
The Guardian - 11 hours 44 min ago
European far-right leaders quick to distance themselves from US president and stress their own priorities Europe live latest updates US midterms live latest updates The historic Republican defeat in the US midterm elections has forcibly reminded Europe's far-right leaders of their perennial Donald Trump dilemma: they may love his nativist agenda, but the man himself is a toxic electoral liability. Since his re-election in 2024, European populist leaders such as Marine Le Pen in France and Giorgia...

The Guardian - 12 hours 45 min ago
Criticism of US-Israel war on Iran seen as huge factor in Democrats' sweeping victory. Plus, a spiky customer steps into a North Carolina bagel store Good morning. Donald Trump has accepted the results of the US midterm elections as the system held up against attempts at election interference. His administration had waged an aggressive effort to sow doubt about the results in advance, but the worst fears have not been realized. "It was essentially too big to rig," an unnamed Trump adviser...

The Hill - 13 hours 6 min ago
In today's issue: How the midterms affect the Iran war Johnson to stand down as leader Outstanding Alaska, Mississippi ballots GOP gerrymandering backfires The Democratic sweep that stunned much of Washington on Tuesday night could drastically shorten President Trump's runway to end the war in Iran, which even he conceded was...

NBC News - 13 hours 7 min ago
President Donald Trump is deflecting blame for his party's sweeping midterm losses even as Vice President JD Vance says it was the Iran war that cost his party. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

Huffington Post - 13 hours 13 min ago
The far-right politicians began to distance themselves from Donald Trump following the midterms rout, but mostly avoided direct criticism.

Huffington Post - 14 hours 9 min ago
"This might be an easy move" for Donald Trump to make, they argued.

The Guardian - 14 hours 20 min ago
Polling done for the Guardian shows plummeting support from a former key constituency of Donald Trump's base Polling conducted by the Harris Poll for the Guardian before the election shows just how angry voters were and points to one key reason Republicans lost so badly: plummeting support from rural voters, once a key constituency of Donald Trump's base. Over the summer, 95% of Americans indicated they believed there was an affordability crisis , particularly because of steep gas and grocery...

The Guardian - 14 hours 20 min ago
Senior leaders say party will be united' in focus, but progressives call on party to take radical action Progressive Democrats have declared that significant US midterm election wins across the country are as much a repudiation of their own party's political establishment as of Donald Trump's presidency. After a string of left-wing candidates scored stunning victories from Texas to Michigan, senior Democratic leaders have stressed the party's new representatives in Washington will...

The New Yorker - 14 hours 21 min ago
Donald Trump's war of choice with Iran a strategic debacle that has hurt ordinary Americans is at the heart of a historic rebuke to his Presidency and his party.

ABC News - 15 hours 5 min ago
Two and a half years after a jury convicted Donald Trump of 34 felony counts in his hush money case, the president's lawyers are seeking to have the verdict overturned.

The Guardian - 15 hours 21 min ago
A Democratic sweep has changed Washington's balance of power. But from gambling legislation to stadium subsidies, both parties have helped build the system that enriches American sports' billionaire owners Before a single vote was cast this election cycle, the technocrats and oligarchs who own American sports had already voted. Pro sports owners put more than $100m into this cycle, according to Front Office Sports. But Tuesday night was a referendum not just on Donald Trump and Maga policies...

Rolling Stone - 15 hours 21 min ago
"Last night Americans treated Donald Trump like he was the East Wing of the White House," Jimmy Kimmel quipped...

The Guardian - 16 hours 21 min ago
Democrats' success was helped by popular anger over tech, AI and the super rich life for billionaires could become much more difficult The photo of Silicon Valley centi-billionaires at Donald Trump's inauguration Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg, front row and side by side now looks like a hitlist for a blue Congress hellbent on making life difficult for billionaires. The picture symbolized at the time the bending of the knee by the richest men in the world to its most powerful, a symbiosis of...

The Guardian - 16 hours 21 min ago
Administration had waged aggressive bid to sow doubt about midterms results but worst fears were not realized In the months leading up to the midterm elections, Donald Trump's administration waged an aggressive effort to sow doubt about the results, intimidate voters and election officials, and signal they would use the power of the federal government to challenge the electoral process. But when the results came in Tuesday night, revealing a massive blowout for the GOP, Trump did something almost...

Huffington Post - 16 hours 44 min ago
The conservative website mocked the president's newfound status.

Huffington Post - 17 hours 30 min ago
Just one sticker was all it took to make a powerful statement about Donald Trump's political fortunes following the 2026 midterms.

The Guardian - 18 hours 20 min ago
Guardian analysis shows how tumbling approval ratings may have hurt candidates backed by US president Track live results from all 50 states Send us your questions about the US midterms results and Democrats' blue wave' Dozens of Republican candidates directly endorsed by Donald Trump lost their US midterm election races, according to analysis by the Guardian, raising questions over the power of the president's support. In past elections, Trump's endorsements have been coveted. In...

The Guardian - 18 hours 20 min ago
But the president still has veto power, which he can wield to dictate policy over tariffs, the war in Iran or aid for Ukraine In a rare occurrence, a US election may have actually been decided by foreign policy. Donald Trump 's war in Iran and international tariffs are seen as playing a key role in the inflationary pressures that drove so many Americans to vote against his party on Tuesday in what has been described as a "generational wipeout" for the Republicans . And in the coming...

CNBC - 18 hours 27 min ago
Analysts note the growing risks around U.S. President Donald Trump's ability to maintain a fragile trade truce.

BBC - 19 hours 20 min ago
Democrats will hold Congress but President Donald Trump still has the power to block their plans.

BBC - 19 hours 20 min ago
Democrats will hold Congress but President Donald Trump still has the power to block their plans.

The Guardian - 19 hours 20 min ago
Future brightens for US developers in particular after election when voters rejected Trump's war on clean energy After years as collateral damage in Donald Trump's war on climate action, the Democrats' sweeping triumph in the US midterm elections has emerged as a victory for the global renewable energy industry too. Across the world's financial centres the market value of renewable energy developers climbed as the election results confirmed the Republicans had lost control of the...

The Guardian - 19 hours 40 min ago
Democrat Scott Colom is leading Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the southern state; JD Vance pointed to the war in Iran as the obvious' culprit for Republicans' loss Live results | How do you feel about the results? Sign up for Breaking News US email Analysis: Is this the beginning of the end for Trump? The results of America's historic midterm elections reverberated around the world on Wednesday, with front pages reflecting on a night that saw Donald Trump dealt a punishing...

CNBC - 19 hours 51 min ago
Russia and China may be more aggressive if they feel that U.S. President Donald Trump is on "his way out" after the Democratic Party flipped the midterms.