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November 5, 2026

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Nov 5 · After Democrats take Congress, outlets ask whether gas and diesel prices will fall as the Iran war and tariffs keep fuel costs high

Nov 5 · Sen. Ted Cruz calls the midterms a 'Watergate-level repudiation' of Republicans and says cost of living, tariffs and the Iran war drove the losses

Nov 4 · Vice President JD Vance says Republicans lost the midterms because of the Iran war: 'The reason we lost is the war'

Nov 4 · Mississippi's Senate race between Democrat Scott Colom and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is still uncalled, with Colom ahead by fewer than 100 votes

Nov 4 · Voters back limits on AI data centers in nearly every local ballot measure in the midterms, from Ohio to Texas

Nov 4 · House Speaker Mike Johnson won't run for minority leader after Republicans lose the House; Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan eye the job

Nov 4 · Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeats Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race, days after Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Rogers

Nov 4 · Democrat Troy Jackson defeats Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, flipping the Senate seat she has held since 1997

Nov 4 · Exit polls show how voters' views of President Trump and the economy shaped Democrats' sweep of Congress

Nov 3 · On Election Day, ballot scanners across Westchester County, New York, reject paper ballots, and officials say every vote will be counted

Nov 3 · The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Catholic preschools in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a fight over Colorado's universal preschool rules

Nov 3 · On Election Day, President Trump says the U.S. will stop about $4 billion a year in aid to Israel at the end of the year

Nov 3 · Disney plans thousands of layoffs and asks some managers to cut costs by up to 20%, reports say

Nov 2 · On the eve of the midterms, the U.S. military carries out limited strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials say

Nov 2 · A child in Lewis County, New York, dies in the state's first measles-associated death in more than 30 years, health officials say

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Nov 5 · After the midterms, Rep. Jason Crow says the Iran war has to end, Sen. Lisa Murkowski says voters want help with energy bills, and Sen. Ashley Moody says Republicans must look at why they lost

Nov 5 · Ronna McDaniel says she is stunned by the midterm results, Gov.-elect Amy Klobuchar lists affordability plans, and DNC Chair Ken Martin says voters focused on gas and groceries not 'woke'

Nov 4 · Black governors-elect make history: Van Jones hails Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia, David Crowley says Wisconsin must move forward, and Byron Donalds says 'God did this' in Florida

Nov 4 · What Democrats do with their new power: Zohran Mamdani says deliver change people feel in their wallets, Tommy Vietor urges a funding fight over the Iran war, and a New York Post guest expects Trump investigations

Nov 4 · Hakeem Jeffries says 'the great American comeback' begins as House Republicans look past Mike Johnson, and Mark Meadows says Jim Jordan will run for leader

Nov 4 · Why Republicans lost the midterms: Ron DeSantis calls it a rejection of Republicans in Washington, Sarah Matthews faults Karoline Leavitt's spin, and James Fishback asks what the GOP runs for

Nov 4 · Trump says the Iran war was 'a part of' Republicans' midterm losses and vows vetoes, as Jon Favreau predicts a GOP 'bloodletting' and Ben Shapiro says 'We will win again'

Nov 4 · Democrats win the House and Senate in the midterms; Speaker Mike Johnson says he's disappointed, and Hogan Gidley predicts Democrats will overreach

Nov 4 · Democrat James Talarico defeats Ken Paxton to flip the Texas Senate seat, and says he's ready to work with President Trump

Nov 3 · On Election Day in Alaska, Sen. Dan Sullivan calls a second Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot a decoy as he faces Democrat Mary Peltola

Nov 3 · On Election Day, The Bulwark's Sonny Bunch sees a blue wave in Texas, Breaking Points' Emily Jashinsky picks Texas to stay red, and Sen. Tim Scott says Republicans will keep the Senate

Nov 3 · On Election Day in Michigan, Rep. Haley Stevens heads to the polls after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers, Rogers calls it courage, and Detroit voters react ahead of the Rogers and El-Sayed Senate race

Nov 2 · On the eve of the midterms, election analyst Larry Sabato predicts a blue wave, strategist Mike Madrid says the polls are missing a surge of young Latino voters, and Benny Johnson calls the Democratic lead in the polls a mirage

Nov 1 · Two days before the midterms, Sen. Raphael Warnock calls Sen. Ted Cruz's Kansas remark about Muslims and heaven 'bigotry,' as Democrat Adam Hamilton says President Trump's Salina rally for Sen. Roger Marshall will help him

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