Alaskans are awaiting more results from key races on the general election ballot, including a bitterly fought U.S. Senate campaign and an open seat for governor.
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Alaskans → await → governor
A ballot measure seeking to repeal Alaska’s unique system of open primaries and ranked vote general elections was also too early to call.
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measure → seek → primaries
The midterm election blowout has ushered in a new era in Washington, with Democrats eager to meet voter demands for change as Republicans watched their congressional majorities evaporate in a revolt against President Donald Trump’s policies.
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majorities → usher → policies
Democrats triumphed in several surprise upsets, marking a decisive rejection of unified GOP control of the House and Senate.
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Democrats → triumph → House
Trump acknowledged the Iran war affected the midterms, suggesting voters were frustrated by surging gas prices that have been a byproduct of the more than 8-month-old conflict.
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that → acknowledge → conflict
He struck a conciliatory tone earlier, suggesting he could work with the Democrats, only to later threaten to use his veto power to strike down their agenda.
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he → strike → agenda
The fallout for Republicans is only beginning.
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fallout → begin → Republicans
Vice President JD Vance, a 2028 presidential contender, blamed the war in Iran for Republicans’ midterm wipeout.
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Vance → blame → wipeout
And Mike Johnson of Louisiana will not seek reelection as House speaker, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Johnson → seek → matter
Here’s the latest:
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latest → ’ → ?
New Hampshire Democrats flip both legislative chambers
Democrats have achieved a supermajority in the New Hampshire House, the nation’s largest state legislative body.
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Democrats → flip → House
New Hampshire elects its governor, 400 representatives and 24 senators every two years.
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Hampshire → elect → governor
Heading into Tuesday’s elections, Republicans had a 41-member advantage in the House and a veto-proof 16-8 majority in the Senate.
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Republicans → head → Senate
A preliminary count released by the House clerk shows the new total as 292 Democrats, 107 Republicans and one Independent.
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count → release → Democrats
Further complicating the path for Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte, Democrats also won all five seats on the Executive Council, an obscure but powerful panel that approves state contracts and key appointments.
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that → complicate → contracts
World shares mostly gain after US midterm elections as AI-related stocks sink
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stocks → relate → elections
World shares were mostly higher Thursday, though heavy selling of artificial intelligence-related stocks offset gains for some markets following the U.S. midterm elections.
South Korea’s Kospi sank more than 5% and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo lost nearly 2%.
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Nikkei → relate → %
Oil prices were mixed after the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 3% on Wednesday after Republicans lost control of the U.S. Congress.
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Republicans → jump → Congress
In early European trading, the German DAX rose 0.6% to 26,598.03, while the CAC 40 in Paris surged 1.2% to 8,276.55.
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CAC → rise → 8,276.55
The United Kingdom’s FTSE 100 gained 1% to 10,935.08.
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FTSE → gain → 10,935.08
On Wednesday, the S&P 500 jumped 1.6%.
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S&P → jump → Wednesday
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than 1,500 points, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.4%.
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composite → surge → ?
U.S. stocks usually climb following midterms.
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stocks → climb → midterms
But technology shares have taken a hit as investors mull the potential impact on the artificial intelligence boom from a Democratic-led Congress next year.
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investors → take → Congress
After taking control of Congress, Democrats vow major probes into Trump’s ‘tentacles of corruption’
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Democrats → take → corruption
Corruption topped the list of concerns for voters who ousted Republicans and handed Democrats control of Congress in the midterm elections.
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who → top → elections
Now, the newly empowered Democratic Party is putting the issue front and center as its leaders chart their course for investigations and policymaking.
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leaders → empower → investigations
Senior Democrats in both chambers of Congress have vowed to marshal the subpoena powers and larger investigative staffs that come with their soon-to-be majorities to probe what they say is the self-enrichment that President Donald Trump and people in his orbit have done at the public’s expense.
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Trump → vow → expense
The Republican president and his White House have long denied any wrongdoing.
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president → deny → wrongdoing
House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda to look at how Trump and his family have become wealthier since he returned to office — and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who’s in line to become House speaker, has not ruled out trying to impeach Trump for a third time.
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who → prepare → time
El-Sayed’s historic Senate victory resonates with Muslim Americans
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victory → resonate → Americans
Campaigning across Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed didn’t highlight the possibility that he could become the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate.
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he → campaign → Senate
But with victory in hand, he savored his triumph over the vitriol aimed at him and his fellow Muslim Americans.
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he → savor → him
“They tried to demonize people because of how they pray,” he told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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he → try → Wednesday
“And Michigan — the whole Michigan — clapped back.
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Michigan → clap → ?
People don’t want that.
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People → want → that
They’re sick of it.”
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They → ’re → it
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath yanked anti-Muslim sentiment into the forefront of American life, those emotions are shared by many Muslim Americans.
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emotions → yank → Americans
They saw a surge of anti-Muslim rhetoric after Zohran Mamdani was elected New York City mayor, and they saw the attacks intensify as El-Sayed became the new prime target.
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Sayed → see → rhetoric
But after El-Sayed’s defeat of GOP rival Mike Rogers, there is a pervasive sense that a broader victory is at hand.
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victory → be → hand
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