Tuesday, November 3, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Election Day, control of Congress on the line; U.S. strikes Iran's Qeshm Island; Russia hits a Kharkiv hospital
- Election Day: polls open across America with control of the House and Senate on the line
- Trump on the eve of the vote: Iran is a 'very soft war' the U.S. can end 'at any time'
- Judge denies NAACP's broader request but orders DOJ poll monitors to be unarmed, non-police staff
- U.S. carries out 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island after Iran fires at U.S. aircraft
- 5 PM CTEvening Brief: Election Day's final hours; Iran says 'ball is in America's court'; Court leans toward Catholic preschools
- Update: Election Day enters its final hours; first polls close at 6 p.m. ET in Indiana and Kentucky
- Westchester County, N.Y., voting machines reject paper ballots; officials say every ballot will be counted
- Ninth Circuit, 6-5, lets Trump administration ask states to set aside suspected noncitizen ballots
- Update: After U.S. strikes on Qeshm, Iran's Ghalibaf says 'the ball is now in America's court'; Qatar says talks continue