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In a phone call with CNBC, the US president pointed to areas of potential cooperation with Democrats, including trade and financial issues, while dismissing concerns over impeachment.

Congressional Democrats vowed to put the Trump administration on the defensive with subpoenas and hearings, but said their priority is to make life more affordable.

Democrats are now preparing to step into power on Capitol Hill, and while some are promising to deliver on their affordability agenda, the House Oversight Committee is already vowing to lead new investigations into...

With Tuesday’s landslide victory, Democrats will have new authority to scrutinize and investigate the Trump administration. They're expected to launch aggressive oversight that includes targeting possible government...

Donald Trump expressed denial over the Republican losses in the recent elections while later showing willingness to work with Democrats. He blamed Republican candidates for their defeats and defended his own stance...

Musk has little to show for his record spending on Republican campaigns in US midterms Reuters

Musk's posts come after he spent at least $458 million backing Republican candidates

Elon Musk Deletes Pro-Republican Posts After Spending Rs 4,400 Crore On Midterms NDTV Shares in Musk's SpaceX plunge as tech and AI stocks fall BBC ‘The money didn’t work’: Big Tech’s $600mn midterm campaign falls...

Walmart founder three surviving children have a collective net worth exceeding that of all of America's wealthiest individuals, bar Elon Musk.

Nevada made history by electing a Democrat to Congressional District 2 for the first time since the seat was established in 1982. Here's what Congresswoman-elect Teresa Benitez-Thompson said of her scandal-plagued...

Democrat Teresa Benitez-Thompson won Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District, flipping a northern Nevada seat that has never been held by a Democrat, according to a race call by The Nevada Independent. “One of the...

A New Jersey Republican who was absent from Capitol Hill for months this year lost his seat Tuesday. Democrat Rebecca Bennett defeated Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, NBC News...

New Jersey Republican Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr. lost his reelection race Tuesday after missing four months of work in Washington this year while seeking treatment for depression.

Former Navy Pilot Rebecca Bennett, 39, has defeated incumbent Rep. Tom Kean Jr. for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, flipping a key seat for Democrats as they seek to retake control of the House. The...

Rebecca Bennett defeated the two-term Republican incumbent after his monthslong absence for depression treatment.

President wants defense funding passed in lame-duck session

Rachel Scott reports on the fallout from Democrats' historic election victories, as President Trump warns that another impeachment attempt would destroy the Democratic Party. Voter frustration over the economy,...

Former Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz sat down with CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez last month to discuss the drop in illegal crossings at the southern border under President Trump and why he thinks most Americans...

A recurring subplot of President Trump's term has been a desire to replace Biden appointees to the powerful Federal Reserve Board of Governors — even ahead of their terms ending — with allies. That effort now looks...

The 2026 US midterm elections have delivered mixed results for Indian-American candidates. Republican Vivek Ramaswamy has lost the Ohio governor's race, while Democrats Suhas Subramanyam, Pia Dandiya and Pramila...

Indian-Americans 2026 Midterms: Pia Dandiya wins Florida 22nd 52% vs 48%, Suhas Subramanyam re-elected VA-10, Aruna Miller wins, Vivek Ramaswamy loses Ohio Gov to Amy Acton.

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna scraped by with less than 50% of the vote in her Florida district to beat Democrat Leela Gray.

Subramanyam, who achieved the milestone of becoming Virginia's inaugural Indian-American member of Congress in 2024, also contended against independent candidate Ahsen Malik.

Trump's party dealt a setback as Republican bid to tilt Florida's House map falters on a strong night for Democrats.

CBS News projects that incumbent Florida Democrats Jared Moskowitz and Kathy Castor will hold on to their House seats, and Democrat Pia Dandiya will win her House race.

Two Democrats in Florida beat a Republican map drawn to favor the GOP, dealing Republicans an embarrassing election night blow. Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and Democrat Pia Dandiya won their House races Tuesday, NBC...

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) defeated former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer, marking a loss for Republicans after they redrew the seat in an effort to pick up another GOP seat to protect their ultra-slim majority....

Republicans tried to upend Democratic election odds by redrawing congressional districts across the country, but even that wasn’t enough to dam the Blue Wave. Despite making new maps to boost Republican candidates in...

Zach Dembo defeated Trump-backed Republican Ralph Alvarado to win Kentucky's Sixth District, delivering Democrats a House gain in a conservative seat previously held by Andy Barr.

Democratic candidate Zach Dembo on Tuesday won Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, a seat that has heavily favored Republicans in recent elections.

Democrats have flipped control of Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District after Democrat Zach Dembo defeated Republican Ralph Alvarado for the open battleground seat, a shocking result for a seat once thought to be...

Cook Political Report shifts 14 races toward Dems ahead of midterms USA Today

Democrats could win up to 240 House seats on Tuesday, Cook Political Report says The Washington Post Four Days Out, a Dozen More House Races Move Toward Democrats Cook Political Report Cook Political Report shifts 14...

The Cook Political Report has moved a dozen House races in favor of the Democrats just days before Election Day.

Democrats prevailed across the board in North Carolina on Tuesday, winning four statewide races and wresting control of the state House of Representatives for the first time since 2010.

Texas and North Carolina saw the wildest outcomes on election night.

Democrats won control of state governments in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and won chambers in Texas, Georgia and North Carolina.

The Democrats in three North Carolina districts are on track to oust their incumbent Republican opponents in their respective neck-to-neck House races. In the race for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District,...

After the blue tsunami swept through Congress this midterm election, the Democrats say they want to make corruption a central part of their strategy for 2028 - when they hope to retake the White House. That includes...

President Donald Trump holds up the chart of "reciprocal" tariffs he pledged to impose on other nations, during an event in the Rose Garden.

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt We examine the results of Tuesday's historic U.S. midterm elections with Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts. In addition to taking back the House...

Democrats have vowed investigations into Trump and his administration and said the incoming majority would be focused on accountability and affordability.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who won his third term as the governor of the Prairie State, criticized Vice President Vance’s social media post following the Republican Party’s sweeping losses in the midterm...

<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: Gov. JB Pritzker didn't start the yearslong grudge match with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, but he notched a major win against him by financially backing the Democratic...

Gov. JB Pritzker has defeated Republican challenger Darren Bailey in an Illinois governor race rematch, ABC News projects.

The Congressional elections Tuesday may well have been a referendum on Donald Trump; but voter turnout in the Illinois Valley suggests the local results were a referendum on Gov. JB Pritzker.

Republicans can learn from their losses. But they should be careful not to explain away Democratic victories as if the candidates themselves had nothing to do with it.

Democrats have won the biggest landslide in modern American memory. In the midterm elections swing voters across the country have signalled their discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency. The Economist’s data editor...

Sen. Ron Wyden's one-word post — "Subpoenas" — set the tone as Democrats celebrated reclaiming both the House and Senate in 2026 midterms.

Washington Examiner Managing Editor Chris Irvine joins Associate Politics Editor James Downs to discuss this years midterm election turnouts for candidates eyeing Virginia, Indiana, Florida, etc. Democrats will be...

Maryland voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday amending the state’s Constitution to allow Democratic-led congressional redistricting. The measure, known as Question 3, passed 60 percent to 40 percent, with 77...

Changes are coming to how Maryland draws its congressional districts after voters approved adding a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution in the 2026 midterm elections. The measure passed 59.5% to 40.5% on...

Maryland voters approved a constitutional amendment that paves the way for Democrats to redraw their state’s congressional map, NBC News projects.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro holds a briefing in Harrisburg after a sweeping Democratic win in the US midterm elections that flipped Republican strongholds for the first time in a generation. #joshshapiro...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his reelection win over Republican candidate Stacy Garrity in Tuesday's race and the impact of Democrat wins across the country.

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro addressed supporters after ABC News projected he will win reelection in the Pennsylvania governor's race.

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) won a second term as Pennsylvania's governor in Tuesday's midterm election.

Lefty-firebrand Darializa Avila Chevalier — who once called the US a “a f–king disgrace” — will soon head to Congress, along with Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s other handpicked House candidates, Claire Valdez and Brad...

Brad Lander, Darializa Avila-Chevalier and Claire Valdez sweep their congressional races in key Democratic districts.

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt New York City is preparing to send two DSA members, presumptive election night winners Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, to Capitol Hill....

Shannon Taylor, a top Henrico County prosecutor who campaigned as a law-and-order Democrat, defeated Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA), who has represented Virginia’s 1st Congressional District for nearly two decades. The...

Democrat William Lawrence won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Michigan's 7th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Tom Barrett.

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti flipped Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District on Tuesday, unseating the freshman GOP Rep. Rob Bresnahan, who faced scrutiny over his stock trading throughout his first term. The...

A freshman Republican congressman who campaigned against stock trading by lawmakers, then racked up trades of his own, is projected to lose his seat. Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, a Democrat, defeated Rep. Rob...

Longtime incumbent Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) lost his reelection race for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District to Democratic challenger Janelle Stelson in a rematch of their 2024 contest. The Associated Press...

Republicans redrew North Carolina’s First Congressional District to flip a Democratic House seat—but discontent among voters over the move may still work in the incumbent Don Davis’s favor, Madeleine Carlisle...

North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District has become the most expensive House race on record, according to new ad spending data shared this week. Democratic Rep. Don Davis (N.C.) is fighting for reelection in the...