Midterm polls opened in 11 more US states at 9am Brasília time. See below: Alabama, Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin. As a result, a total of 34 states and the District of Columbia, in the capital Washington D.C., have already opened polls in the USA.
Midterm polls opened in 11 more US states and in the District of Columbia, in the capital Washington D.C., at 9 am, Brasília time. See below: Delaware, Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina. With this, a total of 23 states and Columbia already have the polls open in the USA.
After heavy rains and flooding in the state of Florida, in the USA, the local government decided to transfer 18 polling locations in the state to guarantee voters the right to vote. The changes are happening in Brevard, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties. Due to weather conditions, Governor Ron DeSantis had already declared a state of emergency on Monday (2) in five of these counties.
Iran and the United States remain far from reaching an agreement to end the war. The information comes from a high-ranking Iranian official to the Reuters news agency this Tuesday (3). Still, Qatari officials say diplomatic efforts continue to avoid a return to major conflict after the U.S. midterm elections. According to a statement issued by Qatar, progress has been made in negotiations with both sides and efforts to reduce differences continue. During the night, the US carried out "defensive" strikes on the Iranian island of Qeshm. An American official said the strikes were aimed at surface-to-air missiles used against American targets.
The polls in Vermont opened at 7 am, Brasília time, this Tuesday (3), starting the initial vote for the midterms. The state is in the northeast of the USA. About 150,000 Vermonters had already voted early.
For those who spent 20 months ignoring Congress, President Donald Trump already envisions the second half of his term under a new reality, without control of the Legislature. Most polls indicate that Democrats will have a victory in the Chamber and a good chance of regaining the Senate. The president anticipated his formula for governing, if that happens, and stated that he won't let the Democrats "ruin everything": "I think I'm going to become Mr. Veto," the president said on the "Pod Force One" podcast from the "New York Post."
With the possibility of Democrats gaining a majority in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, Brazilians have been asking on social media for party politicians to act for the deportation of Flávio, who arrived in the US last week. Experts point out that the deportation or expulsion of the senator is not in the hands of Congress. This is because decisions about the permanence of foreigners in the USA involve Executive bodies, such as the State Department, headed by Marco Rubio, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), both of which are subordinate to the Trump administration.
According to analysts interviewed by g1, the new Chamber may even open a new impeachment process against the US president, however, it is highly unlikely that the process will result in Trump being removed by the Senate.
The midterms are the midterm elections in the United States. They get their name because they happen in the middle of the presidential term. The last elections took place in 2024. Trump took office in January 2025. In November 2026, Trump will be halfway through his presidential term. Parliamentarians elected in the midterms will take office in January 2027.
A law passed in the United States in 1845 established that presidential elections were always held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In 1872, Congress approved extending the rule to elections for the House of Representatives, starting in 1876.
The Supreme Court has refused to intervene in a case involving 20,000 people identified by the Republican government as likely noncitizens on California's voter rolls. The Trump administration had asked the Supreme Court that the contested votes be separated until the voters' citizenship could be verified. State officials, however, said the list appeared to contain many errors.
