https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/us-midterms/ The latest Flip News stories on us-midterms. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:27 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/politics/hegseth-troops-day-off-vote-midterms/ https://flipnews.co.uk/politics/hegseth-troops-day-off-vote-midterms/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a one-day military-wide stand down so US service members can vote in November's midterm elections, announcing the move in an October 2 video and formalising it in an October 1 memo that makes the day off a recurring feature of every election year. James Calloway us-midterms pete-hegseth military-voting USA Today https://flipnews.co.uk/politics/miami-judge-noncitizen-voting-law-unconstitutional/ https://flipnews.co.uk/politics/miami-judge-noncitizen-voting-law-unconstitutional/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A Miami federal judge has dismissed the case against a Jamaican-born Florida resident, finding the 1996 law banning noncitizen voting unconstitutional — a first-of-its-kind ruling and a setback for the Trump administration. Sarah Whitfield noncitizen-voting us-midterms trump-administration Reuters; Al Jazeera