The Latest Breaking News from John Fetterman

In Pennsylvania’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman narrowly defeated celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz. In surviving a bruising campaign and overcoming a serious stroke, Fetterman deserves credit for holding off a formidable challenge from Oz in the closing weeks of the campaign. The race pitted a left-leaning…

Latino voters still leaned strongly Democratic outside of Florida and helped Democrats in crucial races.

Late-night hosts unpack Tuesday’s midterm elections, which were not the ‘red wave’ that many pundits expected

Young voters helped to make the difference in some key states and mute Republicans’ projected ‘red wave’, advocates say.

So many Americans feel bullied by the system today that they’re easy prey for Trumpism

In the end, Pennsylvania voters picked common sense over scare tactics.

When things going less badly than planned is a small win, the lack of a revival of Trump-backed candidates is cheering , says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The unconventional senator-elect who ‘bet on the people of Pennsylvania’ and won will now head to Washington and sit in a deeply divided Congress

The protracted uncertainty over control of Congress reverberated through both major political parties on Wednesday, as Democrats basked in the relief of the red wave that wasn’t and Republicans became increasingly clear-eyed that the lingering influence of former President Donald Trump had hamstrung their party.

Many polls indicate a close race between the Democrats and Republicans holding onto their respective agenda promises. 

If Tuesday’s vote defied the durable history of presidential parties taking heavy losses in a midterm election, it also reinforced an often-forgotten fact: These campaigns are a patchwork of thousands of races, not a nationwide contest