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We need to abolish the College Football Playoff selection committee after yet another embarrassment
Alabama at No. 5 and Kentucky at No. 6 spark outrage as the first college football playoff rankings reveal what appears to be a massive SEC bias.
US midterms: Elon Musk fails $440 million bet as Republicans lose
The 2026 midterm elections were the most expensive on record, with nearly 12 billion dollars spent during the campaign. Tech tycoon Elon Musk was by far the largest individual donor ever, injecting over 440 million dollars of his money to…
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European stocks approach all-time high on Democratic sweep
Investors bet scale of Republican defeat in US midterms will restrain White House policymaking that has weighed on markets
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Big Tech Stocks Surge as Democrats Threaten to Slow AI Spending
Not all AI companies fared well, but hyperscalers did.
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Trump Faces Backlash After Midterm Election Rout
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Hoax bomb threats affect at least 20 European flights in a week
At least 15 flights in Europe deal with bomb threats, adding to what one expert calls an unusual level of hoaxes in a short time period, suggesting "a very deliberate act."
US Midterms: Democrats say ready to negotiate and promise big changes
US Democrats are promising to leverage their landslide election win to bring down living costs and hold President Donald Trump's administration to account. They are set to take control of both chambers of Congress in January, but…
Tehran crowds burn Trump banner after US Republicans lose midterms
People in Iran burned a banner showing an image of Donald Trump after the Republican Party’s disastrous results in the crucial midterm elections.
Ted Cruz delivers scathing assessment after far-left Dems sweep midterms and more top headlines
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Pound hits highest level since its crash after 2016 Brexit vote
Ten-year high shows sterling’s strength against other currencies following fall of dollar after US midterm elections Business live – latest updates The pound has hit its highest level since its crash in the wake of the Brexit referendum a…
JD Vance blames Iran war and support for Israel for failure in US mid-term elections
JD Vance blames Iran war and support for Israel for failure in US mid-term elections Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 11/05/2026 - 10:22 Vice president takes apparent swipe at Donald Trump's decision to go to war in the Middle East US…
Visualising how the US midterms turned the map blue
Who voted, which seats flipped and who made history? A look at the numbers behind the 2026 US midterm elections.
Houthi missiles fired at Medina intercepted, Saudi coalition says
A ballistic missile fired at the Saudi city of Medina, one of Islam's holiest cities, was intercepted Thursday, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels said. The announcement came shortly after the kingdom's…
Bernie Sanders lost the fight in 2016. A decade later, he won the war.
Bernie Sanders’ focus on economic populism once faced criticism within the party. Now it's winning in Michigan, Texas, Montana and Wisconsin.
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Netanyahu Alleges Election Fraud in Connection With Arab Turnout
The Israeli leader and his allies are alleging that Arab voters last month stole the election. Election officials say that while foul play was being investigated, it could not have affected the result.
Sophie Cunningham reshares post-Election Day message: 'Personal excellence is the Ultimate Rebellion'
Sophie Cunningham reshared a post calling personal excellence the "Ultimate Rebellion" after Democrats swept the midterm elections this week.
Erdogan to visit Azerbaijan amid headscarf spat
Erdogan to visit Azerbaijan amid headscarf spat Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Thu, 11/05/2026 - 09:51 Turkish president’s visit comes after Azerbaijani counterpart Aliyev skipped a Turkic summit despite Ankara's efforts to ease tensions with…
College students discover new muscle attachment that could improve hip surgery
Two Tulane University sophomores found a previously unknown muscle in the hip during a cadaver lab session that even their professor couldn't identify.
White House official details what gets Trump’s attention in intelligence briefings
President Trump receives photos of drug seizures during briefings and presses officials on protecting individual victims amid the sweeping cartel crackdown.
What Democrats Plan to Do Next, and What JD Vance Says Went Wrong
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Rural voters were feeling left behind before the midterms, poll shows
Polling done for the Guardian shows plummeting support from a former key constituency of Donald Trump’s base Polling conducted by the Harris Poll for the Guardian before the election shows just how angry voters were and points to one key…
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How elderly ‘unsung heroes’ powered Lula’s historic fightback in Brazil
Older voters praised for helping tip balance in leftwing president’s favour against far-right Flávio Bolsonaro in runoff It had been nearly a decade since Celia de Oliveira Soares last voted, and months since the 101-year-old…
Trump's lawyers to argue appeal in "hush money" case
President Trump was convicted in 2024 of 34 felonies tied to a 2016 "hush money" payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.