5 healthcare fights Democrats could take on after midterms sweep
Democrats’ victories in the midterm elections could impact healthcare, from how much people pay for health insurance and prescription drugs to what coverage is available.
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Tony Butala, voice behind 'The Way You Look Tonight' and The Lettermen co-founder, dead at 87
Tony Butala co-founded The Lettermen in the late 1950s and performed for over 60 years, earning four Grammy nominations and a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
Most UK voters back post-Brexit youth mobility scheme with EU
Summit later this month could clinch a deal on a scheme as well as food and drink checks
Former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel says she's "stunned" by Democrats' widespread midterm wins
Former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel acted as a surrogate for Mike Rogers' Senate campaign in Michigan. She joins "The Takeout" to discuss Rogers' loss in Tuesday's midterms and the massive victories picked up by Democrats.
Iran war live: Trump says war caused election wipeout but he ‘had to do it’
President Trump admits Iran war 'largely' caused Republicans' US election wipeout, but says he 'had to do it'.
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Gold Holds Above $4,000 as Dollar, Yields Fall on Midterm Result
Gold held the biggest surge since August after a Democratic sweep of Congress in US midterm elections sent the dollar and Treasury yields lower, boosting its appeal.
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Conley’s Victory in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley Opens Door to Renewed Climate Action
NY-17: Last in a series on the environmental stakes behind one of the nation’s most fiercely contested congressional races. Before midnight, and before any official body had called the race, Republican incumbent Mike Lawler conceded to…
Midterm voters rebuke Trump, handing Democrats both chambers of Congress
Voters delivered a sweeping rebuke of President Trump and his party in the midterms, handing Democrats major victories and dramatically reshaping the balance of power in Washington. Trump now enters a lame duck phase of his second term…
Stock market surges on election results
Investors drove the DOW up more than three percent with bullish sentiment following Democrats’ historic win in the elections. NBC News’ Christine Romans explains what helped push markets higher.
News Wrap: Officials in Iran welcome midterm results as vote against war
In our news wrap Wednesday, top officials in Iran welcomed the results of the U.S. midterm elections, Israeli President Isaac Herzog says he's accepted the results of last week's election and will consult with party leaders on forming a…
Breaking down the Democrats' big majorities after the blue wave
The results of the midterm tallies have set up a two-year power struggle between Trump's White House and the incoming Democratic Congress. Lisa Desjardins takes a look at the races and the potential size of the incoming Democratic majority.
Tech moguls suffer defeat as midterm results show young men swinging away from Trump
Young men, a key voting block that helped President Trump return to the White House in 2024, are now swinging away from him even after tech billionaires spent a record amount on midterms. The results show critical cracks in the so-called…
Democrats flip dozens of GOP seats. Republicans haven't flipped a single one
Democrats have flipped seven Senate seats, nearly 30 House districts, five governorships and up to 12 state legislative chambers in a historic 2026 midterm rout.
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GOP Faces Midterm Fallout, Qualcomm Weak Forecast, More
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Four dead, including Washington deputy following domestic call shooting; another deputy on life support
A Spokane County sheriff's deputy died and another is on life support after a SWAT team was ambushed responding to a domestic violence call.
The issues that drove voters' decisions in the midterms
For a deeper dive into the election data and why people voted the way they did, Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz spoke with Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report.
DSA accused of ‘elevating’ antisemitic, pro-terror rhetoric after Hasan Piker hosts election stream
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt accused the DSA of elevating antisemitism by choosing Hasan Piker to host its official election night livestream.
Lawyers rush to halt Indiana execution over state’s lethal drug supplier
Hours before Indiana was poised to carry out its first execution of the year, set for Thursday before sunrise, lawyers and supporters for the condemned man rallied to spare his life after new details emerged about the state’s secretive…
A NASA space telescope plunged back to Earth after a mission that lasted 11 times longer than planned
The Swift Observatory's demise came less than three months after a long-shot rescue mission failed.
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Justice Alito Will Not Retire From Supreme Court Immediately, Despite Election Outcome
The conservative justice has told friends he does not plan to step down before the end of the court’s term, even as Democrats are set to seize the Senate in January.
'A mandate for change': Progressive Democrat William Lawrence flips House seat in Michigan
In Michigan's 7th Congressional District, progressive activist William Lawrence unseated Republican Tom Barrett in one of the year's most competitive House races. Lawrence joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the win and what comes next.
Giant banner of Trump, Vance and Netanyahu burnt at Tehran rally
A giant banner depicting US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was burnt in Tehran
Rep. Jason Crow on how Democrats plan to handle the Iran war after midterm wins
With Democrats taking control of Congress next year, many are questioning how the party will address the war in Iran. Colorado Democratic Rep. Jason Crow, who won reelection Tuesday night, joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
Trump threatened ICE agents at the polls. There was historic turnout instead
The 2026 midterms survived Trump’s election attacks and threats but his administration isn’t done with a crusade against noncitizen voters