Ballot scanners glitch in N.Y., officials say ballots are safe
Voting machines in polling sites in Westchester County, N.Y., had glitches Tuesday when the ballot scanners stopped accepting votes, officials said.
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AI firms face pressure to curb Election Day misinformation
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story How AI firms prepared for Election Day Taking a page out of social media firms’ playbook, artificial intelligence firms are on high alert for Election Day amid the threat of misinformation. © AP Photo/Ryan Murphy The AI industry is facing pressure to ensure their products are feeding out…
See CBS News exit poll results for the 2026 midterm elections
Here's a national look at what's on voters' minds in the 2026 midterm elections as they cast their ballots.
Senate election updates for 2026's high-stakes midterm races
Republicans are defending a 53-47 majority in the Senate, as Democrats aim to flip enough seats to gain control.
First polls close in pivotal US midterm elections
With control of the US Congress on the line, results from Tuesday’s races will have marked implications for the country.
House Democrats curb their enthusiasm on Election Day
They’re hoping for good news tonight, but still tamping down some of the rosiest projections.
Nearly half of voters saw midterm election as a rebuke of Trump, NBC News Exit Poll shows
The president’s approval rating dropped among voters, who have big concerns about the economy, according to early polling results.
Carville predicts ‘astronomical’ Black turnout will drive midterm results
Democratic strategist James Carville predicted an “astronomical” Black turnout would drive Tuesday’s midterm elections amid election forecasters anticipating a “blue wave.” “When I look around at candidates in other places, I think the story” Tuesday night and Wednesday morning “is going to be Black turnout,” he said during a Monday appearance on MS NOW. “I…
Democrats leaned into Big Tech and AI opposition this cycle.
Democratic candidates touted their credentials taking on the tech industry far more than in prior election cycles, an analysis by public policy group Reset Tech finds. Between 2020 and 2024, only two Democratic ads used the phrase “Big Tech.” From 2025 to 2026, that number was 154.
Greene says Trump’s Israel aid announcement shows ‘how bad the polling is’
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday said that President Trump’s recent announcement about cutting aid to Israel shows “how bad the polling is” when it comes to the issue. “Trump getting permission from Netanyahu to end annual aid to Israel isn’t going to change today’s election results,” Greene said in a Tuesday morning…
Trump turns off Fox News over Tarlov’s ‘dumb voice’
President Trump said he was forced to turn off Fox News Tuesday as he was watching the channel for election night updates because of a segment on “The Five” featuring liberal pundit Jessica Tarlov. “I can’t stand Jessica Tarlov’s voice — DUMB AS A ROCK, but it’s the voice that gets me,” the president wrote…
Watch: 400 km above Earth, Nasa astronaut Anil Menon shows how he voted from space
Three Nasa astronauts, including Anil Menon, cast their ballots in the US midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3, from aboard the International Space
Fulton County, GA may need to rescan 1,000 ballots tonight because of scanner malfunctions.
A county election official asked the election board for approval to rescan ballots from two scanners experiencing equipment issues. One scanner seemed to wrongly display that it had a paper jam, CBS News reports, while another displayed an error after a voter accidentally rolled over its cable with a wheelchair.
The Witcher 3 Devs Talk Songs of the Past DLC Details
IGN spoke to CD Projekt Red's level design lead Miles Tost and Songs of the Past writer Paula Meissner at the Lucca Comics & Games festival about creating a distinct new corner of the Continent, the surprising importance of local booze, and why even bringing characters back from the dead doesn't necessarily mean breaking canon.
Things still seem to be going fairly smoothly.
The nonpartisan Election Protection Coalition says it’s received over 8,000 hotline calls today, but the reported concerns are fairly standard for large elections. Rev. Dr. Katie Sexton Wood, executive director of the Arizona Faith Network, says there’s been no verified reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near Arizona polling spots.
Warnock: ‘2028 could very well be theoretical’ if Democrats don’t win midterms
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) said in an interview released Sunday that he believed “2028 could very well be theoretical” if the Democratic Party does not win Tuesday’s midterm elections amid GOP attacks and potential legal battles regarding election results. “Now, where is your head on 2028?” Politico’s Jonathan Martin asked Warnock during an interview that…
‘Largest monitoring effort in history’: Trump’s DOJ deploys 1,000 monitors; Democrats allege voter intimidation
The US Justice Department deployed around 1,000 election monitors and observers across the country on Tuesday, describing the move as the largest