What are the 10 biggest news stories from today?

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Based on headlines published Monday, November 2, 2026, the 10 biggest news stories today are:

The midterm campaign for control of Congress entered its final weekend, with voting scheduled for November 3 to decide control of Congress.

President Donald Trump's administration stepped up criminal and civil investigations into allegations that Democrats conspired to recruit a spoiler candidate in a critical Senate race in Alaska, where aides to Democratic challenger Mary Peltola allegedly helped recruit a retired schoolteacher Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. because his name is similar to Republican incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan. President Donald Trump is calling for the criminal prosecution of the Democratic candidate.

The administration said on Saturday it would likely take its fight over thousands of California mail-in ballots to the Supreme Court. The administration has demanded records from California as part of a criminal investigation into alleged voting by noncitizens, while a US appeals court said on Friday that blocking California from counting midterm election mail ballots received from more than 20,000 registered voters would risk disenfranchising eligible voters.

President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail on Sunday with rallies in Iowa and Kansas. The rallies were restored after being canceled — "Rallies are BACK ON!". At the same time, President Donald Trump's White House has spent months preparing for a possible Democratic takeover of Congress, developing plans to keep advancing major parts of his agenda through executive power.
The White House on November 2, 2026 published a 'Promises Made, Promises Kept' post citing border security, No Tax on Tips, DEI elimination, and women's sports rules as fulfilled second-term pledges by President Donald Trump, with the official White House X account publishing a sweeping list of second-term accomplishments on Monday, November 2, 2026.

Iranian negotiators were in Doha on Sunday for a third consecutive day of talks with Qatari mediators aimed at pushing for a deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran. Separately, Iran is threatening recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisting it is still building missiles three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East.

The Bank of England is expected to bow to inflation pressure from soaring energy costs and raise interest rates on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters expect the BoE to raise Bank Rate to 4.0% from 3.75%, its first hike since August 2023.

Thousands protested in Delhi on Sunday to demand the resignation of India's election chief over a revision of voter lists. The INDIA bloc held a massive 'Chalo Dilli' rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the voter list revision.

Five people were killed in two separate incidents in India's northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Sunday, as fresh ethnic violence erupted, with three men from the Kuki tribal group killed in an exchange of gunfire in Noney district. Also reported as five people killed in fresh ethnic violence in Manipur.

A US-brokered humanitarian ceasefire in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky held until the end of the day, allowing civilians to evacuate and aid to move safely. Pope Leo said on Sunday he hoped cooperation between Russia and Ukraine in implementing a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky would pave the way for broader peace efforts. Meanwhile Russian strikes left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without power on Sunday.

Israeli strikes killed at least eight Palestinians, including five police officers, in the Gaza Strip in two separate attacks on Sunday, according to medics and the Hamas-run interior ministry. Medics said three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City.

Other major headlines today include widespread protests in Europe — scuffles broke out in Paris and other French cities on Saturday evening at the end of nationwide demonstrations driven by anger over living costs and hooded rioters looted stores in Frankfurt late on Saturday after tens of thousands demonstrated across Germany.