Iran war, inflation or Trump fatigue: What drove Democrats' midterm surge?
US voters on Tuesday delivered a stunning rubuke to President Donald Trump and his broader agenda.
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Trump congratulates Democrats after midterm romp
President Trump congratulated Democrats on their midterm election wins Tuesday night. Trump, in a call with CBS News, said that his message is “congratulations to the Democrats, and I look forward to working with you for the good of our country.” He told the outlet that he “wasn’t on the ballot, and there was nothing…
Democrat Andrews' South Carolina midterm victory defies prediction markets odds
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Prediction markets notched their first high-profile miss of Tuesday's US midterm elections, as Democrat Annie Andrews ousted Re...
Harvie defeats Fitzpatrick in major pickup for Democrats
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie (D) will oust moderate GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) in a major pickup for Democrats, Decision Desk HQ projects. Fitzpatrick has defied political gravity time and time again since he was first elected a decade ago, routinely outperforming the top of his party’s ticket and managing to win reelection even as the district…
Van Jones compares Republican midterm losses to mass murder-suicide at Jonestown
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.
‘LAWYER UP’: Dems immediately put Trump on notice amid Republicans' midterm bloodbath
Democrats on Capitol Hill warned the Trump administration to "lawyer up" as they prepare subpoenas and investigations targeting Pete Hegseth and others.
What will Trump losing US midterm elections mean for Sensex, Nifty? Explained
Investors are closely watching the US midterm elections for indications of whether the outcome could help reduce geopolitical uncertainty worldwide, an
Lone Star turns blue: Democrats Talarico, Hinojosa topple Texas Republicans
Democrat James Talarico, a former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminarian who campaigned on a "politics of love," on Tuesday won the US Senate race in Texa...
Conservatives stunned by 'catastrophic' midterm blue tsunami, blame Trump's Iran war, high gas prices
Conservatives reacted to massive Democratic victories across the country, calling it "catastrophic" and assigning blame to the Iran war and President Trump.
Jon Ossoff wins Georgia Senate race, keeping seat for Democrats
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff defeated GOP Rep. Mike Collins in the Georgia Senate race, CBS News projects, holding onto his seat in the upper chamber.
Troy Jackson defeats GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, padding Democrats’ majority
NBC News projects that Jackson, who became the Democratic nominee after an embattled Graham Platner dropped out, flipped control of the Senate seat.
Democrats hold on to redistricted House seat in Texas
Johnny Garcia (D) is projected to win the race to represent Texas’s 35th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The district, which was redrawn in the GOP’s favor during a mid-decade redistricting effort led by state Republicans, is represented by Rep. Greg Casar (D). It includes the suburbs of San Antonio and surrounding…
In the 1980s, an English surgeon paid a few hundred pounds for a Chinese vase kept in the kitchen; in 2022 an expert spotted the Qianlong mark and it made £1.45M
Discover how a Chinese vase bought for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s was identified as valuable antique with a Qianlong mark, ultimately fetching £1.45 million at auction.
Democrats flip four governorships, extending their inroads into red states
Democratic candidates flipped control of governorships in four races while maintaining power in several other states, further punctuating the party’s success in Tuesday’s elections.
Democrats dominate NYC races, Hochul re-elected New York governor
Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez sweep their congressional races in key Democratic districts.
Dems seize the Senate as blue tidal wave crashes deep into Trump country, topples GOP strongholds
Democrats reclaimed the Senate Tuesday by toppling GOP candidates across Trump country, with Chuck Schumer clinching five pickups in a midterm wave.
The blue wave that broke Trump’s Republican map
Democrats soared to victory Tuesday night across races for Congress and governors’ mansions, and are set to retake power in Congress by higher margins than the party has had since last century. It’s a striking condemnation from voters of the war in Iran and President Trump’s leadership of the Republican Party. Midterm elections are usually…
GOP senator's 30-year reign ends as 5th-generation logger pulls off stunning upset
Troy Jackson's upset over Susan Collins ends her nearly three-decade Senate career and hands Democrats a critical pickup in the 2026 midterms.
Speaker Mike Johnson: Republicans ‘faced some real odds’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told supporters in Louisiana on Tuesday that the GOP “faced some real odds” in the midterm elections but that the fight was far from over. “We knew that to keep the House and sustain our majority, we would have to defy more than a century of midterm history, OK?” Johnson said.…
Trump blames Fox News while his MAGA media allies blame everything but him
President Donald Trump began election night by lashing out at Fox News. He implausibly tried to blame the conservative network for the GOP’s devastating midterm losses.
Stock futures drop as Wall Street confronts the ‘blue tsunami’ threat to the AI boom
Stock futures slid after Democrats won key Senate races across the country. The size of the blue wave surprised Wall Street, which was expecting a ripple.
Schumer exults over Democratic Senate: ‘Wow, wow, wow’
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is now poised to become Senate majority leader, exulted Tuesday night over the blue wave that has flipped at least six Republican seats and put Democrats firmly in control of the Senate next year. “Oh man! Wow, wow, wow! Against all odds we Democrats have won the Senate,” Schumer declared…
Record number of female governors elected
Voters in 15 states have elected female governors, setting a record as Democrats made sweeping gains in races up and down the ballot.
Hakeem Jeffries on path to become first Black Speaker of the House
Democrats will win control of the House, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, a major victory for the party, which will now have the power to pursue a sweeping oversight agenda targeting the Trump administration. CNN's Manu Raju is at the headquarters of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who is now on track to become Speaker of the House and would be the first Black Speaker in history.
James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win Texas Senate seat in decades
"This wasn't just a tsunami, not just a referendum, but this was a bloodbath," one expert told the BBC on Democrats' historic wins in Texas.
Trump-backed ex-NFL reporter loses Senate race to progressive who vowed to 'rip ICE apart'
Peggy Flanagan defeated Michele Tafoya in Minnesota's special election after ICE's Operation Metro Surge became a central rallying cry for her campaign.