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How Farmersโ€™ Frustration With Trumpโ€™s Policies Helped Democrats

6 November 2026 at 20:03
Anger over tariffs and higher costs because of the war in Iran led many Republican farmers and ranchers to vote blue โ€” or stay home.

ยฉ David Robert Elliott for The New York Times

A farm in Kansas. Ranchers were hurt when President Trumpโ€™s plan to import more beef lowered the price they received for their cattle, and farmers had to pay more for fertilizer and diesel.

Tanzaniaโ€™s Opposition Leader Gets a Four-Year Sentence

6 November 2026 at 17:36
Tundu Lissu was found guilty of incitement for statements he had made ahead of a presidential election in October 2025.

ยฉ Emmanuel Herman/Reuters

Tundu Lissu, the Tanzanian opposition leader, gestures to supporters as he stands inside the dock at the high court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Friday.

These Newly Elected Lawmakers Know Something Trump Doesnโ€™t: Science

6 November 2026 at 10:03
Among those elected to Congress on Tuesday are a mathematician, a microbiologist and a chemical engineer. They plan to take on a White House that has threatened funding cuts to research.

ยฉ E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service, via Getty Images

Daniel K. Biss earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at M.I.T. and taught math at the University of Chicago before moving to politics, first as an Illinois state legislator and, since 2021, as the mayor of Evanston.

How Farmersโ€™ Frustration With Trumpโ€™s Policies Helped Democrats

6 November 2026 at 20:03
Anger over tariffs and higher costs because of the war in Iran led many Republican farmers and ranchers to vote blue โ€” or stay home.

ยฉ David Robert Elliott for The New York Times

A farm in Kansas. Ranchers were hurt when President Trumpโ€™s plan to import more beef lowered the price they received for their cattle, and farmers had to pay more for fertilizer and diesel.

In Tight Mississippi Senate Race, Votes Are Carefully Scrutinized

A phalanx of lawyers, observers and campaign officials are watching the counting of votes in the race for Senate, where a Democratic challenger has a slim lead.

ยฉ Rory Doyle for The New York Times

Voting machines and ballot bags used in the midterm elections remain at the Hinds County Election Commission building in Jackson, Miss.
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How Colom Changed a Long Shot in Mississippi Into a Race Too Close to Call

5 November 2026 at 20:20
Scott Colom, a Democrat, ran a viral ad and courted Republicans at a Trump rally before winning virtually the same number of votes as Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican.

ยฉ Rogelio V. Solis/Getty Images

Scott Colom, a Democrat running for Senate in Mississippi, greeting supporters in Jackson, the state capital, on Wednesday.

How Democrats Won Across the South

5 November 2026 at 18:18
They won Senate races in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, with a Mississippi race still too close to call. Their wins lifted down-ballot candidates too.

ยฉ Nicole Craine for The New York Times

The crowd reacting at Senator Jon Ossoffโ€™s election night party in Atlanta.

โ€˜Total repudiationโ€™: The blue wave is about to hit AI

5 November 2026 at 17:51
Repeated pattern of voting booths.

On Tuesday night, Democrats made history as they took control of the House and the Senate, and a blue wave swept through traditionally red and swing states - with the nation's first Black woman governor elected in Georgia, the country's first Native American woman governor elected in New Mexico, and a Maine Senator ceding to a Democrat after 30 years in office. In these and other campaigns, one theme kept coming up: holding AI companies accountable to the American people. Now, the AI industry is left considering the prospect of regulation, data center construction slowdowns, and more.

Publicly, most major AI company CEOs have remained silen โ€ฆ

Read the full story at The Verge.

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