Mississippi Senate race heads to an extended vote count and possible ballot battle
The Mississippi Senate race may take days to resolve, as Democrat Scott Colom leads GOP Sen.
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Progressive group calls for Senate Dems to replace Schumer as leader
The progressive group Indivisible called for Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) as Democratic leader after the party secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections. “Yesterday, voters made it very clear that they want a new generation of Democratic fighters,” the group wrote in a social media…
Texas elects first Democrat to Senate since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988
In a result that would have seemed fanciful even a few months ago, Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated three-term Republican governor Greg Abbott, becoming
Mullin says deportations will continue
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday said “deportations will continue” in a social media post following Democrats’ sweeping victories in the 2026 midterm elections, claiming both the House and Senate. Democrats campaigned against President Trump’s immigration crackdown, with some using the call to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a slogan on the…
Trump faces reckoning, but focuses on ballroom, after devastating losses
President Trump’s legacy is facing a moment of reckoning following sweeping Democratic wins in the House and the Senate that will impact the trajectory of the last two years of his presidency. Despite his efforts to mobilize his normally loyal political base, the coalition that sent Trump to the White House in 2024 fell apart…