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As voters lined up at the polls Tuesday, social media users claimed that how candidates are listed on New York City ballots is proof that voting is rigged

3:04 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Conservative activist Laura Loomer says she's been granted credentials to join the Pentagon press corps

2:46 PM on Tuesday, November 4

The FBI has continued its personnel purge, forcing out additional agents and supervisors tied to the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election despite efforts by Washington’s top federal prosecutor to try to stop at least some of the terminations

2:21 PM on Tuesday, November 4

The United States has circulated draft text for a U.N. Security Council resolution that would provide a mandate for an international stabilization force in Gaza for at least two years

1:55 PM on Tuesday, November 4

The flags at the White House are lowered to half-staff in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died Monday

12:32 PM on Tuesday, November 4

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks

11:43 AM on Tuesday, November 4

11:40 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84

10:46 AM on Tuesday, November 4

A man charged with assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent calls it an act of protest

10:44 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he is prepared to call his American counterpart if negotiations on U.S. tariffs do not go forward in the near future

9:44 AM on Tuesday, November 4

Haiti’s government says that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 43 and that 13 others are still missing

9:13 AM on Tuesday, November 4

The New York City mayor’s race pitting Zohran Mamdani against Andrew Cuomo will determine whether the city elects its first Muslim mayor and its youngest leader in generations or offers a comeback for a longtime politician who resigned as governor four years ago in disgrace

5:35 AM on Tuesday, November 4

In Dick Cheney’s hands, the vice presidency became a nexus of influence and manipulation — no longer the timid office where its occupants had tended their boss’s ambitions

11:22 PM on Monday, November 3

California voters are deciding whether to change their state’s congressional district boundaries to favor Democrats

11:17 PM on Monday, November 3

New York City voters are choosing their next mayor, as Zohran Mamdani faces former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a generational battle between Democrats while Republican Curtis Sliwa tries to land a massive upset

11:14 PM on Monday, November 3

New Jersey voters are electing their next governor in a race that will reveal whether Democrats still have a grip on a state that has been reliably blue in recent years but has shown signs of shifting toward Republicans

11:08 PM on Monday, November 3

Voters in Maine and Texas are deciding whether to enact new Republican-backed measures that supporters say would help safeguard elections, but which opponents believe are intended to make voting more difficult

11:07 PM on Monday, November 3

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine's history, voters are considering whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns