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Still focused on D.C. projects, Trump signs order preserving Oval Office
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to establish the Oval Office and White House Cabinet Room as a national monument in order to prevent any major renovations to those spaces that are not approved by Congress. Trump, who tore down the East Wing…
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Trump’s gerrymandering push flops as Democrats win redrawn seats
Alabama Republicans had hoped Rep. Shomari Figures would deliver a concession speech on Tuesday night after the state legislature redrew his district to be more GOP-friendly. Instead, the Democrat declared victory — winning nearly 54% of the vote. “We know what happened with…
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Following midterm landslide, Democrats pressed by supporters to deliver on promises
WASHINGTON — As the monumental midterm victories set in, Democrats began to talk strategy Wednesday on how to deliver what voters want: lower prices, attainable health care and an end to a stagnant and expensive conflict in the Middle East. Starting in January, the party will…
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Commentary: Bookman: Here’s why the midterm election blowout is actually good for Republicans
Tuesday night was a great night for the Republican Party. I’m dead serious. The GOP needed to be slapped across the face and told to snap out of it. It needed to be kicked in the butt, and kicked hard. The party that once liked to think of itself as the grownup party needed to…
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Democrats won Congress. Now they have to figure out how to deal with Trump.
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress have just a couple months to decide how they want to balance investigations into President Donald Trump and his administration with securing his signature on major bills to address the cost of living, a top concern for voters. While…
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Trump accepts the blue tsunami, despite months of election legal battles, threats
Ahead of the midterms, Democrats wargamed dozens of scenarios looking at how President Donald Trump might try to undermine the election, everything from seizing voting machines to falsely declaring a foreign attack. But when the blue tsunami arrived Tuesday night, Trump seemed…
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Kemp won’t call Georgia lawmakers back to redraw maps or to curb executive powers
Outgoing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that he would not call a special session to push new political maps and curb the executive powers of future state leaders after the Democratic sweep in the 2026 midterms. “The voters of our state have spoken. As long as I’m…
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Democrats say they have flipped Georgia’s state House; some races are still unsettled
With just a handful of races left to be called a day after Tuesday’s midterm elections, Democrats appear poised to take control of the Georgia state House of Representatives, ending more than two decades of Republican control of the chamber. Democrats needed to flip control of…
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Who is Hakeem Jeffries? Meet the likely first Black speaker of the US House.
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries got one step closer to becoming the next speaker after Democrats delivered a sweeping victory in the midterm elections. If elected by a majority of House members, Jeffries would make history as the first Black person to…
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Democrats win majority of governorships for the first time in 16 years
Democrats have won the majority of governor’s offices for the first time in 16 years after the GOP racked up major losses across the country. Democrats flipped governorships in Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Texas and defended competitive races in Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin,…
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The blue tsunami sweeps the US, as Democrats land huge gains in Congress
Voters across the country administered a sharp reprimand to President Donald Trump and Republicans who hold majorities in Congress, with Democrats gaining comfortable majorities in the Senate and the House. Several U.S. Senate and House races remained uncalled by The Associated…
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Democrats flip statewide offices up and down the ballot in Georgia; state House is in play
Tuesday night was a clean sweep for Georgia Democrats, with voters electing Democrats to every statewide office that was on the ballot. Voters reelected U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff by a wide margin and elected former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to be not just the first…
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Democrats gain control of Georgia board that regulates utilities for first time in decades
Voters have handed Democrats control of the Georgia Public Service Commission, a little known but important regulatory board that influences how much Georgians pay for energy. Democrats Peter Hubbard, who is already on the commission, and Shelia Edwards, who was competing for an…
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Keisha Lance Bottoms will be Georgia’s next governor in historic win
Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, will be the first Democrat to occupy Georgia’s top office in more than two decades and the first Black woman governor anywhere in the country. Bottoms defeated her Republican opponent, healthcare executive Rick Jackson, who was…
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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff wins reelection in Georgia and coasts to a second term
Six more years. That’s what Georgia voters gave Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, handing him a win over Republican Congressman Mike Collins and sending him back to Washington for a second term. The race was called by the Associated Press less than an hour after polls…
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Here are five things to watch as Georgia voters head to the polls on Election Day
Who will be Georgia’s next governor? Will Republicans overcome the apparent Democratic lead built up during early voting? Which party will run state government starting next year? And when can Georgians expect to learn the answer to these questions and others? This year’s ballot…
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Trump promotes Reflecting Pool renovation the day before the election
WASHINGTON — One day before his party is forecast to lose control of the U.S. House, and possibly the Senate, President Donald Trump gathered guests and press at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to tout the “magnificent” renovation of the monument — a monthslong project…
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Voters make governors, utility regulators answer for high power bills
As broad affordability concerns define elections across the country, voters in several states on Tuesday will have a say on their future utility bills. State utility regulators, who are facing heightened levels of attention and scrutiny amid high prices, are on the ballot in…
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Georgia helped inspire the Medicaid work rules. Its own rules could soon end.
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor…
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Explosive spending, ugly ads and courtroom battles set stage for tense midterm elections
WASHINGTON — When the polls close Tuesday night, the 2026 U.S. election will go down as one of history’s most expensive and extraordinarily ugly midterms — galvanizing record-breaking early voter turnout among a deeply divided electorate. Voters on Saturday crossed the…