Democrats made clear after Tuesday’s stunning midterm victories that they will use their historic gains in Congress to flex their investigative muscles, swiftly issuing warnings to Trump administration officials they say have thus far dodged their oversight. “Lawyer up,” was the two-word statement issued by incoming House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Robert Garcia...
A series of reported secret U.S. military attacks carried out against Iran in the lead up to Tuesday's midterm elections is raising alarms around public transparency. The United States's Monday strike on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz — including an anti-aircraft facility on the strategic Qeshm Island — marked the latest in a...
Fierce pushback to data centers helped carry Democrats to victory in key races across the nation this week, and where the centers were explicitly on the ballot, they lost overwhelmingly. Midterm voters both rejected industry-backed candidates and overwhelmingly backed resolutions to halt data center construction, dealing a major blow to the sector. Election Day marked...
The massive Democratic victories across the country on Tuesday are shaking up the 2028 presidential landscape for Republicans and raising questions about how badly Vice President Vance will be damaged in the fallout. Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress, including in red strongholds like Texas and South Carolina, in what was seen as...
Republicans woke up Wednesday morning licking their wounds after a shellacking in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Many are now determining what the path forward for their party ought to be and how far to push back on President Trump from the minority. After enjoying a governing trifecta for the first two years of the second Trump...
Senate and House Democrats are gearing up for a multifront war with President Trump over the next two years, vowing to use their new majorities after Tuesday’s landslide wins to unwind as much of Trump’s agenda as possible and cement his status as a lame-duck president. Ending the war with Iran — which voters blamed...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton offered their thoughts on the heels of the midterm elections.