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Democrats win the US House and Senate as voters deliver a strong rebuke to Trump and Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.Tuesday's midterm elections laid bare voters' deep frustrations over high prices, the Iran war and concerns over government corruption. Democrats routed their rivals across the map, flipping states that have voted Republican for decades and that Trump won by double digits just two years ago.
That includes James Talarico's stunning Senate victory in... Read More
Voters back abortion rights and reject Trump's redistricting in state ballot measures
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates notched victories in Missouri and Virginia on Tuesday, and voters delivered a double dose of disapproval to President Donald Trump’s redistricting efforts as they decided 145 ballot questions in more than three dozen states.The ballot measures provided a political undercard for a high-profile midterm election that was determining which party controls Congress, state legislatures and gubernatorial offices in many states.
Some measures put Trump’s priorities to a public test by gauging support for his attempts to redraw... Read More
Asian shares and US futures are mixed as Democrats gain majorities in both the US House and Senate
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares and U.S. futures were mixed Wednesday after the U.S. midterm elections yielded majorities for the Democrats in both houses of Congress.The results were a decisive rebuke of Republican governance and will bring a new era of congressional resistance to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Markets generally prefer that control of Washington be split between the Republicans and the Democrats. That is seen as offering less risk of sweeping policy changes that could reshape the economy.
“The magnitude of the gains for the Democrats in the... Read More
The Latest: Democrats win US House, cementing control over Congress
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday’s 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory.Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, which hasn’t elected a Democratic senator in nearly a century, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina. They held on to battleground seats in Georgia and Michigan. In the House, Democrats flipped more than two dozen districts, some that voted for Trump... Read More
Progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race, will become first Muslim senator
WASHINGTON (AP) — Progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitter campaign for Michigan’s open Senate seat, giving the Democratic Party’s left wing a breakthrough victory in one of the nation’s most important swing states.El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, will become the nation’s first Muslim senator. A former public health official who has never held elected office, he rose from a double-digit defeat in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary eight years ago to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.
El-Sayed overcame... Read More
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- Democrats win the US House and Senate as voters deliver a strong rebuke to Trump and Republicans
- The Latest: Democrats win US House, cementing control over Congress
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