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By Eric Bradner, CNN Carmel, Indiana (CNN) — J.D. Ford flipped a barn-red district in one of the nation’s most reliably Republican states. Now, like many of his soon-to-be colleagues across the country, the unlikely Democratic midterm winner is thinking about how to keep from becoming a one-term congressman. Ford ousted Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz

By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, Zachary Cohen, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump downplayed revelations that close ally and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy, insisting Monday that he believed the tech billionaire’s assertion that he knew nothing about the alleged espionage operation. Trump’s dismissal came amid

By Ellis Kim and Jennifer Nehrer (CNN) — Retired Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher, a Democrat, will flip Colorado’s 4th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, ending conservative firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert’s tenure in Congress. Boebert’s loss comes after she elected to run in a more conservative district last cycle in an effort to preserve her political

By Lauren Chadwick and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — A key Republican lawmaker introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week in a move that could make him the third Cabinet official in US history to be impeached. Here’s what to know about the process the House of Representatives uses to bring

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to continue border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas – including Big Bend National Park – on Monday, pausing a lower court ruling that temporarily blocked that work while it considers whether the administration had the authority to bypass

By Annie Grayer, CNN Brookhaven, Mississippi (CNN) — As the Mississippi Senate race still remains too close to call, Democrat Scott Colom and GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith have taken completely different approaches towards the public. Since Election Day, Colom has held at least eight events and capitalized on the national attention of the race to

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Democrats just won what could be their largest House majority in decades but some battle-tested centrists are already warning their party not to lose it in 2028. Those now-emboldened Democrats, who have long competed in battleground districts, are now urging party leaders to stick to this fall’s core promises

By Aleena Fayaz, Renée Rigdon, Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — After this year’s historic blue wave, more women than ever before are set to serve in the next Congress. The new record — 159 women from both parties — is seven more women than currently serve in the House and Senate, according to data from

By Priscilla Alvarez, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott placed Texas at the center of the immigration debate for years, launching aggressive state-led efforts to clamp down on border crossings and antagonizing Democrats by busing thousands of migrants to blue cities across the country. But Democrat Gina Hinojosa’s election as governor has

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump offered his most extensive assessment yet of historic Republican losses in an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday evening, appearing to extend an invitation to Democrats to work together on the contentious issue of immigration. Trump took no personal blame for the wipeout, despite his

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump offered his most extensive assessment yet of historic Republican losses in an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday evening, appearing to extend an invitation to Democrats to work together on the contentious issue of immigration. Trump took no personal blame for the wipeout, despite

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump offered his most extensive assessment yet of historic Republican losses in an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday evening, appearing to extend an invitation to Democrats to work together on the contentious issue of immigration. Trump took no personal blame for the wipeout, despite

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he “won’t be able to do as many conversations” about his upcoming presidential memoir due to his fight with prostate cancer. “Some days are better than others. It hasn’t stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down. What that means is,

By Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said on Sunday that it is “highly unlikely” he will need to order the US back to war with Iran as long as there is progress in negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, repeating his assertion five times during an interview

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — One day after the blue wave that swept away dozens of Republican seats, the mood among Make America Healthy Again activists was palpably glum. On a weekly Wednesday call hosted by MAHA Action, the most prominent political fundraising group for the movement, the normally enthusiastic atmosphere was replaced by

By Matt Stiles, Brett Taylor, Curt Merrill, Koko Nakajima, Annette Choi, Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Two years after President Donald Trump carried much of the country’s political map, voters in some of his strongest states delivered a dramatic reversal Tuesday. Democrats flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats, including in states Trump won by double digits

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Chuck Schumer is confident he’ll continue leading Senate Democrats after they captured the chamber’s majority in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Not all Democrats are so sure. During a post-election gathering Saturday in Washington, DC, two Senate Democrats — Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan —

By Kaitlan Collins, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he offered the White House press secretary job to Dana White, but a source familiar with the matter says the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO declined the unorthodox idea. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Saturday said she intends to appoint a former US attorney to investigate whether government lawyers committed “ethical violations” in the heated, protracted legal case surrounding President Donald Trump’s desired renovation of a Washington, DC, golf course — adding another chapter to the Trump administration’s battles