US president says victorious Democrats 'did a good job' after surprise wins in Texas, Kansas and South Carolina; but White House strikes defiant tone: 'Buckle up'

THE US has blitzed a key island in the Strait of Hormuz hours before Tuesday’s midterm elections. Explosions rocked Qeshem, a large island off Iran on Monday, as Donald Trump played down the

Minnesota’s next U.S. senator said Democrats would “rip ICE apart,” lower costs, pass a universal health care law and end the war in Iran.

Abdul El-Sayed mocked Trump and JD Vance in a combative victory speech after defeating Mike Rogers, calling his opponents "the bad guys" who lost.

Democrat Chris Pappas used his victory speech in New Hampshire’s US Senate race to deliver a blistering attack on Donald Trump, portraying the result as a rejection of the president’s record on the economy,

Donald Trump has played kingmaker for years in Republican races, including in GOP primaries this midterm season, but his coattails were in tatters on Tuesday night. Democrats regained control of the House and the Senate in a blue wave that swept through traditional Republican strongholds like Kansas,

In an interview with two Times reporters, President Trump blamed the G.O.P.’s losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot and said he was willing to work with Democrats.

Democrats are about to be newly empowered in Washington. Expect investigations into Trump, Cabinet impeachments and more.

WASHINGTON — President Trump had a one-word answer to whether he would resume attacks on Iran after the midterm elections. “No,” Trump told journalists after a nearly hour-long appearance at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool where he made a final appeal to midterm voters.