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Inflation fury: American voters, European rioters send same message
Fury over high prices is bubbling over from Marseille to Michigan, with Europeans hurling Molotov cocktails at the problem and Americans voting for change with a complete reshuffling of Capitol Hill.
Gavin Newsom commutes all California death sentences to life in prison
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he has granted clemency to every person facing a death sentence in California, erasing their possible executions but leaving them in prison for life, without the chance at parole.
Russia quietly tightens grip on world’s uranium supply
The global nuclear power resurgence was supposed to trade the unpredictability of Middle Eastern oil for the stability of worldwide uranium reserves. But Russian President Vladimir Putin may have other plans.
Trump did not care, but his voters did
In May, when discussing the Iran war in a televised Cabinet meeting, President Trump told reporters that he simply "didn't care about the midterms."
California city legally allows polyamorous throuples and foursomes to register as partners
Three's company, and four's a crowd, but to some, four might be exactly what they're looking for.
Democrats’ agenda: Reverse Trump policies, lower costs and fight corruption
When they take control of Congress in January, Democrats plan to quickly hold votes to reverse GOP healthcare cuts, end President Trump's war in Iran and repeal his tariffs.
Obama gets his revenge as voters deliver stinging rebuke to Trump
Former President Barack Obama got the last laugh Tuesday night, as voters delivered a devastating rebuke to President Trump and handed Democrats sweeping victories that threaten to derail the final two years of his presidency.
End of MAGA? Midterm ‘meteor strike’ leaves Trump coalition in shambles
Republicans woke up Wednesday to the brutal reality of a complete wipeout in the midterms that has forced a reckoning within the party about the future -- or the end -- of President Trump's MAGA movement.
Midterm massacre delivers brutal rebuke to Republican Party’s priorities under Trump
Where did all the Republicans go? During the midterm elections Tuesday, Republican voters stayed home while Democrats and independents rushed to the polls and mailed in ballots, delivering a historic drubbing.
Defense companies pour hundreds of millions of dollars into missile production in Camden, Arkansas
Top U.S. defense company Lockheed Martin said this week it's pouring $420 million into a facility in Camden, Arkansas, just 13 days after defense firm L3Harris announced the opening of its own 60,000-square-foot facility next door.
The ballot Trump was not on, the blame he cannot escape
Throughout the 2026 midterm campaign, President Trump told Americans to pretend that he was on the ballot. On Tuesday, they did just that.
Hegseth facing scrutiny from White House as possible impeachment looms
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's job is in jeopardy this week after a disastrous showing for Republicans in midterm elections driven primarily by issues connected to the Iran war, a cause he championed proudly with President Trump.
‘The great American comeback’: Jeffries celebrates incoming Democratic House majority
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries celebrated his party's sweep of competitive House races on Tuesday night, which will give Democrats a comfortable majority come January.
Democrats reclaim House, Senate majority in midterm wipeout for GOP
Texas led the way in a Republican bloodbath on Tuesday that ended GOP control of the House and Senate.
Democrats win majority of nation’s governorships as Hinojosa takes Texas
Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in the Texas gubernatorial race Tuesday, a stunning upset that gives Democrats control of a majority of governorships for the first time since 2010.
D.C. elects socialist mayor as Maryland’s Wes Moore takes second term
Janeese Lewis George made history Tuesday night as the first socialist elected mayor in the District, while Maryland Gov. Wes Moore strolled to a second term in a rematch against the man he beat four years earlier.
Democrats projected to win control of House amid anti-Trump backlash against GOP
Democrats had flipped a handful of GOP-held House seats on the East Coast in early returns Tuesday and were poised to claim control of the chamber -- and a platform to derail President Trump's agenda.
Trump’s crusade against mail-in ballots, noncitizen voters reverberates at polls across America
Miguel Narvaez, voting in Las Vegas on Tuesday, was stunned when he showed up to drop off his mailed ballot, only to learn that he didn't have to show ID to have it cast.
In France, assimilation — into a culture of grievance and violence
For nearly seven weeks, demonstrations in France have continued -- "mostly peaceful," we are told, but punctuated by arson and looting.
Supreme Court poised to favor Catholic schools in clash over gay, religious rights
The Supreme Court waded back into the realm of religious liberty Tuesday as the justices heard a case testing whether states can ban Catholic schools from a universal preschool program because those schools exclude families that do not adhere to the church's teachings on homosexuality.
