Democrats led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had hoped to expand their majority on Tuesday, but a string of races show Democrats losing ground rather than gaining it.
Conservative women, particularly, surged victory against their Democratic opponents, in what one pro-life group called a “stunning blow to Nancy Pelosi...
(Headline USA) A national awakening on race drove a well-funded campaign in California to reinstate affirmative action, but the measure allowing the nation’s most populated state to grant preferential treatment based on race and gender failed.
With more than 11 million votes tallied Wednesday, Proposition 16 had only 44% approval, while...
UPDATE 2:00 PM VIA AP: Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has won the hardest-fought race of her career, turning back a challenge by Democrat Sara Gideon and surviving to serve a fifth term.
Collins, one of four candidates on the ballot, won a majority of first-place votes. That meant...
(Headline USA) The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday morning, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — that could prove crucial in determining who wins the White House.
It was unclear when...
(Headline USA) Hopes fading for Senate control, Democrats had a disappointing election night as Republicans swatted down an onslaught of challengers and fought to retain their fragile majority. Several races remained undecided into Wednesday and at least one headed to a runoff in January.
It was a jarring outcome for Democrats...
(Associated Press) Democrats drove Wednesday toward extending their control of the House for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority as they lost at least six incumbents and failed to oust any Republican lawmakers in initial returns.
By 4 a.m. EST, Democrats' only gains were two North Carolina seats...
In a late-night message from the White House after 2 a.m, President Donald Trump denounced faulty ballot tabulation.
"This is a fraud on the American public," he said.
"This is an embarrassment to our country," he continued. "We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly we did win this election."
Trump...
The two presidential candidates both made statements refusing to give any ground as the ambiguous electoral scenario that many feared unfolded in the presidential election.
Democrats had warned that election night might look for a landslide for President Donald Trump, and indeed Trump defied pollsters who projected that challenger Joe...
Update (2:21 a.m.) Fox analyst Brit Hume opened the possibility that an early declaration of House Democrats holding the majority and picking up seats might have been premature as several seats proved to be GOP upsets.
Update (2:12 a.m.) Incumbent GOP Sen. Thom Tillis declared victory in North...
An exhausted President Donald Trump returned to the White House early Tuesday morning after last-minute rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan, two historically blue states that helped swing the 2016 election his way.
"Winning is easy. Losing is never easy, not for me it's not," the hoarse incumbent president introspectively told...
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., won reelection handily on Tuesday night, pulling 54.3% of the vote while his opponent, Democratic candidate Jaime Harrison, only drew 44.4% of the vote.
Graham’s victory should have been easy to predict, but Democratic pollsters spent weeks predicting that the race would be much closer than...
(Headline USA) Republicans fought to keep control of the Senate on Tuesday in a razor-close contest against a surge of Democrats challenging President Donald Trump's allies across a vast political map.
Polls started closing in key states where some of the nation’s most well-known senators were on the ballot.
In Kentucky, Senate...