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
November 05, 2026The Republican Party's staggering losses at the ballot box this week have left President Donald Trump diminished in Washington and facing tougher
November 05, 2026Harmeet 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.”
November 05, 2026Senate 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
November 05, 2026Melania Trump touts her diplomatic role as Russia-Ukraine peace eludes her husband
November 05, 2026Iran 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
November 05, 2026When 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
November 05, 2026President 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
November 05, 2026Alain Ouzilleau spent 40 years building Cabico into one of Canada's biggest kitchen cabinet makers.
November 05, 2026Mississippi Senate race turns into a nail-biter
November 04, 2026The midterm drubbing of Donald Trump's Republicans may strengthen China's hand in trade talks with Washington, but Beijing is unlikely to
November 05, 2026Taiwan has always enjoyed cross-party US support and Congress will continue to help in strengthening Taipei's defence capabilities, Defence Minister
November 05, 2026President Donald Trump faced pressure from Republicans on Wednesday to change course after a midterm election rout handed
November 04, 2026US President Donald Trump backed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, a day after Democrats won control of both chambers of
November 04, 2026Hours after his Republican Party suffered historic losses in the midterm election, President Donald Trump on Wednesday focused his first public event on
November 04, 2026The 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,
November 04, 2026The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington
November 04, 2026US President Donald Trump went to war seeking regime change in Iran.
November 04, 2026Investors put money to work on Wednesday, piling into stocks, bonds, non-dollar currencies and gold following historic US midterm elections that
November 04, 2026US Vice President JD Vance distanced himself from President Donald Trump's war on Iran on Wednesday,
November 04, 2026Ukrainian 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-
November 04, 2026Democrats vowed on Wednesday to use their resounding midterm victory to rein in President Donald Trump, setting up two
November 04, 2026For more than 30 years, Texas Democrats had been the party fighting for scraps in the deepest of red states
November 04, 2026President 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
November 04, 2026A Democratic Party fundraiser in Warren County, Iowa in October 2025 was so crowded that local party chair Jim Culbert found himself ordering
November 04, 2026Vice 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
November 04, 2026Republicans confront a game-changing possibility: They can no longer count on Texas
November 04, 2026House 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
November 04, 2026Europe's far-right politicians have begun to distance themselves from Donald Trump following the Democrats’
November 04, 2026Republicans suffered a sweeping midterm rout on Tuesday, losing control of Congress as voters abandoned President Donald Trump’s party
November 04, 2026The sweeping Democratic election victories in the US Senate and House of Representatives will reshuffle leadership of both chambers when the next Congress
November 04, 2026The US economy is built on energy prices. When people’s bills are high, they tend to vote against incumbents and their parties.
November 04, 2026The 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
November 04, 2026Prominent 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
November 04, 2026Leaders 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
November 04, 2026Iranian officials celebrated the rejection of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump by voters in the U.S. midterm elections
November 04, 2026Democrats' sweeping midterm victory strengthens the Federal Reserve against President Donald Trump's efforts to meddle with it, with the Senate's
November 04, 2026Findings from The AP Voter Poll reveal that most voters are exhausted and exasperated by President Donald Trump
November 04, 2026Iran'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
November 04, 2026Trump reacts to Republican losses and declines to take blame
November 04, 2026‘How did we get here?’: Inside a losing GOP campaign defined by Trump
November 04, 2026US Democrats' historic sweep of both houses of Congress on Tuesday was well telegraphed
November 04, 2026By Nolan D.
November 04, 2026South 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,
November 04, 2026Democrats 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
November 02, 2026Democrats swept to majorities in both the US Senate and House in midterm elections on
November 04, 2026Democrats took control of Congress in Tuesday's US midterm elections, making extraordinary gains deep in Republican territory with voters
November 04, 2026Progressive Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Senate race
November 02, 2026Voters have punished Trump’s allies in swing states and Republican strongholds alike, giving Democrats key victories nationwide and control of the House and Senate
November 03, 2026Democrat 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
November 04, 2026Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is on the cusp of making history as the nation’s first Black speaker of the House
November 04, 2026Democrats are on track for big gains in governor races, notching victories in Ohio, Texas, Iowa, Georgia and Wisconsin, according to US media projections,
October 30, 2026Democrats captured majorities in both the Senate and House on Tuesday, scoring sweeping victories that reached deep into
November 03, 2026President Donald Trump asked voters to pretend he was on the ballot in the midterm elections and
November 04, 2026For Donald Trump, his party’s resounding midterm losses pave the way for investigations and potential impeachments that will put the Republican president on the defensive in his final two years in office
November 03, 2026Trump’s personal push of Darline Graham in South Carolina comes back to bite his party
November 04, 2026President Donald Trump had escalated efforts to interfere in how states run their elections in the weeks leading up to Election Day
November 03, 2026US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the New York Times on Tuesday that he was willing to accept the results of the midterm elections in which his
November 04, 2026Adam Hamilton won the US Senate race in Kansas on Tuesday, according to media projections, ousting Trump-backed Republican Roger Marshall to become the state’s first
November 04, 2026The United States has no immediate plans to strike Iran, President Donald Trump told the Financial Times.
November 03, 2026Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said that while dialogue with Washington remains a path to peace, Pyongyang currently saw no need for
November 03, 2026The AP Voter Poll suggests that President Donald Trump's 2024 coalition may be faltering in this year's midterms, with young voters and Hispanic voters appearing to move away from the GOP
November 04, 2026Democrat Chris Pappas will win New Hampshire Senate race, CNN projects
November 04, 2026By Nolan D.
November 04, 2026The US Justice Department said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's proposed 250-foot (76-meter) triumphal arch in Washington would not be
November 03, 2026New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill warned local port officials and terminal operators against accepting Russian diesel, saying those shipments break federal law.
November 03, 2026Many in the Middle East remain on edge after the United States carried out limited strikes on Iranian targets just hours before Tuesday’s midterm elections in the U.S. The strikes in the Strait of Hormuz are raising more questions about what’s coming next
November 03, 2026Trump says US is cutting off aid to Israel at year’s end because ‘they don’t need it’
November 03, 2026U.S. striker Folarin Balogun has been added to Monaco’s squad for the Conference League having originally been left out amid uncertainty over his future
November 03, 2026President Donald Trump offered a detailed recounting of how his administration sought to fix up the reflecting pool, including showing pictures, in a speech that sources said previously was supposed to be his midterm "closing argument."
November 02, 2026The rising cost of living will be top of mind for Americans as they head to the polls in Tuesday's midterm elections which will determine control of
November 03, 2026President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States was close to making a trade deal with Canada, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said work remained to be
November 03, 2026President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has shown a willingness to intervene directly in Tuesday's midterm elections, breaking with decades of practice meant to avoid
November 02, 2026By Phil Stewart and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Nov 2 - The US carried out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said on Monday.
November 03, 2026President Donald Trump’s administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections
November 02, 2026As midterm campaigns careen toward their conclusion, Democrats are pushing through intraparty divisions to stay focused on voters’ economic frustrations
November 02, 2026Trump’s closing message hits a topic close to his heart — but not voters’ minds
November 02, 2026A judge has complicated President Donald Trump’s efforts to plow forward on construction of a memorial arch, setting multiple notification deadlines before any work can begin
November 02, 2026President Donald Trump stood silently while triumphant music played as he held up a poster showing an image of the algae-clogged pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial
November 02, 2026President Donald Trump is remaking Washington, recasting the US capital city as a monument to his vision of American greatness with sweeping,
March 05, 2026A US judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to stop demanding that California election officials segregate ballots cast by people on its lists of suspected
November 02, 2026Facing elections that could cost his party control of Congress, President Donald Trump spent his last major speech before the midterms
November 02, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump will cut South Africa and Rwanda from the AGOA trade agreement at the end of the year as punishment for not meeting certain criteria
November 02, 2026The Kennedy Center has announced that Paul Anka, David Foster, Andy Garcia, David Mamet and Barbara Mandrell will be honored at this year's Kennedy Center Honors
November 02, 2026Judge dismisses case against former FBI officials who DOJ believes hampered Biden family corruption probe
November 02, 2026US President Donald Trump’s threat to strike Iran again confronts America’s Gulf allies with a stark prospect: another
November 02, 2026There's plenty of angst among U.S. voters on the eve of Election Day
November 02, 2026Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will decide control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term.
November 02, 2026From longer hours and extra staffing to special lines in its branches, the US Postal Service is taking an array of special actions to make sure
November 02, 2026On the eve of elections that will decide whether President Donald Trump's Republican Party keeps control of Congress, voters' minds are on the economy, with high and
November 02, 2026Here’s where Trump’s housing agenda stands before midterms
November 02, 2026A prominent Michigan Democrat endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, giving President Donald Trump's Republicans
November 01, 2026President Donald Trump has wrapped up the final weekend of a turbulent midterm campaign with rallies in Iowa and Kansas
November 01, 2026President Donald Trump is making his closing pitch for the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
November 01, 2026Middle East on edge as fears mount that Iran war could restart after the midterms
October 31, 2026President Donald Trump's trade agenda will face a new source of friction if Democrats win control of Congress on Tuesday, with a cascade of oversight
November 01, 2026President Donald Trump said on Saturday it was "unacceptable" for one of his former lawyers, Alina Habba Mildon, to secure a $50 million
November 01, 2026Top Kennedy Center official urged closure due to financial problems, not poor conditions, lawyers argue
November 01, 2026Judge tosses Trump’s lawsuit against Wall Street Journal again, this time for good
October 31, 2026Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico were making closing arguments Saturday in a tossup Texas U.S. Senate race that has become a key measure of voters’ frustration with Trump’s leadership and his loyalists in the Republican Party
October 31, 2026President Donald Trump's second attempt to sue the Wall Street Journal was dismissed with prejudice on Saturday, ending his pursuit of a defamation lawsuit over the news
October 31, 2026Foreign ministers from the US, Australia, India and Japan on Saturday pledged to work on building reliable global supply chains and expressed grave
October 31, 2026Kamala Harris has been campaigning for Democratic candidates across multiple states during the final stretch of the midterm elections
October 31, 2026Federal immigration agents have fanned out across California’s Central Valley in recent weeks, stirring fear in Latino
October 31, 2026Democrat Shomari Figures of Alabama is one of several Black members of Congress who've had their House districts redrawn by Republicans in the wake of the Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act
October 31, 2026A federal judge has put off a decision on whether to dismiss a placeholder criminal case filed against former FBI Director James Comey, giving the Justice Department an opportunity to pursue an indictment over allegations of a decade-old news media leak
October 30, 2026Brazil's government has summoned Argentina's representative after Flávio Bolsonaro's flight to the U.S. via Argentina
October 30, 2026The White House has delayed until December a planned hearing into allegations of mortgage fraud by Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, President Donald Trump's top economic advisor
October 30, 2026US District Judge Ana Reyes on Friday ordered an investigation into whether Department of Justice attorneys violated ethics rules in their defense of a
October 30, 2026Pope Leo XIV cast a ballot by mail in the US midterm elections, the Vatican press office said on Friday, a historic first for the American-born
October 30, 2026Norway has turned to a bit of toilet humor in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments insulting the Scandinavian country and the Nobel Peace Prize
October 30, 2026US President Donald Trump, speaking ahead of November 3 midterm congressional elections, said on Friday he believed the war with Iran will end soon, but did not say how
October 30, 2026President Donald Trump is signaling to states that his administration may be far less likely to help if their voters put Democrats in power on Election Day
October 30, 2026An information science scholar analyzed statements by 17 presidents and found that Trump has rarely spoken of libraries at all – and when he has, he’s dismissed their importance.
October 30, 2026Big Oil is raking in huge profits. Shareholders like Trump are cashing in. You’re paying for it with high gas prices.
October 30, 2026(This story has been republished to remove an image of Jair Bolsonaro, with no changes to text.)
October 30, 2026‘We just have to bother the crap out of these people’: How the GOP is confronting its voter enthusiasm deficit
October 30, 2026Pete Hegseth’s political future could be on the line if Democrats win the House
October 30, 2026United States President Donald Trump's economic agenda has delivered robust growth and strong investment but failed to reduce the trade deficit, according to a study by the
October 30, 2026The nation’s major political parties are at a crossroads
October 30, 2026US President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled planned weekend campaign stops in Kansas and Iowa, and his allies said he would instead
October 29, 2026President Donald Trump has canceled weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas, opting instead to do telerallies with GOP candidates
October 29, 2026The Justice Department has issued subpoenas to California officials in an escalation of its scrutiny of local election administration
October 29, 2026President Donald Trump's administration filed a revised lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block Alaska's election
October 29, 2026US President Donald Trump's administration has promised tariff relief to Volkswagen's luxury unit Audi to help secure its $4
October 29, 2026Democrats in striking distance: New CNN polls in four states highlight party’s path to Senate majority
October 29, 2026‘Ghoul’ is a political insult with real bite
October 29, 2026US President Donald Trump, who has been engaged in a tariff war with Canada, on Thursday told a rally that Canada has been "treating us extremely nicely
October 29, 2026Machado pushes for new elections in first news conference since returning to Venezuela
October 29, 2026A localized ceasefire in Oleshky, Ukraine, held for a third day and humanitarian aid is expected to arrive soon
October 29, 2026US President Donald Trump said that Vice President JD Vance's outreach to Iran was about helping the country get medical supplies, after US media reported Vance had
October 29, 2026Russia will extend its diesel export ban until the end of the year while allowing some companies to ship fuel under a quota system to meet its new export commitment to the US, two
October 29, 2026President Donald Trump's involvement in this year's midterm elections has moved from rhetoric to reality
October 29, 2026US President Donald Trump has touted billions of dollars in new factories, energy projects and jobs while campaigning for Republicans
October 29, 2026Get ready to fall back
October 29, 2026Why Trump’s big claims of voter fraud have yielded so few prosecutions
October 29, 2026The strange math that shows how Trump got Venezuela to ‘gift’ oil to the United States
October 29, 2026Donald Trump roared back into office two years ago partly on the power of immigration
October 29, 2026Neither man is on the ballot but Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic former President Barack Obama
October 28, 2026The Justice Department has filed notice that President Donald Trump’s announcements that there are plans for renovating the East Potomac Golf Course and there are plans to close the park beginning Nov. 15 are accurate
October 29, 2026Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s top military planner
October 29, 2026Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump have both rallied for their parties ahead of the midterm elections
October 28, 2026Truth Social, the social media platform founded by President Donald Trump, has signed up news and data provider Bloomberg and two Wall Street
October 28, 2026President Donald Trump told Texans they’d better accept data centers in their communities and floated making Venezuela the 51st state as he stumped for Republican Ken Paxton
October 28, 2026President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has been scrambling before the midterm election with a blitz of headline-making actions and cases that some critics say reeks of politics
October 28, 2026Trump administration kicks out Cuban diplomat from US as tensions rise
October 28, 2026Alvin Hellerstein, a senior federal judge who oversaw many high-profile cases in nearly three decades on the bench, including matters involving US
October 28, 2026A ‘generational defense opportunity’: Hegseth offers full-throated endorsement of Trump’s arch amid legal battle
October 28, 2026Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Wednesday said he is "honored" to lead the central bank's policymakers and said politics
October 28, 2026US President Donald Trump found on Wednesday that imported robotics and machinery pose national security risks but did not impose any immediate
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