Here is the last day you can register to vote in every state

• Every state has its own voter registration deadline for the upcoming midterm elections.
• The deadline for Alaska and Rhode Island have already passed (Oct. 7). Many others take place this week.
• Election Day is November 6.

The Trump administration is slashing its refugee cap to a record low — here’s what people go through to make it to the US

Millions of people around the world have been forced from their home countries due to war, genocide, or persecution.

They come from conflict-ridden countries like Syria, Somalia, and Sudan, and they wait for years in refugee camps before they can secure a spot in safe countries.

The United States takes in just a tiny fraction of the world’s refugees, but it maintains perhaps the strictest, most rigorous vetting process — and the rules just got much stricter.

Millions of people around the world have fled their home countries and become refugees — here’s what they go through to make it to the US