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US midterm election spending to hit record US$12b amid voter backlash against Trump

THE United States' 2026 midterm elections are on course to become the most expensive in history, with campaign spending projected to reach a record US$11.9 billion (RM48.49 billion), amid growing voter dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump ...

On the eve of the midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court swiftly rejected President Donald Trump's effort to interfere in California's mail-in ballot tally. Within just six hours and 24 minutes, the justices disbanded the administration's request to halt California from counting ballots from over 20,000 voters suspected of being non-U.S. citizens. The court provided no justification for their decision and there were no recorded disagreements among the justices.

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