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  1. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Election Day enters its final hours; first polls close at 6 p.m. ET in Indiana and Kentucky
  2. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTWestchester County, N.Y., voting machines reject paper ballots; officials say every ballot will be counted
  3. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTNinth Circuit, 6-5, lets Trump administration ask states to set aside suspected noncitizen ballots
  4. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTUpdate: After U.S. strikes on Qeshm, Iran's Ghalibaf says 'the ball is now in America's court'; Qatar says talks continue
  5. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Russian attacks kill at least 38 and injure 167 across Ukraine in a day; Dnipro hospice destroyed
  6. Supreme Court · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court appears likely to side with Catholic preschools in Colorado case
  7. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTElection Day: polls open across America with control of the House and Senate on the line
  8. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTTrump on the eve of the vote: Iran is a 'very soft war' the U.S. can end 'at any time'
  9. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTJudge denies NAACP's broader request but orders DOJ poll monitors to be unarmed, non-police staff
  10. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTU.S. carries out 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island after Iran fires at U.S. aircraft
  11. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Qatar says it is seeking an interim U.S.-Iran deal after a three-hour session in Tehran, but 'no concrete progress' yet
  12. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Russia fires 289 drones and 76 missiles at Ukraine overnight; Kharkiv hospital hit, 73 injured; aid-center death toll rises to at least 31
  13. Supreme Court · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court hears Catholic preschools' challenge to Colorado's universal preschool rules today
  14. World · Mon, Nov 2 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Trump tells Axios there is 'no rush' to decide on new Iran strikes, then posts that a deal 'could happen' as Qatar's mediator returns to Tehran
  15. World · Mon, Nov 2 · 5 PM CTIran says its seven-step plan is now 'condensed' to two days, but its demands are unchanged: lift the blockade and sanctions first
  16. World · Mon, Nov 2 · 5 PM CTAt least 26 killed as Russian glide bombs hit a school used as an aid center in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, a day after the Oleshky truce ended
  17. World · Mon, Nov 2 · 5 PM CTFighting resumes in Kherson after the longest ceasefire of the war, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump; Kyiv says Russia used the pause to rearm
  18. White House · Mon, Nov 2 · 5 PM CTTrump makes his final pitch before Tuesday's midterm elections in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
  19. Supreme Court · Mon, Nov 2 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court opens its November sitting with Maxwell v. Dinis and Younge v. Fulton DA; the Catholic preschools case, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, is argued Tuesday
  20. World · Sun, Nov 1 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Trump says the U.S. is 'not in that much of a hurry' for an Iran deal as Iranian negotiators hold a third straight day of talks with Qatari mediators