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First Thing: Trump accepts election results as Republicans face midterm reckoning
Criticism of US-Israel war on Iran seen as huge factor in Democrats’ sweeping victory
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Trump takes 500 actions to weaken cancer protections, new report says
Natural Resources Defense Council shows how federal rules changes will spike up public’s exposure to carcinogens
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How did Republicans lose a Senate seat in fireball-red South Carolina?
Bitter postmortem under way as party comes to terms with Darline Graham’s stunning loss to Annie Andrews
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Outcry after ICE violently detains US citizen walking to high school: ‘I thought they were going to kill me’
Agents pinned down Erik Zepeda, a 20-year-old with disabilities, and left him with a broken wrist in latest example of ICE brutality as activity surges in California
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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. Elon Musk poured a staggering $446m dollars into Republican-aligned political action committees (Pacs) and groups since last year, but his efforts didn’t pay off. Democrats won every one of the five Senate races where Musk’s America Pac spent the most money backing Republican candidates. Carter Sherman and Kai Wright are joined by the Guardian’s US tech editor, Blake Montgomery, to ask what the ‘blue tsunami’ will mean for Musk and the wider tech industry. Will this spell the end of AI datacenters? And if s
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Progressives hail ‘blue wave’ victories in US midterm elections as top Democrats push for unity
Senior leaders say party will be ‘united’ in focus, but progressives call on party to take radical action
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Not just Congress: Democrats’ blue wave washes over state legislatures across US
Democrats gain hundreds of seats in historic victories – and party set to embark on aggressive legislative spree
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Trump accepts midterm results as system holds up against election interference efforts
Administration had waged aggressive bid to sow doubt about midterms results but worst fears were not realized
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Where Trump and Republicans lost the midterms – a visual analysis of the key states
The Democrats have taken control of the Senate and the House of Representatives. These charts and maps reveal the key trends and races behind this result
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US midterm elections 2026: live results from Senate, House and governor races in all 50 states
With many seats still to come in, the Democrats have taken control of the Senate, House and several key governorships. Find live updating results in full here
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Polling experts hail ‘great night’ after correctly calling most key US midterm election races
Accuracy of US polling came into sharp focus after Trump outperformed polls in 2016, 2020 and 2024
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Trump-backed Republicans lose dozens of US midterm races, raising questions over his influence
Guardian analysis shows how tumbling approval ratings may have hurt candidates backed by US president
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