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How Gen Z voters helped fuel a blue wave for Democrats
Democrats won voters under 30 by nearly 50 percentage points in recent elections, a dramatic reversal from 2024 when young voters shifted toward Republicans over economic concerns.
‘People are active, they are fed up’: young voters fueled the Democratic wave
Young voters powered a Democratic wave in 2026, with an estimated second-highest midterm turnout in 30 years and 18-29 year-olds favoring congressional Democrats by a 35-point margin.
Susie Wiles exits White House as Trump ousts another woman from key role
President Trump announced Susie Wiles will exit her role as White House chief of staff, marking another departure of a senior woman from his administration. Stephen Miller will replace her as chief of staff.
Florida Republicans survived the ‘blue wave’, but find themselves on shaky ground
Florida Republicans narrowly retained control in statewide races, with Trump allies Byron Donalds and Ashley Moody winning by under 3%, even as Republicans faced historic defeats nationally.
Trump administration accused of altering translation of request to extradite wealthy leftwing activist
Attorneys for jailed activist James Chambers accuse the Trump administration of maliciously altering Spanish translations of an extradition request, inserting words like “violent” and “detonate” absent from the original English text.
Trump’s elevation of Stephen Miller a middle finger to millions of voters
Donald Trump promoted Stephen Miller to White House chief of staff following election losses, a decision critics say signals an intention to further expand executive power and unilateral action.
LA’s newer, bluer wave: Nithya Raman leads way as city’s progressives make their mark
Nithya Raman, a democratic socialist, defeated incumbent Karen Bass in Los Angeles’s mayoral election, while DSA-endorsed candidates won multiple offices across the city and county.
Judge to appoint special master to determine whether Trump lawyers purposely misled her over golf course
A federal judge plans to appoint a special master to investigate whether Trump administration officials and lawyers misled her regarding renovations to a historic Washington DC golf course.
‘I didn’t expect to be a main character’: Abdul El-Sayed heads to the Senate with a mandate – and a spotlight
Abdul El-Sayed, the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, won Michigan’s Senate race Tuesday with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Republican Mike Rogers despite a campaign featuring attacks on his faith and Israel position.
Who is Nithya Raman, the democratic socialist who will be Los Angeles’s next mayor?
Nithya Raman, a democratic socialist and urban planner, defeated Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday in a closely contested race, becoming the next leader of the nation’s second-largest city.
Deep-red Kansas votes for change as patience wears thin with Trump: ‘The economy is really taking a beating’
Kansas voters elected Democrat Adam Hamilton to the US Senate, flipping a reliably Republican state for the first time in nearly a century amid economic frustrations over inflation and farm-dependent communities suffering.
Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California
California Governor Gavin Newsom commuted the death sentences of 548 people on the state’s death row, converting them to life without parole in what he described as a values-based decision incompatible with state-sanctioned killing.
California progressive Randy Villegas ousts longtime Republican in redrawn House district
Democrat Randy Villegas, a community college professor, defeated six-term Republican David Valadao in California’s 22nd congressional district after the state’s voting maps were redrawn.
Republicans tried to gerrymander their way out of big congressional losses. It didn’t work
Democrats won several congressional races in districts Republicans had redrawn to favor the GOP ahead of the election, defying Republican expectations that Trump’s 2024 coalition would sustain their party.
Hakeem Jeffries is poised to become the first Black speaker of the House
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is poised to become the first Black speaker of the House following Democrats’ midterm victory, advancing from his current role as House minority leader.
These 9 candidates for governor just made history
Nine states elected governors on November 03, 2026, with voters choosing candidates who achieved various historic firsts in representation and demographics.
Trump promised a steel mill in this rural Iowa region. But is it all a midterm election ploy?
Trump announced a $15 billion steel mill project for rural Iowa weeks before midterm elections, but skepticism abounds over whether it will materialize, with comparisons drawn to failed manufacturing promises from his first term.
Judge tosses case against two officials accused of lying about Hunter Biden
A federal judge dismissed criminal charges against two former FBI officials accused of lying about their involvement in the investigation into Hunter Biden, finding prosecutors failed to establish probable cause.
Ex-FBI chief in Chicago sues DoJ, claiming he was pressured to investigate Trump’s foes
A former FBI official in Chicago has sued the Department of Justice, alleging he was pressured to investigate Trump’s political opponents and made a scapegoat after a major prosecution collapsed.
Alaska Senate race: what to know about Democrats’ alleged ballot-stacking effort
Republican officials have called for an investigation into an alleged ballot-stacking scheme involving Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign and a rival candidate with the same name as her Republican opponent.
Trump’s DoJ charges six more people in ‘voter fraud’ crackdown in California
The Trump administration’s Justice Department charged six more people in California with alleged voter fraud, intensifying its election-related crackdown as courts have rejected similar efforts as unconstitutional.
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