Today: November 12, 2026
Today: November 12, 2026

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Trump announces Stephen Miller will replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff

Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, is departing the role and will be replaced by Stephen Miller, a longtime aide to President Donald Trump. Trump said Wiles would move to his political operation. CNN's Kristen Holmes reports

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Trump says he is unlikely to order Iran attack if talks progress, CNN reports

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was highly unlikely to order fresh attacks on Iran as long as talks to end the conflict progress, CNN reported.

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Trump says renewed attacks on Iran ‘highly unlikely’ if talks show progress

Trump says renewed attacks on Iran ‘highly unlikely’ if talks show progress

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Voters demanded economic relief. Trump and Democrats face tough choices on how to deliver

Voters have sent a strong election-year message to President Donald Trump and the new Democratic congressional majority to repair the U.S. economy damaged by inflation

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California's fifth consecutive Catholic governor exemplifies the faith's deep roots

Xavier Becerra's recent election as California governor highlights the state's unique blend of Catholicism and progressive politics

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With Stephen Miller at the helm, Trump charts a course for conflict

President Donald Trump's decision to elevate loyalist Stephen Miller to run his White House

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Zelensky tells CNN security deal floated by Trump could potentially be dangerous

Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he didn’t know all the details of a potential new security framework floated by US President Donald Trump but warned a deal between Russia and Europe could potentially be dangerous.

Economy

US military says it disabled cargo vessel in Gulf of Oman

An American military aircraft fired on and disabled a commercial vessel that tried to break the US blockade of Iran on Saturday, US Central Command said. The St.

Environment

'Special master' named for ethics probe in lawsuit over Trump's DC golf project

A judge said on Saturday she would appoint a former top federal prosecutor to investigate whether Trump administration lawyers committed

Entertainment|Sports

UFC's Dana White says he will meet with Trump Monday over offer to be White House press secretary

President Donald Trump says he's offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend and UFC boss Dana White

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Trump says he wants UFC chief Dana White for White House press secretary

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had asked mixed martial arts promoter Dana White to serve as White House press secretary and called on him to bring some

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Judge expected to tap former US attorney to investigate possible ‘ethical violations’ by Trump admin lawyers in case

Judge expected to tap former US attorney to investigate possible ‘ethical violations’ by Trump admin lawyers in case

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Judge wants former US attorney to investigate whether the government misled her in Trump golf case

A federal judge says she intends to appoint an ex-top federal prosecutor in the nation’s capital during President Donald Trump’s first term to investigate whether she was purposefully misled by lawyers and administration officials in a lawsuit challenging the renovation of a historic public golf course along the Potomac River

Economy|Election

Young voters overwhelmingly backed Democrats this year. The question is whether they'll stay

Young voters voted overwhelmingly for Democrats in the midterm elections, driven by economic concerns and disillusionment with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran

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Washington made Moscow a pariah. Now a tanker of Russian diesel is headed for US shores

Washington made Moscow a pariah. Now a tanker of Russian diesel is headed for US shores

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How one of Trump’s most controversial advisers rose to chief of staff – and what it means

How one of Trump’s most controversial advisers rose to chief of staff – and what it means

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The US election showed growing frustration with Israel on both sides of the aisle

President Donald Trump has suggested ending military aid to Israel

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Stephen Miller replacing Susie Wiles as chief of staff as Trump grows furious with midterm results, sources say

Stephen Miller replacing Susie Wiles as chief of staff as Trump grows furious with midterm results, sources say

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Trump vows new US air show will be biggest in the world

US President Donald Trump and NASA on Friday touted plans for a new space and aeronautics industry conference in the United States intended to surpass major air shows in

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Secret Service arrests man near White House after he said he heard voices telling him to kill Trump

The U.S. Secret Service says a suspect has been taken into custody and charged after officers found him in a vehicle near the White House with multiple guns, claiming he heard voices in his head telling him to kill President Donald Trump

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy presses Western allies for clear postwar security guarantees

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is seeking specific security guarantees from Western allies for postwar support

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China confirms discussions are underway on a historic Xi-Trump-Putin meeting

Beijing has confirmed for the first time that it is discussing a historic meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Trump makes hardliner Stephen Miller his chief of staff after midterm defeat

US President Donald Trump named longtime aide Stephen Miller as his chief of staff on Friday, giving the

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Tesla’s Cybertruck heads for an exit after years of hype and division

Tesla’s Cybertruck, the hulking, stainless-steel pickup that inspired devotion and derision with its science-fiction looks, will cease production next year

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Rubio will venture to France on first post-midterm foreign trip to face questions on Trump policies

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first international trip since the midterm elections that dealt the Republicans a severe blow

Europe

Trump teases ‘big, beautiful’ European security deal after meeting Putin envoy

Trump teases ‘big, beautiful’ European security deal after meeting Putin envoy

Entertainment|Sports

Pope ‘proud to be an American’ after US elections, and credits God and doctors with cancer rebound

Pope Leo XIV says that he was “proud to be an American and to exercise the right” to vote in U.S. midterm elections that gave control of Congress to the Democrats in a repudiation of U.S. President Donald Trump and his policies

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Carney welcomes Democrats' push to end Trump's tariffs on Canada after midterm victory

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes a Democratic push to repeal U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada after their sweeping midterm victory

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Top US House Democrat on trade issues committed to reversing 'unjustified' tariffs

US Representative Richard Neal, the Democrat who is expected to regain the chairmanship of the tax- and trade-focused House Ways and Means Committee, said on Friday that

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Trump tapes ‘60 Minutes’ interview after GOP midterm rout

Trump tapes ‘60 Minutes’ interview after GOP midterm rout

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Lawyer for Fed's Cook seeks clarity ahead of any White House hearing

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's lawyer has asked the White House to address fairness and process concerns before she agrees to

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Republicans rammed through Supreme Court nominees. Now Democrats will have the votes to stop them

President Donald Trump has transformed the Supreme Court with a conservative supermajority but now faces a Democratic-led Senate ready to challenge his judicial picks

Arts

Can the US Democrats' 'Blue Wave' election sweep buoy Ukraine?

One potential beneficiary of the US Democratic Party's sweeping wins in congressional elections sits thousands

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Kremlin accuses Europe of struggling to decide who will speak for it at future Ukraine security talks

The Kremlin accused Europe on Friday of struggling to decide who would represent it in any future talks about ensuring the continent's security as part of a potential Ukraine

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Pakistan's leaders dread US Democrats' win but its households are praying for it

Pakistan's leaders spent two years courting US President Donald Trump, but after the Democrats' win in Tuesday's congressional vote, they are preparing for

Asia

Trump could woo North Korea after midterm setback, but Kim may not respond

The rebuke President Donald Trump suffered in the US midterm elections could prompt him to step up efforts

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Trump takes action to make sure the Oval Office stays oval

Even as he puts his golden imprint on the White House, President Donald Trump moved on Thursday to protect two of its most historic spaces, the Oval

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Democrats' election win spooks AI investors, hammering stocks

Democrats' sweeping midterm election victory unleashed a rout of tech

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Republicans quickly turn against Pete Hegseth after midterms rout

Republicans quickly turn against Pete Hegseth after midterms rout

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The Latest: Trump focuses on beautifying Washington as Republicans reckon with midterm losses

President Donald Trump seems more concerned with his Washington beautification projects than his party’s midterm election wipeout

World

UK sending King Charles into political fray as its 'secret weapon', aide says

King Charles is "a secret weapon" being increasingly thrust by the British government into dealing with challenging political situations, a senior royal

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Rubio tells NYT serving Trump to end of term 'has always been my plan'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday rejected reports he will leave Donald Trump's administration to run for president, telling the New York Times in an

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine must adapt to new US political realities, solve Patriot air defence issue

Ukraine must adapt to the new realities of US politics to build dialogue and address its needs for more foreign aid and bolstered air defences to counter Russian attacks, President

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Trump says Oval Office to become national monument

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a document to make the White House's Oval Office and Cabinet Room a national monument. 

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Hegseth vows to keep fighting from Pentagon, defends Iran war

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a video message on Thursday vowing to fight efforts in Congress to impeach him and defending the Iran war as “

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Trump to nominate Texas Supreme Court justice who lost election to federal bench

US President Donald Trump is moving to nominate a Republican member of the Texas Supreme Court who voters ousted from office in Tuesday's election to become a life-

Election|Political|US

‘Like a bolt from the blue’: Israel’s president shocked by Trump announcing end of aid

‘Like a bolt from the blue’: Israel’s president shocked by Trump announcing end of aid

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Carney unveils budget to strengthen Canada's economy as Trump's trade war slows growth

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has unveiled a budget aimed at making Canada less dependent on the United States as President Donald Trump’s trade war reshapes the allies’ economic relationship

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Democratic senator demands tech firms, FCC chair turn over documents

The top Democrat on the Senate investigative panel demanded on Thursday the head of the Federal Communications Commission and tech companies that

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Trump says he met Putin envoy Dmitriev

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he met with Russian ‌President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev.

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Midterms upended Congress but Trump still commands foreign policy

The Republican Party's staggering losses at the ballot box this week have left President Donald Trump diminished in Washington and facing tougher

Arts

Harmeet Dhillon exits after radical overhaul of Justice Department's Civil Rights Division

Harmeet Dhillon, a conservative attorney who oversaw a radical reshaping of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, celebrated the mass departures of career lawyers and spearheaded sweeping investigations into elite universities, says she has resigned from her post.”

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Senate Democrats will not let Trump put a 'right-winger' on the Supreme Court, Schumer vows

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is vowing that Democrats will not allow President Donald Trump to put “a right-winger” on the Supreme Court once they take power, raising the possibility that his party could block a presidential nominee if there were a vacancy in the next two years

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Melania Trump touts her diplomatic role as Russia-Ukraine peace eludes her husband

Melania Trump touts her diplomatic role as Russia-Ukraine peace eludes her husband

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Tankers hit in Hormuz as Iran keeps up pressure after US vote

Iran reported three more tankers had been damaged in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, making clear that shipping would remain in peril as long as the war in the Gulf is

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Latinos, motivated by immigration and economic woes, drive Democratic gains in Republican strongholds

When Geronimo Perez pulled up to vote at the Worth Heights Community Center in South Fort Worth, Texas, one thing was on his mind: a friend who had been deported

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Republicans were punished in the midterms for Trump's economic policies, The AP Voter Poll shows

President Donald Trump was publicly humbled by inflation in the midterm elections, as public anger over rising prices caused a blistering set of losses for Republicans

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US tariffs squeeze Canadian cabinet makers facing doubling of Trump duty

Alain Ouzilleau spent 40 years building Cabico into one of Canada's biggest kitchen cabinet makers.

Election

Mississippi Senate race turns into a nail-biter

Mississippi Senate race turns into a nail-biter

Asia|Economy

Trump's political humbling signals short-term gain, long-term pain for China

The midterm drubbing of Donald Trump's Republicans may strengthen China's hand in trade talks with Washington, but Beijing is unlikely to

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Taiwan sees continued US arms sale support after midterm election

Taiwan has always enjoyed cross-party US support and Congress will continue to help in strengthening Taipei's defence capabilities, Defence Minister

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Republicans call for Trump to change course after midterm drubbing

President Donald Trump faced pressure from Republicans on Wednesday to change course after a midterm election rout handed

Arts

Trump says Hegseth doing 'a very good job' as questions swirl about his future

US President Donald Trump backed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, a day after Democrats won control of both chambers of

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After Republicans routed, Trump devotes first post-midterm event to White House ballroom

Hours after his Republican Party suffered historic losses in the midterm election, President Donald Trump on Wednesday focused his first public event on

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White House sets hearing on Fed's Cook for December 14, NYT says

The White House has scheduled for December 14 a planned hearing into allegations of mortgage fraud by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the New York Times reported on Wednesday,

Election|Political

The Latest: Trump defends Iran war after voters give Democrats control of Congress

The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington

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Beaten at home, Trump faces stark choice on Iran: deal or escalation

US President Donald Trump went to war seeking regime change in Iran.

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Trading Day: Oil tanks, stocks leap on US midterms   

Investors put money to work on Wednesday, piling into stocks, bonds, non-dollar currencies and gold following historic US midterm elections that

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Vance repudiates Iran war after US electoral defeat

US Vice President JD Vance distanced himself from President Donald Trump's war on Iran on Wednesday,

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Zelenskiy hopes US election outcome will generate more help for Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in an interview on Wednesday, said he hoped gains by Democrats in the US midterm elections would generate more help for Ukraine in its 4-1/2-

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Democrats flex congressional majorities as Trump accepts electoral losses

Democrats vowed on Wednesday to use their resounding midterm victory to rein in President Donald Trump, setting up two

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Democrats deliver a stunning rout in Texas to retake power for the first time in decades

For more than 30 years, Texas Democrats had been the party fighting for scraps in the deepest of red states

Election|Political

Trump says Republicans harmed by Iran war, inability to 'transfer the love' for him

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the Iran war has been worth it despite acknowledging its role in losses in US midterm elections in which his Republican party

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How Democrats expanded the map and won rural America

A Democratic Party fundraiser in Warren County, Iowa in October 2025 was so crowded that local party chair Jim Culbert found himself ordering

Arts|Environment|Finance

Vance tries to distance himself from Iran war after GOP's deep losses in midterm elections

Vice President JD Vance publicly broke from President Donald Trump’s defense of the Iran war in the wake of the Republican Party’s deep losses in the midterm elections

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Republicans confront a game-changing possibility: They can no longer count on Texas

Republicans confront a game-changing possibility: They can no longer count on Texas

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Speaker Johnson won't seek reelection as House Republican leader after party's midterm losses

House Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP’s wipeout in the midterm elections, declining to run for House minority leader in the new Congress

Europe

European far right distances itself from Trump, blaming Iran war for Republicans' defeat

Europe's far-right politicians have begun to distance themselves from Donald Trump following the Democrats’

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Seven numbers that explain Democrats' US midterm triumph

Republicans suffered a sweeping midterm rout on Tuesday, losing control of Congress as voters abandoned President Donald Trump’s party

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How Democrats' victory will reshuffle party leadership in Congress

The sweeping Democratic election victories in the US Senate and House of Representatives will reshuffle leadership of both chambers when the next Congress

Economy|World

Midterms are bad for incumbents – and even worse when energy prices are high

The US economy is built on energy prices. When people’s bills are high, they tend to vote against incumbents and their parties.

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Dollar declines after Democrats take US Congress in midterm elections

The dollar retreated on Wednesday but was off its earlier lows after a sweeping victory by Democrats in the US midterm elections removed a source of

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El-Sayed's Senate win hailed by Egyptians but snubbed by state media

Prominent Egyptians hailed the election of Abdul El-Sayed as the first Muslim member of the US Senate on Wednesday, though state media paid little notice to the rise of a

Election|Europe

World leaders who sparred with Trump express relief mixed with caution at Republican election rout

Leaders in Europe and elsewhere have expressed relief that U.S. midterm election results could signal a shift away from President Donald Trump's "America first" policies

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Iran's leaders say midterm results show US voters have rejected Trump's war

Iranian officials celebrated the rejection of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump by voters in the U.S. midterm elections

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Election stiffens the Fed's guardrails, but independence risks remain

Democrats' sweeping midterm victory strengthens the Federal Reserve against President Donald Trump's efforts to meddle with it, with the Senate's

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How Trump and Republicans lost the 2026 midterm elections, according to The AP Voter Poll

Findings from The AP Voter Poll reveal that most voters are exhausted and exasperated by President Donald Trump

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Iranian officials gloat as US voters deal blow to Trump

Iran's government savoured the stinging rebuke delivered to Donald Trump in the midterm elections, declaring voters had rejected the war launched by the US president

Election|Interview|Political

Trump reacts to Republican losses and declines to take blame

Trump reacts to Republican losses and declines to take blame

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‘How did we get here?’: Inside a losing GOP campaign defined by Trump

‘How did we get here?’: Inside a losing GOP campaign defined by Trump

Economy|Finance|Technology

Tangled up in blue

US Democrats' historic sweep of both houses of Congress on Tuesday was well telegraphed

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James Talarico becomes first Democrat to win statewide in Texas since 1994

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South Africa says US midterm results usher in new era

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that the results from midterm elections in the United States would usher in a new era in world relations,

Election|Political

Democrats capture governorships in Texas and other GOP-controlled states in rebuke to Republicans

Democrats have scored victories in governor’s races in states long controlled by Republicans and captured a majority of governorships for the first time in two decades

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Market analysts react to Democratic sweep in US midterms

Democrats swept to majorities in both the US Senate and House in midterm elections on

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Top takeaways from the US midterm elections

Democrats took control of Congress in Tuesday's US midterm elections, making extraordinary gains deep in Republican territory with voters

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Progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race, will become first Muslim senator

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Senate race

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Takeaways: Voters punish Trump, and the GOP suffers historic losses

Voters have punished Trump’s allies in swing states and Republican strongholds alike, giving Democrats key victories nationwide and control of the House and Senate

Election|Political

Democrat Josh Turek flips Republican-held US Senate seat in Iowa

Democrat Josh Turek won Iowa’s US Senate race on Tuesday, according to media projections, defeating Trump-backed Republican Ashley Hinson to become the state’s first