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The overwhelming victory by the Democrats in the midterm elections shook up Wall Street this week.

Young voters overwhelmingly turned their backs on Republicans on Tuesday, erasing the gains Trump had made in the 2024 presidential election. Voters under age 30 moved left by double digits in nearly all the major Senate races compared with two years ...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican who narrowly won her election on Tuesday, said that moving forward, she will reject all PAC money and any funding that comes from foreign policy groups.

Sen. Chris Murphy was discharged from the hospital on Friday after experiencing what his doctor said was a "small hemorrhagic stroke," a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain that causes bleeding and can be life-threatening.

Susie Wiles is leaving as White House chief of staff after staggering Republican losses in the midterm election and will be replaced by Stephen Miller, a key adviser to Mr. Trump who has helped shape the administration's immigration crackdown.

President Trump doubled down on defending the Iran war, despite acknowledging this week that the nine-month conflict contributed to Republicans' crushing defeat in Tuesday's midterms.

Sen. John Kennedy said Friday intelligence showed that after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025, the Islamic regime embarked on a campaign to expand its stockpiles of conventional missiles to protect its future nuclear ...

Days after Republicans suffered major losses in the midterms, President Trump on Friday endorsed Joe Gruters to continue to chair the Republican National Committee.

Republican Rep. James Comer had few kind words for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Friday, placing the blame for GOP midterm losses on the war with Iran.

Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville is telling Democrats to keep away from diversity, equity and inclusion policies during the next Congress, which will have Democratic majorities in both chambers.