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Democrat Elaine Luria has defeated Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans to represent coastal Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, reclaiming a seat she held for two terms before losing to Kiggans in 2022. With 88 percent of votes in, Luria was…
Other conservative commentators also had a dramatic flair, with one predicting ‘two years of pure hell’ as Democrats are poised to take control of the House and the Senate
It’s as if American voters, after a long night out, woke up with a bad hangover and regretted the choices they made the previous evening. With the Democrats handily winning a huge majority in the House and capturing the Senate, the…
Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek defeated GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson in the Iowa Senate race, CBS News projects, in a major pickup for Democrats as they seek to take control of the upper chamber.
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In an interview with two Times reporters, President Trump blamed the G.O.P.’s losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot, and said he was willing to work with Democrats.
Ilhan Omar won reelection despite a federal probe into whether she committed immigration fraud, including claims she married her brother in 2009.
Van Jones likened the Republican Party's midterm election losses to the Jonestown mass murder-suicide, calling the results a full repudiation of President Donald Trump.
Turek beat Republican Ashley Hinson, a US House member.
The Democratic Party will win control of the Senate in addition to the House, CBS News projects. CBS News' Weijia Jiang spoke to President Trump and shares her key takeaways from the conversation.
Democrats on Capitol Hill warned the Trump administration to "lawyer up" as they prepare subpoenas and investigations targeting Pete Hegseth and others.
Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, projected to win reelection, joins CBS News on election night to discuss the other gubernatorial races across the U.S., including historic wins for other Black governors.
Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher says Republicans are facing a worse-than-expected midterm performance.
President Trump congratulated Democrats on their victories in a phone call with CBS News.
See the maps and charts that show how America voted in the US midterm elections.
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown has narrowly won back a seat in the U.S. Senate. As of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Ohio Democrat leads incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted by more than 2 percentage points, according to the Associated Press…
The Democratic Party gained control of Senate, delivering a stinging rebuke to US President Donald Trump and his Republican Party. Follow DW's live updates.
Democrats won control of the Senate in the 2026 elections with a raft of victories over Republicans in key races, cementing the new majority and flipping party control of the upper chamber.
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Japanese equities pared declines as investors shifted focus to where AI regulation might head after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections.
Republicans ran the country's second most-populous state for 30 years. Tonight Democrats took it back.
Democrats won by making inroads in several states where they have long struggled, boosted by a challenging political environment for the GOP dominated by voter frustration over high prices.
When the final poll on Missouri’s Amendment 3 was released two weeks before Tuesday’s election, it showed a dead heat—an understandable result given that the anti-abortion, anti-trans ballot measure was profoundly, and intentionally…
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., lost to Democrat Richard Ojeda in North Carolina’s 9th District, NBC News projected.
Vote counting in this year's midterm elections is under way in the US and early results show gains for the Democrats.
