- Trump promised $5,000 if the GOP held Congress, but Democrats won both chambers
- Democrats gain two House seats in Virginia, easily retain Senate seat
- Colorado college students died in rappelling equipment failure on Ice Mountain climb, police reveal
- Democrats win both Michigan State University Board of Trustees seats
- Democrats maintain 6–1 majority on Michigan Supreme Court after election victories
- Democrats projected to take Senate control in 2027
- Maine Democrat Troy Jackson defeats Sen. Susan Collins in Senate race
- Marsha Blackburn wins Tennessee governor's race
- Voters revolt against AI data center buildout at polls
- First round of November Social Security payments goes out in six days
- Democrat Hamilton flips Kansas U.S. Senate seat
- Democrats projected to recapture House, will look to stall Trump agenda in final two years
- California stays blue as Xavier Becerra, former Biden administration official, wins governor's race
- Brown defeats Husted in Ohio Senate special election
- Cooper defeats Whatley for North Carolina Senate seat, bucking Republican trend
- Euro zone inflation hits three-year high of 4% in October
- Democrats win Georgia governor and Senate races, may split House seats
- Ossoff secures second Senate term in Georgia race
- North Korea launches missiles toward the sea as Pyongyang protests US claims on Binance hack
- Virginia voters enshrine right to abortion in state constitution, NYT projects
- Democrat Paige Cognetti flips Pennsylvania’s 8th District House seat from Republican Rob Bresnahan Jr.
- Nevada voters approve abortion rights amendment to state constitution
- Bass, Raman in near-tie in Los Angeles mayoral race
- US moves to drop frog embryo smuggling charges against Harvard scientist
- Exit poll reveals GOP's biggest vulnerability with midterm voters
- Bob Brooks unseats Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie in Pennsylvania’s 7th district
- Republicans narrowly hold Florida governor and Senate races as Democrats close the gap
- Google will cut off search access for students at schools that reject AI
- Colorado's Hickenlooper wins reelection to U.S. Senate
- Democrat Mitchell Berman defeats Rep. Bryan Steil in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District
- Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George wins mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Mortgage rates drop for third straight week, but homebuyers keep leaving the market
- Democrat Aaron Ford ousts Gov. Joe Lombardo in Nevada governor's race
- NASA's X-59 jet marks first year of flight testing, aiming to cut long-haul flight times in half
- Richard Pan defeats Kevin Kiley in California’s 6th Congressional District
- Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race
- Democrats Hinojosa, Talarico defeat Abbott, Paxton in historic sweep in Texas
- Stranded U.S. cruise ship leaves Cambodia with only crew aboard
- Trump concedes Iran war, gas prices played role in election rout, vows to work with Democrats
- US Marine dies in training incident in Okinawa, Japan
- Polls close in Alaska as ranked-choice vote counting begins in key U.S. Senate race
- Eastern Washington shooting leaves 3 dead, including suspect, 2 deputies critically wounded
- Democrat James Talarico flips Texas Senate seat blue, defeating Ken Paxton
- Democrat Annie Andrews defeats Darline Graham, Lindsey Graham's sister, in South Carolina Senate race
- Election 2026: Democrats flip 6 U.S. House seats in North Carolina
- Alabama voters approve school prayer, Pledge of Allegiance amendment
- Democrats sweep most U.S. House races in Iowa
- Amy Acton elected Ohio's first Democrat governor in 20 years
- Democrats lead in eight Arizona congressional races
- Democrat Jocelyn Benson wins Michigan governor’s race, defeating John James
- Ohio voters decide key U.S. House races
- Susie Lee wins Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District
- Republicans lose another House seat in Pennsylvania
- Hochul heads to Puerto Rico for political junket, skips governor's residence after endorsing Blakeman
- Idaho rejects ballot measure to add abortion access protections
- China warns Philippines to act with caution in South China Sea dispute
- Democrat Josh Turek defeats Trump-backed Republican Ashley Hinson in Iowa Senate race
- Pappas defeats Sununu in New Hampshire U.S. Senate race
- Florida man helps rescue elderly neighbors as rising floodwaters swamp Palm Bay homes
- Nevada voter ID ballot measure projected to pass