Barbra Streisand, John Cusack, Mia Farrow and other entertainers posted celebratory reactions on Wednesday after networks projected Democratic wins in the midterms. The posts were not independently viewed, and official counts had not been confirmed.
President Trump acknowledged that the Iran war, mainly through higher gasoline prices, contributed to Republican losses in Tuesday's midterms, but said he has no regrets. He also pointed to flawed candidates, some who he said fought him, and to his own absence from the ballot.
Sen. John Thune reportedly plans to run for Senate minority leader after midterms that cost Republicans their majority in both chambers. The Washington Examiner reported he is so far unopposed, citing an unnamed source close to him.
A Brooklyn appeals panel dismissed a homeowners' suit over Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre surcharge, finding they had not shown a concrete injury. Fortune and ABC7, citing the homeowners' lawyer, report the panel did not rule on whether the tax is legal.
Britain's Supreme Court opened a two-day hearing on a challenge to the terrorist designation of Palestine Action. Police arrested about 25 protesters outside the building, according to the Press Association.
On Election Day, Fox News used three charts to show voters weighing inflation, fuel and mortgage costs, citing figures we could not verify. Just the News reported that voters were also deciding Florida's property-tax cut and a California billionaires tax.
Rep. LaMonica McIver won a second full term in New Jersey's 10th District on Tuesday, defeating Republican Carmen Bucco while a federal case over a 2025 confrontation with immigration officers remains open. She denies wrongdoing.
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico said on a podcast that he would love to work with President Trump on housing and healthcare, even though Trump calls him "Talafreako." His words are conditional, and the interview was recorded Sept. 8.
A Georgia man pardoned in January 2025 after a Jan. 6-related guilty plea is charged in federal court in Atlanta with threatening to execute judges who handled Jan. 6 cases. Prosecutors cite an October post that named Nov. 4 as the day "firing squads" would begin.
The Kremlin says a first-ever meeting of Trump, Putin and Xi at the APEC summit in China, set for Nov. 18-19, could be locked in within days. China's public statement mentions only a Xi-Putin meeting, and no confirmation has come from the White House.
Rep. Haley Stevens, the Michigan Democrat who lost her party's Senate primary, was scheduled to campaign with nominee Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday. Instead she appeared with Republican Mike Rogers at a Detroit church and announced she was endorsing him.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani sent a letter demanding that DHS stop ICE agents from using city-owned lots in the Bronx and Queens, and warned of legal action if the use continues.
A New York Post headline says Los Angeles voters want billionaires taxed and IDs checked at the polls, but we could not read the story. Statewide poll coverage we reviewed shows Prop 40 and Prop 39 both trailing ahead of the Nov. 3 vote.
Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for Senate on the eve of what is expected to be Election Day, after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly tried to head it off. Vice President JD Vance says the move gives some voters permission to cross the aisle.
NBC News's last poll before Tuesday's midterms puts President Trump's disapproval at 60 percent and Democrats ahead 52 to 45 on control of Congress. Steve Kornacki said on "Meet the Press" that economic dissatisfaction is the underlying driver.
JD Vance marked Halloween in a long grey wig and robe, holding his baby son dressed as Dobby the house-elf. Reaction on social media ran from wholesome to worst-costume-ever.
A Learjet 60 flying from Austin to the Bahamas crashed in a Palm Beach County neighborhood Sunday, and all nine people aboard died. The NTSB is leading the investigation, and the cause is unknown.
