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Democrat leads by just over 1,000 votes in surprisingly tight Mississippi Senate race
If Democrat Scott Colom wins the race, he could become the first black US senator elected in Mississippi since 1875.
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Europe’s far right has a Trump problem after Republican US midterms wipeout
European far-right leaders quick to distance themselves from US president and stress their own priorities
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‘Revenge of the nerds’: US midterms deliver a win for science – and a rebuke of Maha
The wins for Democrats come after years of cuts and upheaval to US health and science infrastructure
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First Thing: Trump accepts election results as Republicans face midterm reckoning
Criticism of US-Israel war on Iran seen as huge factor in Democrats’ sweeping victory
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Trump takes 500 actions to weaken cancer protections, new report says
Natural Resources Defense Council shows how federal rules changes will spike up public’s exposure to carcinogens
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How did Republicans lose a Senate seat in fireball-red South Carolina?
Bitter postmortem under way as party comes to terms with Darline Graham’s stunning loss to Annie Andrews
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Outcry after ICE violently detains US citizen walking to high school: ‘I thought they were going to kill me’
Agents pinned down Erik Zepeda, a 20-year-old with disabilities, and left him with a broken wrist in latest example of ICE brutality as activity surges in California
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Was Elon Musk the US midterms' biggest loser? – Stateside with Kai and Carter
The tech industry spent big on the midterms, but it turned out to be a poor investment. Elon Musk poured a staggering $446m dollars into Republican-aligned political action committees (Pacs) and groups since last year, but his efforts didn’t pay off. Democrats won every one of the five Senate races where Musk’s America Pac spent the most money backing Republican candidates. Carter Sherman and Kai Wright are joined by the Guardian’s US tech editor, Blake Montgomery, to ask what the ‘blue tsunami’ will mean for Musk and the wider tech industry. Will this spell the end of AI datacenters? And if s
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Progressives hail ‘blue wave’ victories in US midterm elections as top Democrats push for unity
Senior leaders say party will be ‘united’ in focus, but progressives call on party to take radical action
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Not just Congress: Democrats’ blue wave washes over state legislatures across US
Democrats gain hundreds of seats in historic victories – and party set to embark on aggressive legislative spree
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Trump accepts midterm results as system holds up against election interference efforts
Administration had waged aggressive bid to sow doubt about midterms results but worst fears were not realized
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Where Trump and Republicans lost the midterms – a visual analysis of the key states
The Democrats have taken control of the Senate and the House of Representatives. These charts and maps reveal the key trends and races behind this result
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