A Tight Senate Battle Comes Down to a Few Key Races Republicans are in good position to win the Senate majority, but Democrats still hold hope of retaining control.

Harris’s Hope: Getting Right-Leaning Voters to Shift to the Left Democrats see a narrow opening to peel away center-right voters bothered by abortion bans and by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

7 Moments From the Extremely Online 2024 Election In the 2024 presidential race, both nominees exploited a porous boundary between the internet and real life. Some viral moments, however, were out of their control.

Trump, Preparing to Challenge the Results, Puts His 2020 Playbook Into Action Step by step, Donald J. Trump and his allies are following the strategies that caused chaos four years ago. Election officials say they are ready this time.

Trump Is Betting Big on Musk’s Swing-State Moonshot The candidate is leaning on an unusual canvassing effort funded by Elon Musk. If successful, it could usher in a new era when billionaires dominate ground campaigns.

Why Are Democrats Having Such a Hard Time Beating Trump? The national political environment just isn’t as conducive to a Harris victory as many might imagine.

Erie County Short Up To 17,000 Mail Ballots, Judge Finds A state judge in Erie County, Pa., found that thousands of voters may not have received their ballots in time for the election on Tuesday, ordering the county to remedy the issue.

Uncertainty Reigns in Nevada With Rise of Nonpartisan Voters With early voting coming to a close, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris must now ensure their respective bases show up on Election Day, while chasing down those whose choice is less clear.

Judge Allows Unusual G.O.P. Strategy to Pump Money Into Senate Races Democrats had claimed that the advertising strategy may have violated federal election laws establishing strict limits on spending by national party committees to aid individual candidates.

Trump Still Can’t Stop Talking About Women The countdown to the election feels like an Advent calendar with a dubious remark behind each door.

Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Block Count of Some Pennsylvania Provisional Ballots Republicans had asked the justices to pause a state court order requiring election boards to count provisional ballots by voters whose mail-in ballots were deemed invalid.

Latino Civil Rights Group Pushes Back on the Myth of Noncitizen Voters The League of United Latin American Citizens, which was targeted in Texas’ election fraud case, is teaming up with a Democratic super PAC to counter Republican-led election challenges.

Halloween Parade Float Denounced as Racist for Harris Depiction Daylon A. Davis, the president of the N.A.A.C.P.’s Pittsburgh branch, said he was deeply disturbed by the way Vice President Kamala Harris was depicted.

Official Transcript of Biden’s Remarks on Trump and ‘Garbage’ Was Altered by White House The debate over the meaning of President Biden’s words comes down to an apostrophe, which the White House press office inserted into the transcript without the approval of official stenographers.

Maryland Republican Fighting Uphill Battle Pitches Voters on Splitting Their Tickets A spot for former Gov. Larry Hogan aims to give Democrats permission to back him over Angela Alsobrooks and still vote for Kamala Harris — or against Donald J. Trump.

Chipmaker GlobalFoundries Faces $500,000 Fine for Banned Shipments to China The Biden administration said it had reached a settlement after the U.S. chipmaker voluntarily disclosed that it had shipped products to a firm linked with China’s military industrial complex.

The Fight for the House Majority Could Go Either Way in Tight Contest Public and private polling this cycle, as well as strategists in both parties, point to one of the tightest contests yet for the House majority, in races that stretch from California to Nebraska to Virginia.

Veto Power in the Balance, Nevada’s G.O.P. Governor Keeps Trump at Arm’s Length Republicans believe a strong Donald Trump victory would ensure that Gov. Joe Lombardo could keep overriding Democratic priorities. But Mr. Lombardo is operating outside the state party, and largely away from Mr. Trump.

U.S. Spy Agencies Issue New Warning on Russia’s Election Misinformation Campaign Two recent videos have sought to undermine confidence in the security of the vote.

Hit Play About U.S. Constitution Debuts in Canada. Amended, of Course. How do you retool “What the Constitution Means to Me” for those unfamiliar with the U.S. Constitution? Consult Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.