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Federal actions around voting system expand weeks ahead of midterms

With midterm elections just two weeks away, there are concerns that the federal government’s pressure on election officials is breeding distrust in the system.  Federal agents have seized ballots, and voting machines have been examined. The Justice Department is locked in legal battles with states across the country over information about individual voters and this…

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Obama raises more than $13 million for Democrats, urges voters to “turn hope into action” at ballot box in November

Washington — He still calls himself the “hope guy.” Former President Barack Obama, who ran on “hope and change,” is resurrecting his signature campaign slogan in a new series of digital ads for the Democratic National Committee that were viewed exclusively by CBS News.   “I’ll be honest with you: I never imagined some of…

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Obama hosts fundraiser with Senate Democrats with midterms less than 1 month away

Washington – Former President Barack Obama headlined a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Wednesday night to discuss the stakes of the upcoming midterm election. The event featured a conversation between Obama and Delaware Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, vice chair of the DSCC, about Democrats’ efforts to flip the Senate.  “I think he is…

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Stop the Steel? Iowa approves $1.36 billion for foreign-owned steel plant in swing district less than 2 weeks before early voting

“Stop the Steal” — or rather, steel — has an entirely new meaning for some Iowa voters in 2026. Protesters at the Iowa statehouse Friday carried signs reading “No Steel Steal!” as lawmakers raced through a one-day special session to award Mesabi Metallics $1.36 billion over ten years in tax incentives for a new steel…

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Netanyahu lashed Mamdani in fiery U.N. speech, but real aim was his own political survival, analyst says

In a mass visual rebuke for the world to see, hundreds of delegates walked out of the United Nations General Assembly Thursday just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up to the podium.  He delivered a fiery speech defending the seven-month war on Iran launched jointly by the U.S. and Israel, rejected allegations of…

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Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Sept. 13, 2026

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Weijia Jiang:  Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican  CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto  CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed…

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