The Democratic leader still faces skeptics in his ranks and hostility from some activists, but aides say he has enough commitments of support to be elected majority leader.
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, and his political team engaged in a $550 million push to put more Senate seats in play and increase their chances of regaining the majority.
At a moment of opportunity for the party, its long-feuding factions are seizing on the midterm results to make their case for tacking to the center or to the left.
The Commerce Department has approved dozens of Chinese companies to handle Nvidiaβs H200 chips, some of which have ties to firms under sanctions over national security.
An industrial park for high-tech companies in Beijing. The company New Matrix lists the building as its address, but a company directory does not include the firm.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development credited President Trump, while homeless advocacy groups said that so-called Housing First policies of his predecessors played a part.
The new White House chief of staff is responsible for some of the most provocative policies of President Trumpβs second term, as well as an aggressive approach to executive power.
As President Trumpβs domestic policy adviser, Mr. Miller has been one of the most deeply ideological members of the White House, and known for flexing his power.
Sweeping midterm successes in Georgia and North Carolina have given the party an opportunity, and a test, to lay out a vision for governing in the South.
βWhen he feels cornered, when he feels attacked, he fights back,β the columnist Carlos Lozada says of Donald Trump, who is now entering the lame-duck phase of his presidency. Columnists from across Times Opinion share their predictions for what the final two years of Trumpβs term might look like β and theyβre not pretty.
In a no-holds-barred interview with Joe Rogan, Calley Means, a former top health adviser, accused Susie Wiles of repeatedly bowing to lobbying pressures and fixating on campaign contributions.
Mayor John Whitmire has instructed Houston police to stop notifying immigration agents when they encounter someone without legal status during routine street stops.
A younger, more diverse electorate than is typical in midterm elections helped drive Democratsβ decisive victory, along with gains among swing voters and support from some Republican voters. Nate Cohn, The New York Timesβs chief political analyst, explains.
After a sweeping Democratic victory, Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa will try to reshape a state molded by decades of conservative policymaking, with Republicans still in control of the State Senate.