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THE GUARDIAN — WORLD INTERNATIONAL
Democrat defeats Mike Rogers in race marked by Islamophobic attacks from Trump and Republican allies Abdul El-Sayed, the doctor and progressive insurgent, has made history in winning the closely watched US Senate race in Michigan…
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers, CBS News projects, becoming the nation's first Muslim senator and retaining the seat for Democrats after one of the most contentious contests of the midterm elections.
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A healthy Republican Party would respond to this historic midterm-election repudiation of President Donald Trump with contrition and honest introspection. Its leaders would plot a fresh path forward and shed the elements of a White House…
CBS News projects that Democrats will take back both chambers of Congress following sweeping victories in the 2026 midterm elections. CBS News' Jessi Mitchell anchors continuing coverage of Election Day.
El-Sayed's campaign tested how an antiestablishment candidate on the left would fare in a perennial Midwest battleground. With the win, he'll become the first Muslim American to serve in the Senate.
With the world closely watching a historic defeat for the Republicans in Tuesday’s midterms election, Iran has said the results are an emphatic public rejection of Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East.
Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and former public health official aligned with the Democratic Party’s left flank, has won Michigan’s highly hostile Senate race, defeating his Republican rival, former Rep.
THE NEW YORK TIMES — POLITICS POLITICS
Voters from South Carolina to Ohio to Texas have elevated a new class of Democrats who could not be more different from one another.
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that rising petrol prices linked to the war in Iran contributed to his Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. He said voters supported his actions against Iran but were reluctant to…
With control of Congress, Democrats can challenge Trump’s agenda through subpoenas, confirmation votes.
Among the sweeping victories by Democrats on Tuesday were wins in several congressional districts that Republicans had redrawn explicitly to boost their party ahead of the midterms.
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Midterm elections defeat marked a savage rejection from across the country of the president, his allies and his second-term agenda
Speaker Mike Johnson is seeking a fifth term representing Louisiana's 4th Congressional District in the House of Representatives.
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Democrats record broad gains from almost all demographic groups
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Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in a midterm election landslide that amounted to a rejection of President Donald Trump following widespread voter discontent with the economy and the war in Iran. Bloomberg's David…
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The New York Democrat who is in line to be the first Black speaker was raised by a Black nationalist family in Brooklyn, is a moderate and loves a hip-hop reference.
US President Donald Trump said rival Democrats had done "a good job" Tuesday after they gained control of Congress in the midterm elections. While Trump acknowledged that the Iran war may have played a part in the defeat of his Republican…
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As Americans decide who controls Congress and pass their political verdict on President Trump’s second term, Bloomberg TV analyzes what the midterms mean for Wall Street and the world. (Source: Bloomberg)
US House Speaker Johnson rants about Marxism after Democrat gains
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In today’s newsletter: A thumping night for the Democrats has seen the party take control of Congress, altering the course of Trump’s second presidency Good morning. While you were sleeping, a political earthquake hit the United States and…
Rep. Elise Stefanik and former Sen. Joe Manchin share their final thoughts after Democrats came away with control of the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections.
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The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.
Dozens of individual sites feature planned developments immediately next to woods, the BBC finds.
Josh Turek's Iowa Senate win over Ashley Hinson marks the first time Democrats captured the seat since 2008 in a state Trump won by double digits.
