Ohio gubernatorial candidates speak to reporters after casting votes – video

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Amy Acton spoke after voting in the midterm election that will decide the Ohio governor's race

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Doubly unpopular

Best cartoons from the worst timeline: New chief of staff Stephen Miller edition…

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Minnesotans leave ‘I Voted’ stickers at Alex Pretti and Renee Good memorials as ‘democracy guardians’ watch polls

Residents send message on deportations while grassroots organizers aim to prevent federal election interference

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Two planes collide on taxiway at Miami airport one day after national grounding

Two people injured after wingtip of Copa Airlines Boeing 737 struck nose of United Parcel Service Boeing 767

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Transportation secretary Sean Duffy blames prior presidents and Congress for flight stoppage

Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen says Trump administration hasn’t properly invested existing funds

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Democratic wins create abortion rights opportunities in states with strict laws

There will be less change in Washington, despite huge Democratic gains in Congress.

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US midterm voting issues: New York voting machine failures and Florida flooding affect some – video

Although mostly smooth, voters have faces some snags across the country

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Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms makes US history as first Black woman to be elected state governor

Billionaire Rick Jackson was favored to win until ex-Atlanta mayor campaigned with Barack Obama and Jon Ossoff

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Trump's handpicked party chair faces a rebellion as midterm losses challenge president's grip on GOP

A rebellion is forming against President Donald Trump’s handpicked chairman at the Republican National Committee

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‘Frighteningly of the moment’: Steven Sater on his emperor Nero musical and turning JFK’s assassination into a Greek tragedy

It took the Tony winner 20 years to bring his ‘showman’ tyrant to London. He reflects on its Trumpian parallels, the death of Spring Awakening’s Duncan Sheik and the horrific accident that led him to ancient classics

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‘We gotta do something’: the coalition that helped elect Scott Colom to Senate

Behind the Mississippi senator-elect’s victory is a coalition of groups that didn’t have a lot of money, but had collective power and post-Callais anger

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Celebrate fall with the magical sounds of ‘Autumn Leaves’

Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 270 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more.

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‘Thrilled, scared but hopeful’: readers react to historic Democratic victory in US midterms

Excitement over midterm election results tempered by worry of return to ‘business as usual’ in Congress and US

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In calling for an end to the Iran War, Vance walks a thin line with Trump

A rift is opening up between President Trump and Vice President Vance when it comes to the Iran War. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Susan Glasser, staff writer at the New Yorker.

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Kick me

A cartoon by Clay Bennett.

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‘Shameless venality’: how a flurry of lawsuits has thwarted Trump’s self-enrichment schemes

Courts have issued stinging rebukes to president’s ‘blatant’ financial ploys as pro-democracy groups defend ‘government of laws, not of men’ pillar

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Politics chat: Duffy calls for more funding, Democrats plans for accountability

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy demands more money for the country's air travel control systems. Democrats plan for accountability, but not enough of them showed up for an impeachment vote.

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Trump administration planning to reimburse doctors treating vaccine ‘injury’

Experts warn that sweeping changes elevate health secretary RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine agenda and personal profit

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Black voters helped Democrats win in Georgia. Now they expect to be heard

Activists have been shouting about economic issues for years – in January they will expect lawmakers to respond

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‘Wellness is on the ballot’: why did so many pilates studios tell me to vote in the midterms?

Owners of pilates and yoga studios in the US got political and encouraged their followers to vote on social media

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The midterms were a thumping rebuke of the US-Israel relationship

Even Trump seems to recognize that the relationship has become a political liability, and may never be the same

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What the downfall of near three-decade senator Susan Collins says about Republican unpopularity

Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’

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Midterm voters ended the long-running GOP dominance in state legislatures

In several states, Democrats took control of legislatures that had been divided and they weakened GOP dominance in others. Issues on the agenda: More access to health care, new limits on school vouchers.

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A Cop Was Charged With Causing His Wife’s Miscarriage. Alabama’s Laws Came Down Harder on Pregnant Women Who Used Drugs.

In Alabama, politicians and prosecutors have long proclaimed their mission to defend the unborn. But it’s easier to punish women who take drugs while pregnant than abusers who endanger the unborn.

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Elon Musk’s nearly half a billion dollars in midterms spending was a flop

The tech billionaire set spending record as he poured $446m into campaigns for failed Republican candidates

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New Mexico wanted free childcare for all. This is what's worked — and what hasn't

A year ago in November, New Mexico became the first state to offer free childcare to every eligible family, regardless of income.

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Was Elon Musk the US midterms' biggest loser? – Stateside with Kai and Carter

The tech industry spent big on the midterms, but it turned out to be a poor investment. Carter Sherman and Kai Wright are joined by Guardian US tech editor Blake Montgomery to ask what the ‘blue tsunami’ will mean for Musk and the wider tech industry

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Gavin Newsom commutes more than 500 death sentences in California

Democrat’s move prevents these people from executions under future governors after Christa Pike’s failed execution

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Trump says he was ‘only kidding’ about making UFC’s Dana White next press secretary

President says it was ‘just a little fun’ to picture White, UFC boss and Trump’s friend, in briefing room with fighters

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Trump admits deportation policy was ‘too tough’ despite promotion of Stephen Miller

President makes unusual acknowledgment that one of defining policies of his second administration had become a political liability

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