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Chris Pappas holds New Hampshire US Senate seat for Democrats

Democrat Chris Pappas won New Hampshire’s open US Senate seat on Tuesday, according to media projections, defeating Republican John Sununu and preserving a crucial Democratic seat as the party fights to take control of the chamber.Pappas’ victory denied Republicans a pickup in the cold-weather state, where high energy prices had become a major issue amid President Donald Trump’s war with Iran. He will succeed Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, who is retiring after 18 years.Pappas, a moderate US House member, blamed Trump and fellow Republicans for the Iran war, which has disrupted oil shipments

Keisha Lance Bottoms projected to be first Black female governor. Here are other firsts

Dollar dips with US midterm results in focus

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Indonesia arrests chief of staff, top policemen for alleged wiretapping of president

Three top Indonesian policemen including President Prabowo Subianto's chief of staff have been arrested on suspicion of wiretapping the president, ministers and others, authorities said, in a new setback for a leader facing challenges on multiple fronts.Police did not name the suspects and disclosed only their initials, but Reuters has confirmed with the government that the president's recently appointed chief of staff, Listyo Sigit Prabowo, who remains in the police force, was among those detained.The three are accused of illegally tapping phones of the president, journalists, politicians

How key demographic groups voted in the 2026 midterms, according to The AP Voter Poll

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the first Black governor of Georgia

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China's services growth slows to three-month low as confidence weakens

China's services activity in October expanded at its slowest pace since July, with business confidence easing as firms grappled with fierce competition and rising costs, a private-sector survey showed on Wednesday.The RatingDog China General Services PMI fell to 50.8 in October from 51.6 in September, remaining above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction but marking its weakest reading since July.• New business continued to grow at a rate broadly unchanged from September.• New export business rose for the sixth straight month, extending the longest growth streak seen since 20

AMD's OpenAI, Meta chip deals trigger $1 billion quarterly charge

India rupee's recovery may find fresh legs from equity flows, dollar weakness

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Progressive Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers duel for key Michigan Senate seat

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers tested two sharply different theories for winning one of the nation’s premier swing states Tuesday in a white-knuckle contest that may determine control of the Senate. Polls have closed throughout the state as El-Sayed aims to prove that an unapologetically progressive agenda centered on universal healthcare can win a general election in a state President Donald Trump carried two years ago. The former Wayne County health director narrowly defeated establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens in an expensive and bruising Democratic

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The Latest: Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes nation’s first Black woman elected governor

Voters across the country are deciding control of the U.S. House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won the race for Georgia governor, the first gubernatorial pickup for either party. She is the first Black woman elected governor of any state. In neighboring Florida, Republican Byron Donalds was elected as the state’s first Black governor. Democrat Roy Cooper won North Carolina’s Senate race, the first Democratic pickup of the night, and Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff was reelected in Georgia, another top battlegr

Justice Department sends criminal target letters in Alaska probe to people aligned with Democratic party

US Supreme Court leans toward Catholic preschools' challenge to LGBT protections

Investigators say Learjet may have broken up before crashing in Florida

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday a Learjet 60 that crashed on Sunday in a residential area in Palm Beach County, Florida, ‌killing all nine people on board, may have broken up before hitting the ground at high speed.The private Bombardier-made jet had taken off from Austin, Texas, and was headed to the Bahamas. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms were occurring in the area where it went down.NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, posting on X, highlighted the harrowing experience of those on the aircraft, including the 20-year-old copilot."She was doing her job, communicatin

Six things to watch as US voters decide control of Congress

Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will decide control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term.The results will serve as the first nationwide verdict on Trump's presidency, revealing whether voters want to check the Republican president's power by giving Democrats control of one or both chambers of Congress or are willing to accept the status quo despite frustrations over the cost of living and the US-led war with Iran.The outcome could also reshape debates within both parties over which messages and policies resonate most with voters

US carries out 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, officials say

Trump details Reflecting Pool renovations in speech the day before midterm votes are counted

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Middle East on edge as fears mount that Iran war could restart after the midterms

With little transparency from Washington and warmongering from Tehran, people across the Middle East have been left anxious and confused, scanning for signals on whether the conflict between Iran and the United States will reignite.“The mood has definitely shifted,” a 36-year-old American living in Saudi Arabia told CNN. She plans to leave before Tuesday’s US midterm elections, after which US President Donald Trump has hinted renewed fighting is possible.“People are more cautious in general, and it feels like a waiting game to see what happens,” she added.At homes and workplaces acro

Trump says US is cutting off aid to Israel at year’s end because ‘they don’t need it’

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States is cutting off $4 billion in aid to Israel at the end of the year because “they don’t need it.”Trump, speaking to Fox News on the morning of Election Day, suggested that US aid to Israel has become a powerful political talking point for Democrats and questioned why Republicans should “suffer the slings” from candidates like Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed when Israel isn’t in need of assistance.“It’s a bad talking point because when you say, ‘Why don’t we give everybody $4 billion?’ Israel’s ou

G20 photo scrapped amid tensions over Russian foreign minister’s presence

Russian bombing of Ukrainian aid center is one of the war’s ‘deadliest attacks,’ Zelensky says

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Crypto scammers are capitalizing on anti-Muslim bigotry

In September, as election season entered its stretch run, researchers from the Center for the Study of Organized Hate, a DC-based think tank, began noticing a bizarre and disturbing variant of AI slop on X.One post depicted a Muslim family at an airport, overlaid with a floating sign that read, “We are leaving America due to lack of respect for our culture.” Another, showing a smiling Arab man and a dog side by side, asked: “Would you give your dog away to make a Muslim happy?” Yet another featured a woman wearing a niqab, surrounded by a throng of other women in niqabs, holding a sign

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Spanish soccer player Jesús de Miguel dies after on-pitch collision

Soccer player Jesús de Miguel has died after an on-field collision during a Spanish second-division match on Monday, his club CD Tenerife has said.The Spanish striker sustained injuries after colliding with Andorra’s goalkeeper Jesús Owono in the closing seconds of the Segunda División game. De Miguel had been chasing the ball near the halfway line before Owono – who had come a long way out of his goal – crashed into him at speed while trying to clear it.Owono was instantly shown a red card and sent off for his role in the incident. The Andorra keeper had been walking off the pitch bu

Italian taxpayers are paying millions to keep Russian yachts afloat

On Day of the Dead, tourists bump shoulders with celebrating families in San Andrés Mixquic

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Senator Jon Ossoff wins reelection, holding Georgia for Democrats

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Democrats record historic win in Georgia as they press for a majority of governors' offices

Democrats have captured a governorship in a premier presidential swing state

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Democrats win in South Carolina and North Carolina as they aim to retake Senate

Democrat Annie Andrews has won an upset victory over Republican Darline Graham for a Senate seat in South Carolina

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Election night agenda: When polls close and when to expect results

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Judge blocks Trump administration from pressuring states over noncitizen voting

A US judge on Monday temporarily barred the Trump administration from moving ahead with a plan it says would prevent noncitizen voting, but that critics say risks

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Democrats gain ground in battle for Congress with North Carolina flip

Democrats flipped a Republican-held Senate seat in North Carolina and were showing surprising strength across several

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Trump Justice Dept breaks with tradition to intervene in midterms

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Election Day unfolds with relatively few problems. Some voters disrupted by weather, machine issues

Americans are casting ballots on the final day of voting in the U.S. midterms with relatively few issues so far

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‘He would wind her up’: Democratic anger at Haley Stevens’ fiancé boils over after her endorsement reversal

Parts of a Learjet may have broken off midair before Florida crash that killed 9, investigators say

Parts of a business jet likely started to break off before the aircraft crashed in South Florida, killing nine people

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls