Breaking News LIVE Updates: Trump administration promises US farmers USD 15 billion, weeks before midterms

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Today’s Breaking News LIVE Updates, November 2, 2026: President Donald Trump’s administration has made USD 15 billion worth of promises to agriculture producers in the last few weeks before the midterm elections, initiatives intended to help offset higher costs for diesel and fertilizer that farmers have endured largely due to his tariffs and the war in Iran.

Whether that will motivate more voters to turn out in agricultural states where traditionally Republican seats are now seen as competitive is unclear. It may explain his increased attention on rural areas, including visits Sunday to Iowa and Kansas, two days before the election.

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02 Nov 2026 07:02 AM (IST) Israeli officials say elections won’t be undermined, and suspects in bribery case are freed Israeli police on Sunday released two of three suspects in a case of alleged voter bribery, weakening efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party to discredit last week’s parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, the head of Israel’s elections committee, Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, said even if separate claims of foreign interference raised last week are substantiated, they would not undermine the elections. Likud has said without giving evidence that Arab-led parties “stole” the elections in which Netanyahu’s bloc lost its majority of seats in parliament. By casting doubt on the vote, Netanyahu appears to be trying to block any potential alliance in the opposition with the Arab parties that could force him from office.

Israeli officials say elections won’t be undermined, and suspects in bribery case are freed

Israeli police on Sunday released two of three suspects in a case of alleged voter bribery, weakening efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party to discredit last week’s parliamentary elections.

Meanwhile, the head of Israel’s elections committee,........

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