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Vice President JD Vance has given serious consideration to not running for president in 2028 after last week’s calamitous midterm elections, CNN’s Alyana Treene reports.
Van Hollen, a progressive from Maryland, said voters sent a clear message in the midterm elections — that they want "change from the status quo."
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Majority Democrats’ What’s Next conference brings lawmakers and potential 2028 contenders to Denver.
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Consumer price pressures from fuel to food were a major driver in the US midterm elections that handed control of Congress to Democrats, and are an important vulnerability for leaders across Europe, Asia and elsewhere.
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In an interview with PEOPLE, former President Joe Biden opened up about his prostate cancer diagnosis, saying he would not have continued his reelection campaign had he known about his illness. He reflected on his 2024 debate performance against Donald Trump, which fueled concerns about his fitness for office, and weighed in on this year’s midterm elections results.
House Republicans are still reeling after the midterm elections decimated their ranks and set off a fight for the party’s future. Now, Jim Jordan, a pro-Trump, hardline conservative, will lead the party in the minority next year.
Washington DC. After President Donald Trump and his Republican Party suffered a major defeat in the US midterm elections, it was expected that the party would opt for self-reflection and policy ref...
Republicans have chosen a counterintuitive remedy for voters’ stunning midterm election rebuke of President Donald Trump: more Trumpism.
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Democratic Sen. Kristen Gillibrand praised Sen. Chuck Schumer’s role in the Democrats’ sweeping victory in the 2026 midterm elections, as some members of the caucus won’t pledge to back him as majority leader.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson tells CNN’s Manu Raju that newly elected House GOP leader Rep. Jim Jordan is a “trusted leader” and “fighter” that the Republican Party needs after the midterm election.
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Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has filed articles of impeachment against US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The effort follows the GOP’s disastrous midterm election losses last week and Republican criticism aimed at Hegseth. CNN’s Haley Britzky reports.
After sweeping losses in the midterm elections, the House GOP will vote on Tuesday to elect a successor to Mike Johnson, who says he's stepping down as the chamber's top Republican.
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In his first public speech since Republicans faced sweeping losses in the midterm elections, Vice President JD Vance quipped about a “devastating loss last week”… by the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Congress has a long list of agenda items to handle with fewer than 25 days in session before the new, reshaped 120th Congress begins. Follow here for the latest.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has signaled that he intends to fight back against investigations by the new Democratic majority in Congress. Follow for live updates.
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Democratic Senate leader Schumer criticises Trump's poll denialism, calling it an avoidable return to baseless claims.
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President Trump's questioning of the legitimacy of his loss in the 2020 election culminated with an attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters.
Lawmakers are coming back to Washington this week after the midterm elections. Republicans plan to finish work on several outstanding issues before Democrats take control of Congress in January.