Animals win big in the midterm elections
Voters banned foie gras, rejected cruel hunting methods, and elected animal welfare champions while defeating farm industry allies.
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Voters banned foie gras, rejected cruel hunting methods, and elected animal welfare champions while defeating farm industry allies.
Democrats swept Texas elections on a platform opposing data centers. Now Big Tech's largest AI buildouts face delays or moratoriums.
Democrats swept Texas elections after making data centers a campaign issue, threatening the state's position as America's AI buildout hub.
For the first time in thirty-two years, Texas elected Democrats to nearly every statewide office, ending Republican dominance that felt permanent.
Americans punished Trump at the midterms for an unpopular war that divided his party, raised prices and failed to topple the regime.
Democrats won more than two dozen Republican-held seats in the 2026 midterms, flipping suburban districts and once-safe GOP strongholds from Pennsylvania to Texas.
Mississippi's first Black senator could win by 28 votes in a razor-thin Senate race.
Tennessee's GOP gerrymandering barely won the ninth district election after Supreme Court ruling.
Texas Republicans lost rural counties in historic Senate and agricultural races.
Texas attorney general-elect Nathan Johnson ends lawsuits against out-of-state abortion pill providers.
Democrats flip Texas Senate and governor races despite Elon Musk's $474 million spending.
Dr. Annie Andrews wins South Carolina Senate seat in historic Democratic upset.
Troy Jackson beats Susan Collins in Maine Senate race after 30 years.
Jessica Andrews reviews Paramount Times Square - A Generator Hotel for its NYC views and romantic appeal.
South Carolina Senate race between Darline Graham and Annie Andrews tightens as Republicans fracture over Graham's candidacy.
Maryland's new Sphere venue opens after $215m funding approval.
Elon Musk's Texas move backfires after historic Democratic landslide.
Democratic candidates ditched ties for tight suits, signaling a new political style.
A Texas voting text message was sent to a living voter with same name as dead grandfather, not misdirected to deceased.
Michigan election officials deny foreign Wi-Fi device signal in vote tabulator claim.
Mercedes-Benz may delay US GLC production until May 2030 to avoid tariffs.
Pennsylvania Democrats now control state government to push election reform, marijuana legalization and minimum wage hikes.
Florida voters approved a property tax cut that could reduce government services and housing construction.
2026 U.S. midterms saw pollsters mostly accurate despite some errors.