βThe reason we lost is the war,β Vice President JD Vance wrote in a social media post, adding, βIf youβd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next six years was worth it, then do so.β
Oil continued to fall in early Asian trade after declining over 8% overnight on rising hopes for an end to the Middle East conflict following the Democratsβ sweep in the U.S. midterm elections.
San Francisco hosted a victory parade on Wednesday for the new W.N.B.A. champions, a team thatβs not even two years old but has made the Bay Area swoon.
The Golden State Valkyries are the new champions of the Womenβs National Basketball Association, who played their first game just 18 months ago.
After a decade at the center of American politics, President Trump is politically wounded, with diminished power. Those who know him say the next two years will be unpredictable.
After huge losses for Republicans in the midterm elections, it remains to be seen whether President Trump adopts a pragmatic deal-making posture with Democrats.
His party just suffered a drubbing unseen in decades. But the president, leading a tour of his ballroom project, was placid and eager to wax on about construction instead.
Expectations were low for the Golden State Valkyries, the W.N.B.A.βs first expansion team in 17 years, but they captivated Bay Area sports fans and surprised the league by securing a playoff spot in their first season.