In a stunning upset in the 2026 US midterm elections, Gina Hinojosa was elected the first Democratic governor of Texas in more than 30 years on Tuesday, ousting Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in an upset that catapulted a decided underdog to national prominence leading the nation’s most populous red state. Gina Hinojosa defeats Greg Abbott, … Read more
Democrat David Crowley defeated a Republican with close ties to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, rising from a childhood in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods to become the first Black person to lead the battleground state. Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley speaks at an election night event Tuesday, (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Crowley’s … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters delivered an embarrassing rebuke to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, flipping four U.S. Senate seats in states where he repeatedly campaigned in the final weeks of the midterm campaign. US President Donald Trump departs after speaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2026. … Read more
President Donald Trump repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he was on the midterm ballot. They did. And it went very badly for him and his Republican Party. People react at a US midterms elections night watch party hosted by the Congressional Progressive Staff Association (CPSA) and Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America (MDC DSA), in … Read more
On December 2, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed a law that reshaped Alaska’s public-land map. The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, known as ANILCA, placed more than 104 million acres under conservation protections, including 57 million acres designated as wilderness. The legislation, recorded in the 1980 volume of the United States Statutes at Large, … Read more
President Donald Trump and the Republican Party suffered a stunning loss on Tuesday as the Democrats won a US Senate seat and the governorship of Texas, breaking a Republican stranglehold on power in the state that has lasted more than three decades. James Talarico waves at the final rally of his campaign, ahead of the … Read more
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace blamed Senate Majority Leader John Thune for blocking the SAVE America Act as Democrats gained ground in the 2026 midterm elections. She accused Thune of failing to strengthen election safeguards before voters went to the polls. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace blamed Senate Majority Leader John Thune for blocking the SAVE America … Read more
Amid the 2026 midterm elections, with polls having closed in several states, including Georgia and South Carolina, President Donald Trump has vowed to become a “Political Pundit.” President Donald Trump vows to become ‘Political Pundit’ (Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) “I’m going to become a Political Pundit, both good and bad, on the reasons these Candidates … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he thought the Iran war played a role in the Republican Party’s losses in the US midterms. His remarks came as Democrats were poised to take control of the Congress in a blow to the president. President Donald Trump expressed surprise at how Republicans fared in the midterm … Read more
The design of a university facility can influence interactions among students, researchers, and faculty. The Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center at Stanford University was created as a common facility for engineering education and research. It is named after Jen-Hsun Huang, the co-founder of NVIDIA and a Stanford alumnus. A $30 million donation from Huang and his … Read more