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US midterm elections 2026 live: Democrats pick up more wins as vote counting in tight races continues and Republican blame game beginsThe Guardian US
Rep. Jason Crow on how Democrats plan to handle the Iran war after midterm winsCBS News
Donald Trump would like to change the subjectVox
The latest on the extremely close Mississippi and Alaska Senate racesCBS News
Trump dismisses prospect of replacing Hegseth amid Iran war falloutABC News
Rep. Hillary Scholten on Abdul El-Sayed's Senate victory, Democrats huge midterm gainsCBS News
Democrats win House majority with Trump approval at historic lowCBS News
Midterm fallout begins after Democrats win control of CongressCBS News
How Democrats won the Deep SouthVox
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 11.4.26MS NOW
Whose fault is the GOP’s cataclysmic defeat? 3 theories are gaining steam on the right.Vox
The midterms dealt a hammer blow to a key 2028 narrativeMS NOW
Vance blames Iran war for GOP's midterms defeat. Trump says he would 'do it again'ABC News
Democrats just seized one of the Republican Party’s most powerful weaponsVox
Election 2026 live results: Hakeem Jeffries officially launches bid for speakerABC News
‘A thermonuclear event’: How Texas turned blueMS NOW
How the GOP lost Trump’s 2024 swing votersMS NOW
The number of Democratic pastors on Capitol Hill is poised to grow (by a lot)MS NOW
POLITICS & DEMOCRACY
This Upstate New York District Shows Just How Much Things Changed Last NightTalking Points Memo
The Best MAGA Midterm Crashouts, RankedTalking Points Memo
Republican Coalition Collapses in Historic Night For DemocratsTalking Points Memo
Everything We Know About What’s Next in MississippiTalking Points Memo
Colom Looking More and More Likely In MississippiTalking Points Memo
Becerra’s historic victory party marked by joy—and cautious optimismDaily Kos
Trump: Forget the midterms, check out my ballroomDaily Kos
Republicans already throwing stones—at each otherDaily Kos
The great Republican ass-whoopingDaily Kos
These Democrats waste no time taking aim at ICEDaily Kos
‘Knives out’ inside Trump’s White House after GOP election disaster: reportRaw Story
Trump caught flat-footed after insiders botched prep for Dem oversight probes: CNNRaw Story
Pete Hegseth facing GOP ‘campaign’ to blame him for bruising midterm blowout: CNNRaw Story
Trump’s fury just torched MAGA's future as deeper fracture exposed: columnistRaw Story
Trump Just Stabbed JD Vance In The Back And Destroyed His Presidential HopesPoliticus USA
Republicans In Disarray: Mike Johnson Is Out, And JD Vance Tries To Break Up With TrumpPoliticus USA
Senate Democrats Vow To Lower Gas Prices By Ending Trump’s Iran WarPoliticus USA
Blue Tsunami Breaks Trump As President Blames Fox News For Midterm LossPoliticus USA
INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS
Vermont Was Supposed to Get an Audit of Its Lake Champlain Cleanup. It Never Happened.ProPublica
Vermont Has Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars to Clean Up Lake Champlain. But the Green Slime Keeps Coming Back.ProPublica
Do You Live Near Lake Champlain? Help Seven Days and ProPublica Investigate Algae Blooms.ProPublica
How We’re Covering the Midterms — and the AftermathProPublica
I Was There to Document the Aftermath of Deadly Flooding. Then, It Started Raining.ProPublica
ICE Was Secretly Ordered to Stop All Immigration Raids on Election DayThe Intercept
The Progressive Agenda: End Iran War, Rein in AI, Get Dems to Actually Do SomethingThe Intercept
Haley Stevens Destroyed Her Political Career for Absolutely NothingThe Intercept
Lesson From Lansing: To Win in Swing Districts, Fight Data CentersThe Intercept
Democrats, Don’t Mess This UpThe Intercept
GOP Gerrymandering Worked in Tennessee—But Just BarelyMother Jones
Warmongers Blame War For Election LossMother Jones
Mississippi’s Unbelievable Blue TurnMother Jones
Trump’s No Good Very Bad DayMother Jones
The Texas MiracleMother Jones
Gen Z Postcards From a Stunning Election NightThe Nation
This Midterm Election Just Burst Republicans’ 2028 BubbleThe Nation
8 Takeaways From Progressives’ Biggest Night in a GenerationThe Nation
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Scott Colom is going to be the next Senator from Mississippi. I am proud that Elias Law Group is leading the legal effort to ensure that happens.
It’s not a question of "getting even."
It’s not even a question.
It’s a duty.
It’s the power and duty of Congress to provide oversight. To ensure that the executive branch is being operated in accordance with the Constitution and the laws that Congress has enacted on the people’s behalf. ...
Some under-the radar ballot measures last night:
-Montana banned corporate money in state elections
-Nevada and Virginia codified abortion rights
-Washington kept its millionaire tax and Chicago passed one
-43 of 44 data center moratoria passed
More HUGE wins.
NEW: The Trump administration threatened to prosecute election officials, send agents to the polls and seize voting machines.
Experts say the goal was to ramp up anxiety about the midterms.
But so far, Election Day has been mostly routine.
"How Elon Musk Bought the Midterms. We Did the Math"
Musk has spent $474 million to help Trump and the GOP win the midterms. For everyday Americans, it’s the equivalent of buying a few IMAX tickets or a DoorDash dinner for two.
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