Trump Administration Steps Up Midterm Interventions, and Israeli Elections Have No Clear Winner

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• Republicans Ramp Up Investigation Into Democratic Plan to Pack Alaska’s Ballot (nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/alaska-dan-…), by Kellen Browning, Anna Griffin and Glenn Thrush
• Justice Dept. Pressures California With Expanded Election Investigation (nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/trump-doj-california…), by Devlin Barrett and Shawn Hubler
• Hegseth Fires General He Accused of Leaking Information to the News Media (nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/hegseth-army-general…), by Greg Jaffe
• Final Vote Results in Israel Set Up Weeks of Uncertainty About Who Will Govern (nytimes.com/2026/10/29/world/middleeast/israel…), by Leo Sands, Johnatan Reiss and Ephrat Livni
• After 28 Years Walking Across the Globe, He’s Almost Home (nytimes.com/2026/10/29/world/europe/karl-bushb…), by Jonathan Wolfe

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