Just hours until critical midterm elections

Voters are less than a day from casting ballots in the 2026 midterm elections, which will settle which party controls Congress. NBC News correspondents Ryan Nobles, Kristen Welker and Hallie Jackson, along with analyst Steve Kornacki, previewed the final stretch on the November 2 broadcast of Nightly News.

Kornacki also walked through the network's last poll before Election Day. Meanwhile, courtroom disputes over the vote were multiplying. A judge threw out a lawsuit brought by Trump concerning the Alaska Senate contest, while the FBI is looking into the campaign of an Alaska Democrat. In Michigan, another unexpected development surfaced in a Senate race NBC describes as critical.

Outside the campaign trail, coverage touched on Trump saying further military operations remain possible as the Iran War goes on, and on a stock market slide that erased more than a trillion dollars in value. NBC also noted that Trump changed his travel plans with four days left before the election.

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