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Charles Porter, actor and producer, has died after a long battle with cancer.

'Wendell Scott' star Charles F. Porter dies at 47 after cancer battle USA Today

A closely contested Senate race in Alaska could take an extraordinary turn, with the U.S. Senate itself potentially deciding the winner, a leading election law expert warned Friday. Rick Hasen, a CNN contributor and...

Mississippi’s Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a “Sinners”-themed campaign ad over Halloween weekend, days ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. The ad, released on TikTok, pays homage to the...

Justice Department officials hold a press conference on the investigation into Alaska's senate ballot. Mississippi Democratic Senate nominee Scott Colom joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss his bid to unseat Sen....

Mississippi Democratic Senate nominee Scott Colom is accusing Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) of taking credit for a Gulf Coast rail line she voted against. “She’s back at it again. But she got caught,” Colom wrote...

Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, arrives to speak during an election night event in Atlanta.

Anadolu / Anadolu via Getty Images A freshly reelected Democratic senator is riding his big win on Tuesday to take a commanding lead as the frontrunner to win the 2028 presidential election. Jon Ossoff, 39, is the...

Aaron Gilchrist joins Gadi Schwartz to discuss Democrat Jon Ossoff winning re-election, NBC News projects. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here:...

Democrat Jon Ossoff, 39, wins second term in Georgia, defeating GOP Rep Mike Collins, holds key Senate seat in Trump-won state, raises $100M+ for 2024 race.

Xavier Becerra makes history as California’s first elected Latino governor! Xavier Becerra, a former California attorney general and Biden Cabinet secretary, defeated Republican Steve Hilton to become the state’s...

Democrat Xavier Becerra won the race for California governor on Tuesday night, defeating Republican Steve Hilton.

Xavier Becerra was elected the next governor of California today, the first Latino to win the state’s highest office. In a race just called by the AP, Becerra, a Democrat, was long projected to easily defeat...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticised congressional Republicans after the 2026 midterm elections, blaming legislative inaction, immigration policy failures and voter frustration for the party's losses.

Ron DeSantis, the outgoing Republican governor of Florida, called the midterm election results an "extinction level event for Republicans." DeSantis said his state demonstrated how the GOP can win in a tough...

CNN talks to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis about the midterm results and why he thinks the Florida GOP avoided any flipped seats despite the blue wave. 0:00 DeSantis says Florida was not immune to the blue wave 2:03...

DeSantis engineered Florida's shift from purple to bright red — by asking us directly to join the Sunshine State’s Republican revolution.

The Philippines on Thursday voiced optimism that the Democratic Party’s resounding midterm election win would prompt the United States to adopt “a different approach” to President Donald Trump’s hardening immigration...

While Republicans saw losses in the midterms, Florida Governor-elect Byron Donalds told CNN’s Dana Bash that if the party focuses on affordability and prices, the “elections will take care of themselves.”

MS NOW's Symone Sanders Townsend called Florida's first Black Governor-elect Byron Donalds not true "kinfolk" over his conservative policies.

MS NOW host Symone Sanders Townsend appeared to suggest Florida Gov.-elect Byron Donalds wasn't true "kinfolk" with other Black Americans because of his conservative policies.

At a packed Columbus diner the morning after Democrats take Ohio’s Senate and governor races, voters call the result a rebuke of fear‑mongering and a warning to Republicans not to bank on a “red state”. Many hope...

The president’s approval was essential to winning Republican Senate primaries. It became lethal in competitive general-election races.

Young Americans across the map overwhelmingly backed Democrats in the midterm. It is a huge shift from the presidential election, in which young men especially helped put Trump in back in office. Grace Weinstein,...

Democrats' midterm wins surpass post-Watergate gains; Mississippi and Alaska Senate races still too close to call.

Voters approved nearly every datacenter moratorium that was on the ballot, dozens in total in Tuesday’s elections Track live results from all 50 states Send us your questions about the US midterms results and...

Outgoing Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) issued his own analysis Wednesday after the GOP suffered major losses across the country and in the Lone Star State in Tuesday’s midterms. The four-term senator reflected on the...

This midterm election trend sends a powerful message to candidates - ‘Earn my vote’ #midterm #voting #candidates #senate #house #election The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York,...

Voters weighed affordability, President Donald Trump’s unpopularity and local concerns, while several closely watched contests remained undecided early Wednesday

A billionaire running for governor with President Donald Trump's backing is facing a damaging accusation from Trump's own federal government. The Internal Revenue Service has accused Rick Jackson , the Republican...

When a new Congress is sworn in, it will have the power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, prompting one representative to advise White House officials and others to “lawyer up.”

Democrat Josh Turek will win the Senate seat in Iowa. CNN’s Betsy Klein explains how he turned the reliable GOP stronghold under President Trump into a blue state.

Josh Turek, a Democrat who flipped Iowa's Republican-held Senate seat in Tuesday's election, celebrated the win that seemed far-fetched in the state Trump won by 13 percentage points just two years ago. #joshturek...

Josh Turek's Iowa Senate win over Ashley Hinson marks the first time Democrats captured the seat since 2008 in a state Trump won by double digits.

New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler conceded to his opponent, Democrat Cait Conley. Conley shares her priorities after her victory. Each weekday morning, "CBS Mornings" co-hosts Gayle King, Norah O'Donnell and Nate...

Democrat Cait Conley defeated Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) on Tuesday in one of the country’s most closely watched House races, after Lawler conceded . “When all of the votes are counted tomorrow in Westchester, it’s...

New York Republican Rep. Michael Lawler conceded in his reelection bid on Tuesday.

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Jamie Raskin told Trump to “speak for himself” over his claim about “incumbent” as the Alaska Senate ballot fight intensifies.

Trump White House maps path to govern without Congress if Democrats win Reuters

The Justice Department is seeking to preserve ballots cast in Alaska’s closely watched Senate race, not change votes or declare a winner, as the department pursues an investigation into allegations that Democratic...

Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) defeated his Democrat opponent, Charles Booker, in the U.S. Senate race for the seat being vacated by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Trump-backed Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) beat Democrat Charles Booker on Tuesday in the Senate race to replace outgoing Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Barr, who has served in the House since 2013, defeated Booker, a...

Since being established in 1982, Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District has never sent a Democrat to Washington. When Republican Rep. Mark Amodei announced earlier this year that he was retiring after representing the...

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...

Alaska’s razor-thin Senate race keeps a DOJ legal fight over the two Sullivans alive.

Ranked-choice voting may decide Alaska's Senate outcome, while Mississippi's race hangs on a knife's edge.

Votes are still being counted in Alaska's Senate race between incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.

Election headlined by two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy faced a brutal round of online roasting Wednesday after revealing that his concession call to Democrat Amy Acton, who defeated him in Ohio’s race for governor, went straight to voicemail....

Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images Governor-elect Amy Acton can’t come to the phone right now. Ohio gubernatorial hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, the Trump-endorsed MAGA candidate in the race, said that when he called to...

Some Democrats have already discussed renewed oversight investigations and floated the prospect of impeachment efforts.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Tuesday said Vice President Vance “will be remembered” for backing former Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial ad featuring Gov.-elect Amy Acton’s...

Years of organizing met a moment of voter discontent, as James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa offered Texans a message of economic relief and political change.

Sen. Ted Cruz called the 2026 midterms a "blue tsunami" after James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton and Gina Hinojosa unseated Greg Abbott in Texas.

James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa achieved momentous victories for U.S. Senate and state governorship in Texas. Adriana Diaz has more.

Mike Segar / REUTERS Texas Democrats have not only sent a Democrat to the Senate and the governor’s office, but also secured a majority in the state House—something widely considered impossible this time last year....

The 2026 midterm elections were the most expensive on record, with nearly 12 billion dollars spent during the campaign. Tech tycoon Elon Musk was by far the largest individual donor ever, injecting over 440 million...

Democrats’ Texas sweep puts Elon Musk’s tax breaks, data centers and Starbase land under new scrutiny from Gina Hinojosa.

The vote was an epic rebuke of Silicon Valley.

Elon Musk's prison sentence joke with Tucker Carlson has resurfaced after Republican midterm losses, reigniting questions about his Trump alliance and political gamble.

Sen.-elect Annie Andrews says voters rejected “dirty politics” and responded to her focus on everyday costs and South Carolina’s struggling health care system.

Annie Andrews has been elected to the U.S. Senate in South Carolina. Andrews became the first Democrat to do so in decades by defeating U.S. Sen. Darline Graham on Tuesday. (Ap video shot and produced Eric Verduzzo)...

Donald Trump’s decision to handpick Darline Graham—the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham—to run for a full term in South Carolina opened the door for Democrats to win a Senate seat in the state for the first...

It’s hard to put into words how good Tuesday night was for Democrats: “Blue wave” falls short, and even “bluenami” may not be apt for an election in which Republicans lost Senate races in Kansas and South Carolina,...

Six candidates broke historic barriers in the 2026 US midterms, including the first Muslim senator and the first Black woman governor, as Democrats won control of Congress.

Georgia governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms honored her ancestors who were enslaved in the state over 160 years ago during her victory speech after being elected the first Black female governor in US history.

Chris Pappas and Dr Abdul El-Sayed made history by securing a seat in the Senate, while America's first black female governor was elected in Georgia.

Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms joins volunteers at the campaign’s field office in Washington, DC, to celebrate her victory in Georgia. #georgia #KeishaLanceBottoms #midterms #elections #governor Keep up with the...

Wins in Iowa and Kansas revived the left’s rural populism

President Donald Trump’s insistence that Republicans would have won with him on the ballot exposed a bigger problem for MAGA, New Republic columnist Greg Sargent argued. “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would...

Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump has blamed the GOP’s astonishing midterm defeat on his supporters refusing to listen as he begged them to imagine that it was his name on the ballot. Politico’s White...

One of the most competitive House races is in Wisconsin's 3rd district and could show whether a close alliance with Trump helps or hurts Republican candidates.

Troy Jackson’s victory over the six-term GOP Senator Susan Collins “was a defeat that was hard for Republicans here to imagine,” Russell Berman reports from her Election Night party in Bangor, Maine.

The former logger from Allagash and Maine Senate president is no stranger to a quick turnaround.

The Maine Republican survived tough cycles in the past even as the political ground shifted underneath her. But the anti-Trump fever in her state doomed her this time.

Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’ The political demise of Susan Collins – a fixture of Maine and Washington politics for three decades...