Elections
What Democrats are — and aren’t — getting in the deal that could end the government shutdown
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats who voted to restore government funding, in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Senate Democrats are poised to help Republicans pass a bill that could lead to the end of the government shutdown. But the […]
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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
Former Donald Trump lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani arrives at U.S. Federal court in his case to surrender valuables to Georgia election workers he was found to have defamed, in New York City, U.S., November 26, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy […]
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Trump pardons New York baseball star Darryl Strawberry for tax evasion conviction
Darryl Strawberry former New York Mets speaks to the media before a ceremony to retire his jersey number before a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Citi Field on June 1, 2024 in New York City. Adam Hunger | Getty Images President Donald Trump pardoned Major League Baseball legend Darryl Strawberry, who had pleaded guilty […]
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Nancy Pelosi won’t seek reelection to Congress
U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes the stage on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 21, 2024. Kevin Wurm | Reuters Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who made history as the first female speaker of the House of Representatives, said Thursday she will not […]
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Trump on Democrats’ election blowout: ‘I don’t think it was good for Republicans’
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Republican Senators at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. November 5, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump conceded that the Democrats’ electoral sweep up and down the ballot across the country on Tuesday night spelled bad news for his Republican Party. “Last night, […]
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Democrats make clean sweep in three biggest U.S. elections on Tuesday night
Zohran Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor speaks during a press conference celebrating his primary victory with leaders and members of the city’s labor unions on July 2, 2025 in New York. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Democrats made a clean sweep in the three biggest contested elections in the United States on Tuesday […]
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Democrats in key races benefited from voters who don’t like either party: NBC exit poll
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station at the Ida Lee Recreation Center in Leesburg, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images In Virginia’s closely watched gubernatorial race, Democrats appear to have benefited from a small but decisive bloc of voters who harbor unfavorable views of both […]
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Government shutdown set to become longest ever after latest Senate vote fails
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) holds a copy of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act as he speaks next to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a press conference on the third day of a partial shutdown of the federal government at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 3, 2025. Jonathan […]
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Virginia governor election: Earle-Sears and Spanberger vie to succeed Youngkin
Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA). Anna Moneymaker | Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Virginia voters on Tuesday are poised to pick their first female governor and weigh in on a scandal-rocked state attorney general’s race. The race for governor will make history, regardless of whether […]
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NYC mayoral race: Mamdani, Cuomo, Sliwa fight to replace Adams as Trump weighs in
Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani participate in a mayoral debate, in New York, U.S. October 16, 2025. Angelina Katsanis | Via Reuters New York City voters will elect a new mayor on Tuesday, as two well-known Big Apple names strive to beat a […]
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