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House Speaker Mike Johnson will not run for Republican leader after Democrats took control of the House and Senate, paving the way for a new leadership race.
President Donald Trump has given his first extended public comments since the midterms. His words Wednesday weren't about the Republican Party’s election wipeout but justifying his building a sprawling White House ballroom.
McDonald’s plans to introduce new value-oriented meal bundles early next year after a disappointing third quarter that saw lower traffic at U.S. restaurants.
Following historic 2026 midterm wins, Chuck Schumer pledges Democrats will tackle fuel and energy costs while checking President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Republicans' plan to redraw congressional districts to their advantage has failed to work in the midterm elections.
In a lengthy online post, Vice President J.D. Vance seemingly sought to distance himself from election results that featured big Republican losses across the country.
U.S. stock futures are sharply higher after the U.S. midterm election yielded majorities for the Democrats in both houses of Congress.
Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Featuring one of the most diverse slates of both Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years, this midterm election has set up a possible wave of historic leadership firsts across the country.
Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era.
Authorities say the two Colorado college students whose bodies were recovered last week were rappelling and fell a “substantial distance” when a rock they were anchored to likely gave way
Alaska’s bitterly fought U.S. Senate race took a tumultuous turn less than two weeks before Election Day.
The Learjet encountered a thunderstorm Sunday, slammed into the ground, created a crater and shattered before fire erupted.
Aaron Ford will be the state’s first Black governor.
California voters are considering a first-in-the-nation measure to tax the net worth of billionaires.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is projected to win the key U.S. Senate seat from Michigan, AP has called.
A battle over abortion rights is playing out in several states Tuesday as voters decide 145 proposed laws and constitutional amendments.
Republican Pete Ricketts won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Nebraska, defeating independent candidate Dan Osborn.
Democrats have won control of the U.S. House, along with the U.S. Senate, delivering a shockingly decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.
James Talarico is projected to win U.S. Senate seat in Texas, AP has called.
Josh Turek won Iowa’s rare open U.S. Senate race in Tuesday’s midterm elections, flipping a Republican-held seat and becoming the first Democrat since Barack Obama to win a federal race in the state.
Election Day unfolded with relatively few problems, despite worries over Trump election interference
The first polling sites have opened in a handful of states — Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Virginia.
As polls close in over 25 states, Democrats aim to reclaim a majority of governorships for the first time in two decades.
Iowa voters chose Democrat Rob Sand to be their next governor, flipping the seat Republicans have held for more than two decades and likely ushering in a new era of divided state government.
His rise would be a generational shift in U.S. politics and come more than 150 years after the first Black American was elected to the House.
