
The Guardian - 35 min 44 sec ago
US president rhapsodized about ballroom features for more than 20 minutes, with no mention of Democrats' blue wave' Less than 24 hours after suffering historic party losses in the US midterm elections , Donald Trump gathered reporters and network TV cameras at the White House to congratulate his team. "The whole thing is a miracle, and it's all because of you," the US president said into a microphone on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 40 min 43 sec ago
Trump Media stock and WLFI coin saw declines but he is still $2.7bn wealthier than when he won election in 2024 Donald Trump's wealth is falling along with his political fortunes. Tradeable investment assets that helped make the president more than $2bn during his first year in office are collapsing in value the day after the Democrats trounced the Republicans in the midterm elections. Trump Media and Technology Group stock, which trades on the Nasdaq exchange, was priced at just over $5 Tuesday...

The Guardian - 1 hour 2 min ago
In early, preliminary figures, the news channel trailed several other networks in prime-time viewership On a midterm election night that was a huge disappointment for Republicans , with Democrats taking control of the US House and Senate, the country's most prominent conservative television network felt the brunt of viewer disillusionment with Donald Trump and his party, according to preliminary audience numbers. The Fox News Channel, which often leads in viewership on election night, appears...

Mother Jones - 1 hour 4 min ago
After his party's historically humiliating midterm defeat, President Donald Trump's first public move was to show off his ballroom. "This is a special structure. It's going to be not only one of the biggest, but it'll be the most beautiful ballroom, I think, anywhere in the world," Trump told reporters while congratulating construction workers at […]...

Twitchy - 1 hour 10 min ago
On this full episode of LARRY with Larry O'Connor, we discuss last night's electoral losses for Republicans, what the results reveal about the polls, the fallout for Donald Trump and the GOP, where Republicans went WRONG, and MUCH, much more!...

The Guardian - 1 hour 12 min ago
Donald Trump responded to JD Vance's comments on the Iran war ultimately being the reason behind the catastrophic Republican losses in this year's midterms, saying 'it's largely true' JD Vance says US war on Iran is real reason' Republicans lost midterm elections Continue reading...

Advocate - 1 hour 12 min ago
Democrats in races large and small handed Republicans a historic defeat Tuesday, taking control of Congress and winning offices in states long considered beyond their reach. For LGBTQ+ Americans, the election brought breakthroughs in representation and a decisive repudiation of the policies of President Donald Trump . For transgender people, it also brought the hard reality that voters could reject Republican candidates while approving restrictions on their lives.

The Guardian - 1 hour 20 min ago
The historic Democratic victories in the 2026 midterm elections were more than just a rebuke of Donald Trump and his Maga movement they are a five-alarm fire for the Republican party itself, which may be on the verge of collapse. The sweeping wins in GOP strongholds like Texas, Iowa and Kansas reveal an electorate that is fed up and eager for change. But that anger could turn on Democrats quick. Now that they run Congress, what can the fractured Democratic coalition achieve? And will they do enough...

Mother Jones - 1 hour 35 min ago
Last year, as Donald Trump's approval ratings began to sink underwater, Republicans launched an unprecedented plan to create a dozen or more red districts across the country to keep the House in GOP hands. That mid-decade gerrymandering strategy failed spectacularly on Tuesday night. Remember when Trump said he was entitled to five new seats in […]...

Variety - 1 hour 39 min ago
Matt Friend has signed with Range Media Partners for representation. The 28-year-old comedian has gone viral on social media for his arsenal of impressions, which includes 250 distinct voices from Donald Trump to Rami Malek. Friend has made a name for himself performing impressions in front of the subjects themselves. He’s done Barack Obama with […]...

The Guardian - 1 hour 47 min ago
Even Trump seems to recognize that the relationship has become a political liability, and may never be the same On the eve of a midterm election that ended in an unequivocal rejection of his brand of politics, even Donald Trump seemed to recognize that the US-Israel relationship has become a political liability. Trump's 11th-hour suggestion, on election morning, that he would cut military aid to Israel at the end of the year because, as he put it, "they don't need it", was condemned...

TMZ - 1 hour 49 min ago
Here's Donald Trump Jr. getting an earful after a fireside chat at a high-ranking law school ... with students heckling him over the midterms and telling him voters are turning on his father. TMZ obtained video from Don Jr.'s Wednesday visit to the…...

Variety - 2 hours 7 min ago
Nicki Minaj marked Election Day with a seemingly AI-created graphic of horror movie icon Chucky in a pink suit with a pin that reads: “Vote Red.” The Republican messaging was hardly a surprise given the rapper has closely aligned herself with Donald Trump and his MAGA fanbase in recent months, but one person who staunchly […]...

BBC - 2 hours 8 min ago
People in the US react after the Democrats won the Senate and the House, taking control of Congress for the rest of Donald Trump's presidency.

TMZ - 2 hours 25 min ago
While many Republicans may be thinking about finding a room to bawl in ... President Donald Trump's main concern after the devastating midterm election seems to be his ballroom. In his first public appearance since Election Night, Trump met the…...

CNBC - 2 hours 28 min ago
In control of Congress, Democrats are preparing to pursue legislation to address affordability, while also trying to rein-in President Donald Trump...

The Guardian - 2 hours 32 min ago
Democrats have won a historic sweep in the US midterm elections, winning back control of Congress in a major setback for Donald Trump. Senate seats went blue in traditional Republican strongholds such as Texas, South Carolina and Kansas, where the Democrats had their first win since 1932. Voters have sent a strong message of discontent to the Trump administration over the economy, the cost of living and rising gas prices. Trump is now a lame-duck president for the rest of his term. Lucy Hough speaks...

NBC News - 2 hours 33 min ago
In his first public appearance since Republicans racked up major losses in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump boasted Wednesday about the White House ballroom under construction and largely skirted talk about his party's performance.

The Guardian - 2 hours 34 min ago
Trump's rout could be part of a democratic spring that began in Hungary. But will it extend to the French elections next May? Hungary, Brazil, Serbia, and now the US. So far this year, when their hand has been held to the stove, voters have chosen what the Texas senator-elect James Talarico, the new face of the US's Christian left, campaigned on as a "politics of love": a society where we aren't at each other's throats, or a police state at ours. Is it any surprise that when...

The Guardian - 2 hours 38 min ago
Voters have delivered a damning verdict on Donald Trump's presidency with this Congressional landslide Bitter experience made Democrats wary of believing that the blue wave predicted by polls would materialise. What arrived was not just victory but a rout: control of Congress and a Republican wipeout . It was an astounding humiliation for a president whose political brand is power. Donald Trump won it back in 2024 by promising voters lower prices and no foreign wars. He lost it by launching...

Fox News - 2 hours 39 min ago
Donald Trump said he "couldn't transfer the love" from his rally supporters to Republican candidates after Democrats swept the midterm elections.

Fox News - 2 hours 40 min ago
In the face of an electoral rout, Senate Majority Leader John Thune declared that Senate Republicans will work with President Donald Trump against "Democrat extremism."...

The Guardian - 2 hours 51 min ago
As tech bosses get richer and ordinary Americans struggle, Democrats put the case against the US's grotesque unfairness and voters responded Remember the "vibe shift"? Just last year, columnists and corporate boardrooms alike declared that the second coming of Donald Trump meant the old rules of politics and even everyday civility were roadkill. "I feel liberated," one top banker told the Financial Times . "We can say retard' and pussy' without the fear of getting...

Forbes - 2 hours 51 min ago
President Donald Trump's net worth fell $111 million as of Wednesday afternoon after Democratic sweeps in the midterm elections sent shares of Trump Media & Technology Group to an all-time low.