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  • Can I trust the polls? And other questions from listeners about the 2026 midterms

    Ahead of Election Day, listeners send in questions about whether debates are dead, if polls are reliable for election coverage and how Trump might work with Democrats if they win control of Congress.

    • NPR Politics
    • Congress
    • election

  • Judge blocks DOJ from threatening election officials over noncitizen voting claims

    A California federal judge Friday ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal prosecution in its ongoing efforts to crack down on noncitizen voting. U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson issued a temporary restraining order connected to a l…

    • The Hill — Administration
    • election

  • Judge orders 3 taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads to be pulled from TV, social media

    The federal government must pull three taxpayer-funded Trump administration ads that appear to have been made for political or propaganda purposes, including one touting the president's claim that every American will get $5,000 if Republicans keep control of Congress in the upco…

    • PBS NewsHour — Politics
    • Congress

  • Candidates make final midterm stops as early voting surges

    Candidates around the country are making their final campaign stops before Election Day with just the weekend left to go. President Trump is in Florida and will then head to Iowa and Kansas -- a last-minute change after initially cancelling those rallies. Lisa Desjardins reports.

    • PBS NewsHour — Politics
    • election

  • Time to set back the clocks, much to Trump’s chagrin

    Tick tock – clocks in America will fall back this Sunday. It could be the last time, if President Trump and some like-minded lawmakers get their way. But the debate over making daylight saving time permanent has proven divisive even within the president’s party. The House passed…

    • The Hill — Administration

  • Trump should 'take stock' and 'own' election outcome, Sen. Tillis says

    Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is sounding the alarm about the future of his own party. In his new book, "How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents," Tillis warns that GOP lawmakers are afraid to challenge President Trump, Congress is surrendering its power, a…

    • PBS NewsHour — Politics
    • Congress
    • election

  • 'A down payment on change': Rahm Emanuel on what Democrats should do after midterms

    On Election Day, Democrats are looking to do what they did 20 years ago – turn widespread dissatisfaction with a Republican president into a sweeping congressional victory. Rahm Emanuel helped engineer that victory in 2006. Now, as his party looks to regain power, Geoff Bennett…

    • PBS NewsHour — Politics
    • election

  • Capehart and Continetti on closing messages and midterm predictions

    Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and Wall Street Journal opinion columnist Matthew Continetti join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the last week of the midterm campaigns, predictions on which party will control Congress and the closing messages from President Tr…

    • PBS NewsHour — Politics
    • Congress

  • Top federal prosecutor in Alaska says criminal probe underway over would-be spoiler Senate candidate

    Separately, the U.S. Department of Justice — as part of an ongoing lawsuit filed last week — asked a federal judge to order that state elections officials isolate ballots ranking Dan J. Sullivan to investigate potential voter "confusion" with the two-term incumbent Republican Da…

    • PBS NewsHour — Politics
    • election

  • Judge orders an inquiry into potential DOJ misconduct in Trump's golf course case

    A federal judge is opening an formal inquiry into Trump officials' conduct in the East Potomac case, including whether they misled the court about their plans for the municipal golf course.

    • NPR Politics

  • Treasury Department says Iran's economy cratering, inflation at 90 percent

    The U.S.’s economic isolation campaign against Iran is “decimating” the country’s economy, according to a Treasury Department report released Friday. The Trump administration launched its sweeping economic pressure campaign, dubbed Operation Economic Outcast, at the end of Augus…

    • The Hill — Administration
    • economy

  • Trump says US looking into Binance hack: 'We don't know' if North Korea responsible

    President Trump said Friday his administration is looking into the $6.3 billion hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the largest such hack on record. “We don’t know,” Trump said in the Oval Office when asked if the hack should be attributed to a suspected North Korean…

    • The Hill — Administration

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Last updated October 31, 2026

The economy in focus

Key U.S. economic indicators often cited when assessing an administration — updated from official Federal Reserve data.

Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The St. Louis Fed does not endorse this site.

Last updated October 31, 2026

Recent activity in Congress

Bills the president may soon act on, and public laws recently enacted — pulled from the official Congress.gov record.

Recent bills in the 119th Congress, most recently updated first.
Bill Title Latest action Date
HR 7954 Don Young Doug LaMalfa Indian Buffalo Management Act Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 753. October 29, 2026
HR 10922 Fraud Accountability and Mandatory Sentencing Act Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. October 29, 2026
HR 10919 Safety Net Provider Drug Pricing Protection Act Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. October 29, 2026
HR 10925 Countering Online Trafficking Act Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. October 29, 2026
HR 10921 Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. October 29, 2026
HR 10918 Natural Gas Dominance Act Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. October 29, 2026
HR 10929 Protecting American Hemp Farmers Act Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. October 29, 2026
HR 10950 Data Center Oversight Act Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. October 29, 2026
HR 10931 Library Construction and Modernization Act of 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. October 29, 2026
HR 10930 Childhood Offenders Rehabilitation and Safety Act of 2026 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. October 29, 2026

Recently enacted public laws

Source: Congress.gov, Library of Congress (U.S. Government work, public domain). Each item links back to the official record.

Last updated October 31, 2026

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