We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Live: Americans head to the polls to vote in US midterm elections Voters arrive to vote in the congressional midterm election at a polling station at Midtown Mall in Anchorage, Alaska on October 30, 2026. © Emily Mesner, Americans head to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the US midterm elections, with Democrats widely projected to retake control of the House, though the Senate remains up in the air. They will need to gain three seats in the House and four in the Senate to overtake Republicans. Losing either will affect President Donald Trump's ability to pass legislation, and act as a referendum on his second term.
Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. Courts reject Trump's demand to remove ballots from suspected non-citizens A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to stop demanding that California election officials segregate ballots cast by people on its lists of suspected noncitizens. The ruling by US District Judge James Boasberg comes a day before the November 3 midterm elections, with President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans battling to maintain majorities in both houses of congress.
Boasberg found that the lists the administration had compiled were flawed, and included many people who were wrongly listed as noncitizens. Welcome to the France 24 liveblog covering the US midterm elections. You can catch up on recent developments here. •A high-profile Democratic defection shook Michigan's Senate race as Representative Haley Stevens threw her support behind Republican Mike Rogers rather than backing the Democratic candidate, Abdul Al-Sayed, who beat her in the primary race. •US PresidentDonald Trumpchose the backdrop of Washington's Reflecting Pool– a landmark whosebotched renovationsymbolised the 80-year-old's chaotic second term– to try and rally Republicans against a predicted Democratic win in the midterms. •The Supreme Court rejected a push for California to set aside 20,000 mail ballots from people President Donald Trump’s administration claims are noncitizens.
Trump promised 'no more wars'. His foreign policy tells another story Trump makes last-ditch US midterm pitch at troubled Reflecting Pool 1. 1 ## Nine killed as business jet crashes into South Florida neighbourhood Americas 2. 2 ## 'Atmosphere of fear': Trump moves to curtail voting rights ahead of the midterms Americas 3. 3 ## Some 320,000 demonstrators take part in largely peaceful protests across France France 4. 4 ## Iran's Khamenei warns US and Israel against new attacks Middle East 5. 5 ## Iran warns renewed war with US could outlast previous conflict Middle East Includes a video 1 min 6. 6 ## French high school blockades to restart on Monday, student unions say France © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved. France 24 is not responsible for the content of external websites.
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