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Tuesday’s vote is close enough to taste, and a judge reined in pressure on the people counting ballots. Ahead: how the night might unfold hour by hour, a preschool fight landing at the Supreme Court, a college football shocker on Halloween, and a costume that took hours to climb into.

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Money worries topped voters' concerns in four of the six previous midterms this century, and the Iran war and tariffs are now driving up prices. Polls show pocketbook issues are top of mind again for many voters as a hard-fought campaign deciding control of Congress enters its final days.

Democrats are hammering President Trump over the Iran war and tariffs that raised prices, while Republicans insist the economy is stronger than before they took power. Worries about money feel deeper and more desperate this cycle, putting the cost of living at the center of the campaign's final weekend.

A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal charges over how they process ballots, just days before the midterms. Judge Trina Thompson also barred demands that officials set aside ballots the administration alleges may come from noncitizens, after unions and civil rights groups sued.

Federal letters this month demanded that California officials set aside ballots from 20,000 registered voters, and armed Homeland Security officials later warned of criminal charges. Trump criticized the ruling Saturday, asking why they would reject fixing election fraud, while the order noted a similar demand went to Washington state.

A former Fort Bragg contractor was arrested after allegedly sharing classified military information on social media and stealing night-vision gear from an Army special operations facility. James Thomas Ashbacher, 37, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, was arrested by the FBI on a federal indictment for unlawfully transmitting and keeping national defense information.

Prosecutors said his top-secret clearance gave him access to classified material, which he allegedly photographed and uploaded to a platform where others reshared it. Agents searching his home also found an award document containing classified information and a missing night-vision system belonging to an Army special operations unit.

Turkey moved jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan to a newly built prison section on Imrali island, a Kurdish lawmaker said, calling for faster talks to end the 42-year conflict.

Bulgarians are voting in a presidential runoff Sunday, where acting President Iliana Yotova could become the country's first elected female president if she defeats former interim Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov.

Thousands rallied in New Delhi Sunday demanding India's election chief resign over a voter roll review that has removed more than 130 million names since last year.

Turkey moved jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan to a newly built prison section on Imrali island, a Kurdish lawmaker said, calling for faster talks to end the 42-year conflict.

Bulgarians are voting in a presidential runoff Sunday, where acting President Iliana Yotova could become the country's first elected female president if she defeats former interim Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov.

Thousands rallied in New Delhi Sunday demanding India's election chief resign over a voter roll review that has removed more than 130 million names since last year.

Alphabet's cloud unit had a blockbuster quarter, with Google Cloud revenue more than doubling to nearly $31 billion even as growth in its core Search business slowed.

Meta said its artificial intelligence investments are delivering substantial incremental advertising revenue, while its total revenue jumped 26% in the three months that ended on September 30.

CoreWeave shares have lost a quarter of their value in a month, as worries about debt-fueled data center firms grow, with the company carrying $35.1 billion in debt.

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Heat and drought are shrinking Italy's prized white truffles, with a poor October harvest around Alba yielding smaller fungi while prices run 20% to 30% above last year.

A South Carolina family's viral fundraising video helped bankroll the first human trial of Fayuvi, a one-time gene therapy for the rare Sanfilippo syndrome that the FDA approved in September.

A major engineering society retracted 1,417 conference papers in the largest single bulk retraction by any publisher, after a study traced them to social-media ads by paper mills.

Gabby Williams scored 30 points as the Golden State Valkyries won the WNBA title in their second season, beating Atlanta 68-63 in the first Finals Game 7.

Victor Wembanyama poured in a season-high 43 points with five blocks, becoming the first Spur since David Robinson in 1996 to do both, in a 121-111 win over Minnesota.

USC stunned No. 2 Ohio State 30-18 on a rain-soaked Halloween night at the Coliseum, scoring more points than the Buckeyes' defense had allowed in its previous 31 games.

Marc Marquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix to stretch his MotoGP lead to 44 points over Jorge Martin, who missed the race with a wrist fractured in Australia last week.

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka surprised guests at Heidi Klum's 25th Halloween party dressed as the twins from The Shining, while Jade Thirlwall arrived as a stone angel.

Thousands of Filipinos flocked to cemeteries across Manila on Sunday for All Saints' Day, a tradition called Undas, bringing flowers, candles, prayers and snacks to the graves of loved ones.

Crowds packed Edinburgh's Calton Hill on Halloween night for the ancient Samhuinn Fire Festival, where fire dancers, drummers and acrobats staged a showdown between the summer and winter kings.

What it is: Polls close Tuesday night, but the count could stretch for days or even weeks, and the Senate is likely to take far longer to settle than the House. Senate margins run tighter than House margins, seven states are especially competitive, and two states use ranked choice voting, a system that can slow the final tally further.

The detail: Georgia offers an early read, since its secretary of state says new laws now require counties to report results within an hour of polls closing there. Florida, meanwhile, is testing its newly redrawn congressional maps for the first time, and its competitive House races carry real weight in the fight for the chamber.

Why it matters: The House likely won't hinge on a single seat, but the Senate very well could, which puts enormous weight on a small cluster of Tuesday's close races. North Carolina's Republican-held seat, where former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper faces former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley, is Democrats' likeliest pickup, polls and pundits say.

What to watch: Ohio opens the night's run of seven tight Senate contests, where Republican Sen. Jon Husted and former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown remain locked in a virtual dead heat. In Maine, Republican Sen. Susan Collins faces a tough fight against Democrat Troy Jackson, defending the only GOP Senate seat in a state Kamala Harris carried in 2024.

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Heidi Klum spent five to six hours squeezing into a bloody severed hand costume modeled on her own left hand, with long red nails, a thumb ring and wedding band.

Drones spotted multiple sharks off Noosa, forcing Australia's premier triathlon to scrap its ocean swim for the first time since 1983 and send athletes off on a run instead.

On World Vegan Day, a Dutch entrepreneur warned that condoms, lubricants and even vibrators might contain animal products, since latex is sometimes softened with a milk protein.

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling is shown to the public for the first time (1512) · A massive earthquake devastates Lisbon, Portugal (1755) · John Adams becomes the first president to live in the White House (1800) · Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in horse racing's "match of the century" (1938) · The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union (1993)

"I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof." — John Adams, writing to Abigail Adams after his first night in the White House

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— The Five Minute Daily Team