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How Astronauts Voted From Space in the Midterm Elections

YAN ZHUANG

Americans voted absentee from the International Space Station, Antarctica and remote Alaskan villages.

The Republican Party’s Financial Advantage Wasn’t Enough in the 2026 Midterm Elections

THEODORE SCHLEIFER

With the economy and national political climate of 2026: “You’re not going to advertise your way out of that,” said one expert.

MICHAEL RUIZ: Charlie Kirk's accused assassin Tyler Robinson blames Trump's judge post in push for camera ban

Tyler Robinson's lawyers cite Trump's Truth Social post slamming the judge as they renew efforts to block cameras from the Charlie Kirk case hearing.

Pilots' push to level jet may have torn off key piece found miles from Florida crash, former NTSB expert says

NTSB investigators found the Learjet 60's left tail elevator scattered up to 3.8 miles from the Florida crash site, pointing to an in-flight breakup.

Black Candidates for Governor Break Barriers in Four States

EMILY COCHRANE

Georgia was the first state to elect a female Black governor with Keisha Lance Bottoms. Three other states elected Black governors for the first time.

Democrats Deliver a Big Blue Bludgeoning

JESS BIDGOOD

The party’s midterm victory reshapes the political landscape.

Democrats Will Control Most Governorships, a Generational Shift

JACK HEALY

Democrats took five new seats for a total of 29, giving them a majority for the first time in years. The wins could expand state-level resistance to the Trump administration.

Wins and losses: Sports figures-turned-politicians have mixed results in midterm elections

STEVE HENSON

Former athletes NFL linebacker Colin Allred, MLB slugger Mark Teixeira, and Paralympian Josh Turek are a few of the sports figures who participated in the midterm elections and won.

What’s Left? Here Are the Midterm Races That Have Not Been Called.

JOHN YOON

Democrats clinched control of Congress, but the full scale of the party’s landslide, and Republicans’ losses, remained unknown.

Crews respond to early morning explosion at a Mississippi chemical plant

Emergency crews responded to an explosion at a chemical plant in Mississippi that sent a large plume of black smoke into the air

Candidate Once Charged With Murder Loses Bid for Sheriff in Arkansas

NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS

Aaron Spencer, who admitted to fatally shooting a man charged with sexual assaulting Mr. Spencer’s daughter, had won the Republican nomination.

Democrats' historic rout was fueled by massive voter swing to the left

JUSTINE MCDANIEL, MICHAEL WILNER

Not since voters were repulsed by President Nixon after the Watergate scandal half a century ago has the popular vote swung so decisively in a single election cycle.

Here are the Midterm Races in the House and Senate That Have Not Been Called

JOHN YOON

Democrats clinched control of Congress, but the full scale of the party’s landslide, and Republicans’ losses, remained unknown.

SWAT units respond to 'active threat' at office complex near Tampa, Florida; suspect dead: sheriff

Florida authorities on Wednesday confirmed a suspect is dead following a reported active shooter situation at a Tampa-area business park.

Helicopter crash near Miami leaves at least two injured: report

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded after a small helicopter went down near Nixon Beach off Miami, Florida, with two survivors pulled from the water.