Thursday, November 5, 2026
Interior of the domed ceiling of the Montana State Capitol with painted panels.

Montana passes Initiative 194, barring corporate election spending

The AP called the measure Tuesday with a margin of about 115,000 votes; it takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, unless a court blocks it.

EEOC reportedly plans to narrow pregnant workers rules after midterms

The New York Times, citing seven people familiar, says the changes could end explicit fertility treatment coverage and widen religious exemptions.
Exterior of the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center hospital building.

How Unions Police Contracts to Protect Workers

Without enforcement, collective bargaining agreements aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.
Abdul El-Sayed, a man with short dark hair and a beard, in a houndstooth jacket.

Abdul El-Sayed Becomes First Muslim Senator as Democrats Rout GOP Across the U.S. in...

Democrats won both chambers of Congress, and Abdul El-Sayed beat Mike Rogers in Michigan with over 52% of the vote.
Voters at a polling place on Election Day.

Three lawsuits seek to bar armed federal agents from polling places

Plaintiffs include Denver, Common Cause and Democratic Party committees. DHS says no polling place policy exists.
Official portrait of Rep. Adam Smith.

Top Armed Services Democrat backs impeaching Trump and Hegseth

Rep. Adam Smith, who would likely chair the committee if Democrats win the House, reversed the position he gave TIME in May.
Marchers carrying signs at a voting rights march.

Election Protection: NAACP Warns of Voter Suppression & Deployment of Federal Agents to the...

A federal judge ruled Monday night that DOJ poll monitors cannot be law enforcement officers with the power to make arrests.
U.S. soldiers on patrol in a city street in Iraq.

Empire of Defeat: Growing Old in a World Growing Even Older

“Honestly, it’s hard to believe that, once upon a distant time, I was born into an America still fighting a world war.”
Carved stone inscription on the front of the Justice Department headquarters building in Washington

DOJ plans 1,000 election monitors in all 50 states for Election Day

The Justice Department told a court no FBI or ICE employees will serve and monitors will not carry firearms; the NAACP calls the plan voter intimidation.
A round red, white and blue "I Voted" sticker

An epic backlash to defy Trumpism, its lying hypocrisy and pigheaded failures

This election isn’t about choosing a favorite ice cream but between ice cream and rat poisoning.