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Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi’s 2026 Senate election, becoming the first Black senator elected by the state’s voters since Reconstruction.
Read Full ArticleNvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted an affair with a woman reportedly deemed a Chinese intelligence asset by US officials, prompting a board investigation, FBI inquiry, congressional briefing demand and shareholder suit. Nvidia says no national security compromise, the spy claim is unconfirmed.
Indian-American candidates secured major victories in the 2026 US midterms, winning congressional and state-level races while several contests remained unresolved.
Elon Musk gave about $445.6 million to Republican causes in the 2026 midterms, far ahead of Mike Bloomberg’s $84.8 million, per FEC data through mid-October. Democrats still won control of both the House and Senate on Election Day.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s open Senate race, becoming the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, per AP projections. He led 51.9% to 46.1% after a bitter campaign, as Democrats also won control of Congress.
Democrats took control of the Senate and House in the 2026 US midterms, delivering a major setback to President Donald Trump as vote counting continued.
US midterms have repeatedly reshaped Congress: the president’s party lost House seats in 18 of 20 midterms since 1946, from Clinton’s 1994 loss of 54 seats to Biden’s nine in 2022. Counting cont...
Donald Trump said Republicans would have won the 2026 midterms by a landslide if he had been on the ballot, as Democrats made major congressional gains.
Ahead of Tuesday’s US midterms, forecasting models favour Democrats to win the House with roughly 230 seats and give them a lean in the Senate. Trump’s approval near 39% and record early voting un...
Trump reinstated Kansas and Iowa rallies a day after cancelling them, insisting Republicans “have a shot” in Tuesday’s midterms as a record 47.9 million Americans have already voted, with Democr...
The US has restricted imports from BGI Genomics, MGI Tech and BGI Group over alleged forced-labour links in Xinjiang under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
Brazil’s Lula won a historic fourth term, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro 51% to 48% in a bitter runoff marked by Trump tariff pressure and Meta algorithm-bias allegations. Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned ...
Trump told a Michigan rally a Canada trade deal is coming “soon,” as the White House eased some tariffs after a request from Senator Susan Collins. The Senate later voted 50-46 to revoke Trump’s...
PM Modi and Polish PM Donald Tusk agreed to double India-Poland trade to $10 billion by 2030, launch a defence industry dialogue, and sign a classified-information protection pact, while also discussi...
Venezuela’s opposition alliance has reaffirmed exiled Nobel laureate María Corina Machado as its leader, pressuring interim authorities to allow her return. The move comes amid US-backed transition...
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