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Election Day is here: What to know about voting at the polls

People move in line to cast their ballots at the polling place at the League for People with Disabilities in Baltimore on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Polls are opening across the country in an election that could determine whether Republicans keep their congressional advantage or if Democrats regain power in either chamber.

Trump says U.S. aid to Israel ends this year to thwart Democratic critics

Supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu protest against left-wing activists calling for the formation of a government that includes Arab parties, following Israel's general election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Trump said Tuesday that the roughly $4 billion in annual U.S. aid to Israel will be cut off at the end of this year under an understanding with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu protest against left-wing activists calling for the formation of a government that includes Arab parties, following Israel's general election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Trump says U.S. aid to Israel ends this year to thwart Democratic critics

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President Donald Trump walks from the podium after speaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

He’s not on the ballot, but Trump’s presidency is on the line Tuesday

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D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George waves to the crowd as she celebrates after winning D.C. Mayor primary election during an election night party at the Howard Theatre Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

A socialist mayor in D.C. and fast-track to a new congressional map in Maryland on Tuesday’s ballot

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A bird flies low over the water as cargo ships lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, early Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Iran says it shot down U.S. drones after reported overnight strikes on Qeshm Island

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russian sabotage tests NATO’s eastern flank as Washington reviews troop deployments

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A bird flies low over the water as cargo ships lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, early Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

Iran says it shot down U.S. drones after reported overnight strikes on Qeshm Island

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russian sabotage tests NATO’s eastern flank as Washington reviews troop deployments

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Fuel prices are displayed on the pump at a gas station, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Gas prices still above $4 per gallon on average, but heading in right direction on Election Day

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New York City marathoner collapses two miles from finish line, dies in hospital

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People move in line to cast their ballots at the polling place at the League for People with Disabilities in Baltimore on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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Democrat Haley Stevens endorsement switch based on El-Sayed’s anti-Israel, anti-Black rhetoric

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Voters use privacy booths to fill out their ballots at an early voting site in Haverstraw, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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President Donald Trump passes Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., as he departs after delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) **FILE**

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Supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu protest against left-wing activists calling for the formation of a government that includes Arab parties, following Israel's general election, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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