Longtime community activist 'Mama Shu' Harris wins Highland Park mayoral race
November 05, 2026Cyprus's president says natural gas deposits off the country's coast offer the European Union a chance to boost energy security by diversifying supply
November 05, 2026South Africa's early municipal election results on Thursday showed the African National Congress with a sharply reduced vote
November 05, 2026Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he wanted to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss efforts to end the war in Ukraine, after talks with Ukrainian
November 05, 2026A veteran Arab lawmaker in Israel says his bloc is willing to break with decades of precedent and join forces with Jewish-led parties in a shared bid to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long rule
November 05, 2026Deep in war-ravaged southern Lebanon, just a few hundred metres from territory occupied by Israeli troops, Inaya
November 05, 2026Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told The Associated Press that she remains committed to returning to Bangladesh from exile in India in December
November 05, 2026China's state media say a former member of one of China’s top decision-making bodies has been formally charged with accepting bribes a week after Communist Party leaders confirmed his expulsion from the party
November 05, 2026Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong handed another 10 years in jail
November 05, 2026Activist Joshua Wong, 30, who became the international face of Hong Kong's democracy movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in jail on a charge of collusion with
November 05, 2026China has indicted Ma Xingrui, a former member of the ruling Communist Party's Politburo, on charges of taking bribes, official news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, as
November 05, 2026President Donald Trump faced pressure from Republicans on Wednesday to change course after a midterm election rout handed
November 04, 2026German authorities said on Thursday that no external causes were involved in the sudden death of Hubert Aiwanger, deputy premier of the state of Bavaria and leader of a small
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 US federal government will lay out all the laws and regulations that apply to domestic AI labs later this month, Pentagon Chief Technology
November 04, 2026The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington
November 04, 2026The final midterm votes are still being counted, but make no mistake: The next election season has already begun
November 04, 2026Iran’s leaders say U.S. President Donald Trump shouldn’t ignore the stinging setback in the U.S. midterm elections
November 04, 2026Mamdani’s tax on high-end second homes survives legal challenge for now
November 04, 2026US Vice President JD Vance distanced himself from President Donald Trump's war on Iran on Wednesday,
November 04, 2026Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other senior Republicans on Wednesday asked a US appeals court to overturn a ruling that found the Environmental
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, 2026Voters have dramatically shifted the political landscape by electing Democrats in traditionally Republican states
November 04, 2026President Donald Trump reacted to Republicans' midterm election losses by showcasing the new White House ballroom
November 04, 2026Republicans' plan to redraw congressional districts to their advantage failed to work in the midterm elections
November 04, 2026Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed tells The Associated Press that voters have rejected a “hateful, spiteful campaign” after months of Republican attacks on his Muslim identity
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, 2026The US midterm election landslide that gives Democrats control of Congress starting in January is fueling questions about the longevity of the Supreme
November 04, 2026Serbian authorities detained nine active police officers and one former officer on Wednesday for allegedly using excessive force against detainees during anti-corruption
November 04, 2026The outcome of the US Senate race in Alaska was unclear on Wednesday, one day after Democrats scored a
November 04, 2026The Democratic architects of proposed bipartisan energy permitting legislation said on Wednesday they would not delay the bill in hopes of securing a better deal next year when
November 04, 2026Brazil's reelected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to deliver a televised address on Sunday to recommit to budget discipline but without providing policy
November 04, 2026Pennsylvania has had a split legislature since 2000. No more.
November 04, 2026Republicans suffered a sweeping midterm rout on Tuesday, losing control of Congress as voters abandoned President Donald Trump’s party
November 04, 2026From tariffs to oil prices, deregulation to health policy and the freight-train expansion of artificial intelligence, Democratic control of Congress
November 04, 2026Global stocks rallied on Wednesday after Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections,
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, 2026Morocco will stay committed to the ceasefire in Western Sahara despite the end of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the territory, the Royal
November 04, 2026New Zealand votes in a general election on November 7 with opinion polls pointing to another close contest between the ruling centre-right National-led coalition and
November 04, 2026Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and fellow Democrat Nithya Raman are tightly matched in early returns as voters weighed whether to replace the embattled incumbent with a challenger backed by the Democratic Socialists of America
November 02, 2026The crypto industry's roughly $200 million spending spree this election stumbled Tuesday, as some of its most expensive and high-profile
November 04, 2026Supporters at James Talarico’s campaign headquarters in Austin, Texas, roared and cheered as they watched CNN project the Democratic Senate nominee as the winner of the critical race.
November 04, 2026Democrat Gina Hinojosa will become the first Latina governor of Texas, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, ending the more than three-decade Republican hold on the seat. Hinojosa, a 52-year-old state lawmaker and attorney, defeated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott who was seeking a fourth term.
November 04, 2026Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators accused senior security officials on Wednesday of shielding a network of illegal businesses ranging from scam centres to
November 04, 2026The US Energy Department said on Wednesday it would loan 300,000 barrels of fuel oil to four companies from the nation's emergency heating oil reserve in an effort to
November 04, 2026A senior Canadian cabinet minister said on Wednesday the US midterm results would not change Ottawa's stance towards trade talks with the US, adding he would speak soon to
November 04, 2026Ankara rejected on Wednesday what it called the "prejudiced and unfair" stance of the European Union towards fundamental rights and the judiciary in Turkey, and regarding
November 04, 2026While the battle for Congress captured most of the
October 28, 2026US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson will not run for election as House minority leader, following the loss of his Republican majority in this
November 04, 2026Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas will win New Hampshire’s open Senate seat, CNN projects, making history as the first out gay man to be elected to the chamber. Election Night in America coverage is live now on CNN and streaming with an All Access subscription.
November 04, 2026Melania Trump to bring Russian and Ukrainian representatives to White House this week
November 03, 2026The death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday has risen to 40,
November 04, 2026The mother of a Ghanaian teenager who was fatally shot in New York departed for the United States on Wednesday after President Donald Trump intervened to grant her a visa to
November 04, 2026Former federal prosecutor to lead Cornell sex assault investigation
November 04, 2026Democratic candidates made up significant ground among key demographic groups in the 2026 midterms, according to The AP Voter Poll, reversing many of the gains President Donald Trump made with the traditional Democratic coalition in the 2024 presidential election
November 04, 2026BRUSSELS, Nov 4 - Ukraine would need to speed up reforms if Kyiv wants to meet its own European Union accession negotiation goal, the European Commission said in a report on Wednesday.
November 04, 2026Texas Democrats, shut out of every statewide office for more than three decades, have toppled Republicans from the top of the ballot to the bottom, remaking the
November 04, 2026Governments and politicians around the world reacted to the Democrats winning the US midterm elections, a result that could have major implications for global trade, security and
November 04, 2026Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party
November 03, 2026Washington's hostility towards Tehran will not change through partisan shifts or any concessions to the US, and those who believe otherwise are “greatly mistaken”, Iran's
November 04, 2026Trump reacts to Republican losses and declines to take blame
November 04, 2026Indonesia's military is deploying over 20,000 troops to Jakarta amid a wiretapping scandal suspected of targeting President Prabowo Subianto
November 04, 2026Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s open US Senate seat on Tuesday, according to media projections, becoming the first Muslim elected to the chamber while
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November 04, 2026President Donald Trump acknowledged on Wednesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran played a role in his party's sweeping defeat in the
November 04, 2026Colombia's Congress toughened the terms offered to members of illegal armed groups who hand themselves in by passing a bill proposed by President Abelardo De La Espriella
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, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has awarded US first lady Melania Trump a state honour for her role in helping to organise a humanitarian evacuation from a frontline town
November 04, 2026A California measure to tax the net worth of billionaires was too early to call Wednesday morning as the vote tally continued
November 03, 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, 2026Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins conceded to Democrat Troy Jackson on Tuesday, scoring a major pickup for Democrats in one of the midterms’ most competitive
November 04, 2026Indonesia's president sacked his chief of staff on Wednesday after his arrest in a wiretapping scandal that the government said
November 04, 2026By Yasmeen Abutaleb and David Hood-Nuño WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Rtrs) - Three-term Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott lost to Democratic state Representative Gina Hinojosa in a stunning upset that ends
November 04, 2026Democrat Peggy Flanagan won Minnesota's US Senate race on Tuesday, US media outlets projected.
November 04, 2026Democrats 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
November 03, 2026Progressive Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Senate race
November 02, 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, 2026Election Day turned into a massive rebuke of President Donald Trump: a blue wave not seen in 20 years that was built on transforming the economy and rising prices into a central line of attack.
November 04, 2026Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand defeated Republican businessman Zach Lahn to become the first Democratic governor elected in the state since 2006, according to US media
November 04, 2026Democrat Roy Cooper won North Carolina’s US Senate race on Tuesday, according to media projections, defeating Trump-backed Republican Michael Whatley and giving
November 04, 2026Democrat Rebecca Bennett defeated US Representative Tom Kean of New Jersey on Tuesday, according to US media, flipping a Republican-held seat.
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, 2026At stake in this year's election was which party would control Congress
November 03, 2026Democrat Annie Andrews won a US Senate seat in conservative South Carolina on Tuesday, according to media projections, ousting Republican Darline
November 04, 2026Democrats win governor, senate race in Iowa
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, 2026Democrat Sherrod Brown will win Ohio Senate race, CNN projects, 2 years after losing seat
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November 04, 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, 2026Democrat Amy Acton will win the Ohio governor’s race, CNN projects
November 04, 2026Election Day was barely underway before misinformation about voting irregularities surfaced online
November 04, 2026Republican Byron Donalds will win Florida’s governor race, CNN projects
November 04, 2026Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will win Georgia governor's race and become the first Black female governor in US history. And Republican Rep. Byron Donalds will be Florida's next governor, making history as the state's first Black leader, CNN projects.CNN's Ryan Young reports from Bottoms's campaign headquarters in Atlanta.
November 04, 2026Democrat Chris Pappas won New Hampshire’s open US Senate seat on Tuesday, according to media projections, defeating Republican John Sununu and preserving a crucial
November 04, 2026The United States has no immediate plans to strike Iran, President Donald Trump told the Financial Times.
November 03, 2026Keisha Lance Bottoms projected to be first Black female governor. Here are other firsts
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