If Not Schumer, Who? 4 Favorites to Replace Senate Democratic Leader
Brian Schatz, Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker are the leading alternatives to replace Schumer.
Brian Schatz, Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen and Cory Booker are the leading alternatives to replace Schumer.
Democratic Lt. Republicans told donors a week ago that their Senate nominee in Minnesota was “TIED.” She lost by about 10 points. Covered by 12 outlets: 5 lean left, 3 are centre, 4 lean right.
The Senate's new Democratic majority is unlikely to approve any Republican judges.
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Peggy Flanagan's projected victory in Minnesota closes the door on one of the few pickup opportunities for Republicans in the Senate.
Former MLB star wins for Republicans in Texas Turek’s Iowa victory clinches Senate for Democrats Tafoya loses to Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota Former World Series champion turned Republican politician Mark Teixeira...
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Jeffries, who addressed supporters after House control was called for Democrats , argued voters have sent Congress a message to end extremism and "corruption.". Top US Democratic politician Hakeem Jeffries has called the midterm results...
Rep.-elect Melat Kiros, a Democrat from Colorado, declined to commit to backing Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) bid for speaker during an event in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Kiros, speaking during a...
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Likely to become the first Black House speaker, Jeffries faces pressure from progressives over Trump and Israel.
With the midterms just hours away, Senate Democrats huddled Sunday during a group phone call to discuss a “heightened” election threat in key battleground states, Punchbowl News reported Monday. According to a Senate Democratic aide, on...
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The longtime Democratic leader told reporters in Washington that "Americans voted for change" and that there had been a "generational remake of the Senate map.". Covered by 27 outlets: 13 lean left, 7 are centre, 7 lean right.
Slotkin won't rule out challenging Schumer for Senate majority leader USA Today
Washington Examiner Magazine Managing Editor David Mark joins Investigations Editor Sarah Bedford to discuss incoming Democratic Socialist elects to shake up leadership. How Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have...
Hollywood celebs are further flexing their putative influence and calling for Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer to be booted from leadership.
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A black leader in Michigan, who's been dubbed Al Sharpton's "little brother in the movement," is rejecting radical Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed, blasting him as an untrustworthy "snake oil" salesman and saying there's...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) declared early Wednesday morning that Republicans ‘will not stand idly by’ as Democrats try to reverse the accomplishments of President Trump’s first two years in office by raising taxes or...
Democrats won at least 54 Senate seats Tuesday, but Republicans could flip the chamber in 2028 by sweeping six competitive states and holding the VP.
The Iowa Republican was first elected to the Senate in 1980, and has said he plans to wait until 2027 before deciding on a ninth term.
Iowa Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, the oldest person in Congress at 93 years old, will not be retiring early—meaning newly-elected Democratic Governor Rob Sand will choose his successor in the event that he...
Democrats’ landslide victories in the 2026 midterm elections are triggering leadership changes in the House and Senate, marking a new era for the 120th Congress when it convenes in January 2027. More changes are expected in the House...
Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff and Republican opponent Mike Collins made their final appeals to voters in Georgia. Candidates for Chicago school board president made their final appeals to voters ahead of Chicago's first election for the...
Polls show the election is too close to call as discontent around an ailing economy continues to swell.
US candidates across the country are casting their ballots and making final appeals to voters, joining other Americans at the polls in midterm elections which will decide which party controls Congress. Subscribe to...
Candidates for Chicago school board president made their final appeals to voters ahead of Chicago's first election for the position.
Concerns about the war, particularly frustration over rising prices for fuel and other goods in the U.S., helped Democrats win control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's vote, a sharp setback for President Donald Trump and his...
A veteran pollster warned that President Donald Trump's approval rating has begun tracing a familiar downward path, one that once cost Republicans dearly. Nate Silver , author of the Silver Bulletin newsletter and...
The data analyst suggested the GOP had made “a deal with the devil” by throwing its support totally behind Trump.
Colin McPherson/Umit Bektas/Reuters Polling analyst Nate Silver says he has a “weird intuition” that President Donald Trump might “quit” after the GOP’s midterm catastrophe. The election forecaster, who correctly...
A final decision regarding a potential personnel change has not been reached
Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen will forgo a Senate leadership bid to focus on a potential 2028 presidential candidacy.
Thursday on “ABC News Live,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke with ABC News correspondent Jay O’Brien regarding the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump. Covered by 3 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 lean right.
Thursday on “ABC News Live,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke with ABC News correspondent Jay O’Brien regarding the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump. Jeffries said, “The American...
ABC News' Jay O'Brien spoke with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about Democrats' chances to take back control of Congress. You can watch more of this conversation tonight at 7 p.m. ET on ABC News Live Prime...
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In a nationwide romp, Democrats ousted Republicans from coast to coast, with many surprising places in between, as voters rejected the president's party for the promise of something different for the country. Covered by 27 outlets: 11...
With Democrats set to take control of both the House and Senate following sweeping victories in the midterm elections, sitting lawmakers have already begun to lay out plans for the lame-duck period and the latter...
A new migrant caravan crossed Mexico's southern border from Guatemala on Friday with plans to move north to the U.S. southern border. The move predictably follows Democratic takeovers of the U.S. House and Senate,...
Dahlia Lithwick asks what to fix first—and which mistakes we cannot afford to repeat.
The Associated Press had called 254 races for Democrats and 162 for Republicans (up from 155 Thursday afternoon) as of Friday afternoon, with 19 House seats still up in the air.
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The remarkable show of support for President Donald Trump's backed candidate in the tightly contested race comes after she was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed, who defeated the congresswoman by a slim margin in the...
What does Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate win mean for the future of the Democratic Party? His victory is energizing progressives, challenging the Democratic establishment, and raising a new question for 2028: Is this the...
Researchers say a Wikipedia account removed or softened references to controversies involving Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed before his election, though the edits do not prove political coordination.
Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said some people wanted to make his race a “referendum on me and my name and my faith” in a speech at the Arab American Leadership and Empowerment at National CONNECT Summit in...
Asked why he devoted so much time to Michigan, Jim Clyburn compared the hostility Abdul El-Sayed faced to the struggles of civil rights icon John Lewis, citing Lewis’ beating on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and El-Sayed...
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Holding South Carolina is essential if Republicans have any hope of keeping their Senate majority. About 6 in 10 Senate voters in South Carolina say Darline Graham does not have the right experience to serve as a senator, though most...
Republicans in one of America's reddest states are turning their knives on each other after a Senate loss that stunned the party. Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, defeated Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) by roughly...
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Steve Kornacki breaks down the midterm election in South Carolina, where Democrat Annie Andrews is projected by NBC News to win the Senate seat — and how evangelical Christian counties that are reliably red, but...
Texas A&M is still chasing just its second SEC win of the season ahead of Saturday’s trip to No. 23 South Carolina. How to watch Texas A&M vs South Carolina No. 23 South Carolina can keep piling the misery on…
On Nov. 6, Pierre Poilievre spoke to reporters after the announcement of the 2026 federal budget.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre spoke to reporters in Ottawa on November 4 ahead of his party’s weekly caucus meeting and the federal budget. He said the US midterm results, which saw Democrats take both the...
Van Jones hailed Democratic victories in the 2026 midterms as a rejection of Trump’s leadership and a show of strength for American democracy. Many Republican-held congressional districts across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, Ohio...
CNN Tensions have been running high inside the West Wing since President Donald Trump suffered a stunning humiliation in the midterms, insiders have revealed to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. White House aides told Collins...
Outgoing Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sits down with CNN's Kaitlan Collins for a wide-ranging interview, touching on the party's historic midterm losses, President Trump's focus on construction projects, Defense...
“Blaming the voters is certainly an interesting strategy...”
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins highlighted a revealing detail about President Donald Trump’s priorities Thursday as Republicans struggled to regroup from their devastating midterm election losses. “It’s so notable that this...
But select Democrats, too, are being accused of having ties to the late sex offender as country prepares to vote In races across the country, Democratic candidates or groups that support them have released ads accusing Republicans of...
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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...
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Three news outlets have beefed up their legal complaint against the White House over access, saying it is continuing to defy a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and on...
Eric Lee / REUTERS Donald Trump is declaring victory in an election that hasn’t been decided—and using his own version of election math to do it. In a remarkably bold Truth Social post Saturday afternoon, the...
Indian Americans showed discontent towards Republican policies mainly driven by immigration and economic issues. In the recent midterm elections, Indian Americans elected several candidates to various offices,...
Republicans are taking stock of their political future after an unprecedented Democrat victory in the midterm elections. CNN speaks to GOP analysts and politicians on the results and where the party goes from here....
Republican President Donald Trump's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Tuesday resulted in Democrats winning both houses of Congress in what's being dubbed a 'bluenami.'
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Trump' immigration policies are having an impact on voters in Texas' border communities as midterms approach. Camilo Montoya-Galvez spoke with Texas voters about the Trump administration's immigration policies ahead of midterm...
The Democratic trouncing of the Republicans and the revulsion against the Trump administration are beyond anyone’s imagination.
Hispanic Americans helped deliver a historic blow to the GOP in Tuesday’s contest, diminishing gains President Trump made with Latino men while augmenting the ranks of Democrats in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus...
Can Democrats reverse Trumps HB policies What US midterms mean for immigrants
Former DOJ officials say Attorney General Todd Blanche's Justice Department has entered uncharted waters in ways that could influence politics. A top federal prosecutor in South Florida who led the Justice Department's investigation...
Senior Justice Department officials step down after Republicans’ election setbacks as Attorney General Todd Blanche announces leadership changes.
Paraguay’s former president was taken to the attorney general’s office for questioning Saturday, just hours after being ousted by Congress over the collapse of a major bank. Paraguayan prosecutors on Friday ordered...
Todd Blanche is facing a wave of fury after volunteering himself for a job critics say no attorney general should ever take. On Friday, Blanche responded to Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House...
Attorney General Todd Blanche held a press conference in Jacksonville, Florida, on Nov. 6 to announce a $73 million investment into Jacksonville as part of the Department of Justice's Model Cities Initiative. Sign up...
Hillary Shepheard, the chair of the Young Republicans in Tarrant County, Texas, resigned after being quoted in The Atlantic about her plans for the general election. Shepheard made clear in that article that she will leave her ballot...
Mark Schiefelbein / via REUTERS Donald Trump’s Kansas Senate pick stammered as he awkwardly answered why the president left him hanging by canceling a rally in his state this weekend. Trump, 80, had planned to lead a rally alongside...
MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough said on “Morning Joe” that President Donald Trump has injected Islamophobia into Michigan’s Senate race as a closing argument, and that the campaign “has just been fed by bigotry.”...
The former congresswoman and interior secretary pledged to resist the Trump administration. Haaland will be the first female Native American governor of any U.S. Covered by 8 outlets: 4 lean left, 3 are centre, 1 lean right.
From the first Native American elected to the U.S. Senate and the first Muslim who will join the upper chamber to the Senate's first Paralympian, voters elected historic candidates in the midterms.
In New Mexico, former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was elected governor, making her the first Native American woman elected to lead a U.S. state. In Minnesota, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan became the first Native...
Minnesota's Peggy Flanagan became the first Native American woman to be elected to the US Senate.
US midterms 2026: Women and minority candidates make history as nine states elect their first Black, Native American, Latino and women governors.
Democratic Senate could shake up Trump nominations, legislative priorities USA Today
What if the polls are wrong about a Democratic Senate? Mapping 4 scenarios. The Washington Post Can I trust the polls? And other questions from listeners about the 2026 midterms NPR Opinion | I oversaw polling for Biden and Harris....
Kalshi traders gave Democrats a 74% chance of winning the Senate on the eve of the midterms, up from 63% on Oct. Prediction markets give Democrats a 94% chance of winning the US House and 77.3% chance of taking the Senate in the 2026...
Seven Toss-Ups, A Decoy Candidate, & A 1AM Finish: Your Election Night Survival Guide The House is done. Or at least the market thinks so. Going into tonight, Polymarket traders give Democrats a 96% chance of taking...
Prediction markets give Democrats a 94% chance of winning the US House and 77.3% chance of taking the Senate in the 2026 midterms.
Prediction market traders now see nearly 75% chance of Democrats winning the Senate CNBC The 2026 midterms are tomorrow and the final polls are here. Which party has a better chance of winning? Yahoo America Votes...
Harry Enten's final CNN forecast gives Democrats a 92% chance of winning the House and 71% chance of taking the Senate in Tuesday's US midterms.
The most-aired ad in the closing stretch of Mississippi's Senate race features a Jeffrey Epstein survivor attacking GOP Sen. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 lean left, 2 are centre.
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...
Meta suspended a Latino outreach Instagram account for Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon without explanation just days before the midterms, stoking even more allegations that the massive social media company is meddling in...
The Democratic Party’s midterm election dominance on Tuesday sent a shockwave through the Republican Party, underscoring fissures in its coalition and potentially upending the 2028 presidential field overnight. Finger-pointing began...