling oil prices, US strikes near Hormuz, fake nuclear alerts in Ukraine and Russia, and the end of the UN mission in Western Sahara.
File photoVoters are choosing all 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governors in the midterm elections, after more than 57 million ballots were cast early.
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File photoOn the eve of the election, the Supreme Court turned down the Trump administration's emergency request to make California separate up to 20,000 mail ballots from people it says are likely noncitizens.
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File photoIn an election-eve speech at the newly reopened Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Trump said Republicans gave the midterms 'a very strong shot' while noting that a president's party usually loses.
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File photoHeavy rain sent floodwaters through parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate. At least one person died.
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File photoFederal investigators said there is some evidence the Learjet that crashed in Florida on Sunday began breaking up before it hit the ground. Families identified the passengers.
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File photoBrent crude fell 7.6% to $104.77 a barrel on hopes for a US-Iran deal. The Dow rose, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slipped as AI stocks stayed shaky.
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File photoThe US military carried out limited defensive strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island after Iranian forces fired at an American aircraft, US officials said, as talks on a deal continue.
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File photoEmergency alert apps in both Ukraine and Russia were hacked, sending false warnings of nuclear and other threats just as a local ceasefire around Oleshky ended.
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File photoThe UN mission in Western Sahara began shutting down after 35 years when its mandate expired and the Security Council failed to agree on renewing it.
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