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Battleground voters name Trump, health care as key issues More than four in 10 who cast early or absentee ballots or voted early Tuesday mentioned Trump or health care as the most important or second-most important factor for their vote, the preliminary results showed. By Elise Viebeck and Scott Clement  •  Read more » What voters in key districts are saying Although there are elections in all 435 congressional districts, the fight for control of the House is likely to come down to a few key districts. The Washington Post is polling voters in 69 districts that are expected to be competitive to see what they think, how they feel, and — ultimately — how they voted. By Chris Alcantara, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin  •  Read more »   Broken machines, rejected ballots and long lines: Voting problems emerge A coalition of voting-rights organizations reported more than 10,000 calls by 11:30 a.m. — a higher call volume than in any recent midterm election. By Amy Gardner and Beth Reinhard  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis 6 key early races that will foretell Democrats' election fate Election night is long. Here's where you can get a sense for where things are headed early on. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis The Democrats' Hail Marys: Where the last-minute money is going and what that tells us Almost no outside money had been spent in a handful of districts until the races tightened at the end, according to a review of campaign finance reports. By Colby Itkowitz and Anu Narayanswamy  •  Read more »   Forget the Russians. On this Election Day, it's Americans peddling disinformation and hate speech. Experts point to a rampant online spread of misleading reports and images about the migrant caravan in Mexico, for example, and the demonstrably false allegations that billionaire George Soros is funding a violent "invasion" of the United States. By Craig Timberg and Tony Romm  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Analysis The Justice Department's concern about election sanctity has shifted from black to Hispanic areas The Justice Department has released information about where it was watching the vote. It's a much more Hispanic-heavy list than in 2016. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Kavanaugh joins liberal justices in tough questions on execution plans for man with rare condition The Supreme Court spent a gruesome hour on the question of which methods of executing a Missouri inmate would be constitutional. By Robert Barnes  •  Read more »   China green-lights large batch of Ivanka Trump trademark applications The preliminary approvals covering goods including cosmetics and voting machines raised questions about whether Beijing was seeking to curry favor with President Trump. By Gerry Shih  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Could Brexit bring new troubles to Northern Ireland? The border that cuts across the island of Ireland has become perhaps the greatest impediment in the divorce negotiations between Britain and the European Union. By William Booth and Amanda Ferguson  •  Read more »   The past week has been the deadliest for tornadoes since April 2017 The National Weather Service issued 71 tornado warnings Monday night and has confirmed that at least four tornadoes touched down — though that number could climb into the 20s. By Matthew Cappucci  •  Read more »   ASMR videos are edgy, unnerving and almost avant-garde. Is it time to consider them art? A new film festival raises that question about these tingle-inducing works known as Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response videos. But the people creating them see a different appeal for fans. By Karen Heller  •  Read more »   Sorry, this strange space rock was not sent by aliens to save us Scientists have been puzzling over the cigar-shaped comet, dubbed 'Oumuamua after the Hawaiian word for "messenger," since it was first spotted swooping past the planets at an odd angle. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »

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