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• Obama backs legacy, without naming Trump

  25-05-2017 14:29 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition
  
  Former President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday mounted a staunch defense of their brand of liberal global democratic politics amid a surge of populist feeling around the world.
  
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• Winning ticket drawn in New Jersey for $835 million Powerball jackpot

  05-11-2026 06:26 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  A customer holds a number slip for Powerball lottery tickets in Hawthorne, California, on August 25, 2025. - Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images
  A lucky Powerball ticket in New Jersey has won an estimated $835 million after matching all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing.
  The winning numbers were 15, 34, 41, 53, 56, and red Powerball 21, with a Power Play multiplier of 2x.
  The winner has the option to take a one-time payment of $357.9 million or an annuity paid out over 29 years.
  There were no
  
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• A Mississippi Senate race nobody expected to be this close could end a 44-year streak

  05-11-2026 01:44 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  District Attorney and U.S. Senate candidate for Mississippi Scott Colom speaks as he gives an update on state of Senate race against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Jackson, Mississippi, on Nov. 4, 2026. —Rogelio V. Solis—Getty ImagesAs Democrats are celebrating a historic blue wave, eyes are on the Senate race in deep-red Mississippi, where the Democratic candidate led the Republican incumbent by a razor-thin margin of 1,138 votes as of Wednesday evening.The Associated Press has not yet called the
  
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• Lawyers seek to halt Indiana execution after questions emerge about drug supplier

  05-11-2026 00:39 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Hours before Indiana was poised to carry out its first execution of the year, set for Thursday before sunrise, lawyers and supporters for the condemned man rallied to spare his life after new details emerged about the state’s secretive process of obtaining lethal injection drugs.Attorneys for Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, called on Indiana Gov. Mike Braun to halt his lethal injection execution and order an independent review of the state’s procedures over allegations that the state obtained its chem
  
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• Lawyers rush to halt Indiana execution over state's lethal drug supplier

  05-11-2026 00:39 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Hours before Indiana was poised to carry out its first execution of the year, set for Thursday before sunrise, lawyers and supporters for the condemned man rallied to spare his life after new details emerged about the state’s secretive process of obtaining lethal injection drugs.Attorneys for Jeffrey Weisheit, 50, called on Indiana Gov. Mike Braun to halt his lethal injection execution and order an independent review of the state’s procedures over allegations that the state obtained its chem
  
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• Trump dismisses possibility of replacing Hegseth amid Iran war fallout

  05-11-2026 00:16 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would remain on the job, even as he acknowledged that the war with Iran had contributed to Republicans' sweeping midterm losses and as Democrats prepare to use their new congressional majority to potentially investigate the Pentagon chief.Trump dismissed the possibility of replacing Hegseth, telling reporters he was "doing a great job." When asked about speculation that Hegseth is eyeing Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn's
  
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• Democrats' midterm victory was historic. These numbers show just how big it was.

  04-11-2026 23:59 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Midterms tend to be backlash elections, and the president’s party almost always loses seats when voters return to the polls to judge his performance in office. But not all midterms are created equal. On Tuesday, Democrats comprehensively routed their Republican rivals, regaining control of the U.S. House, U.S. Senate and statehouses across the country. Along the way, they shattered a series of decades-long Republican winning streaks and notched several historic firsts. So just how big was t
  
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• Ballot measure takeaways: Voters back abortion rights, along with photo ID and citizenship requirements at the polls

  04-11-2026 22:24 via NBC News Top Stories
  
  In ballot measures across the country Tuesday, voters mostly expressed support for abortion rights, while affirming voter identification requirements and upholding that only U.S. citizens can vote in state elections.
  
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• Muscle health is key to longevity. Here is how to measure yours

  04-11-2026 22:00 via NBC News Top Stories
  
  Body mechanics experts say muscle health is linked to our longevity and how well we fight off disease.
  
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• Democrats won on affordability. Whether they can deliver it is a different story.

  04-11-2026 21:39 via NBC News Top Stories
  
  Democrats won historic electoral victories on a pledge to make life more affordable, an issue that united voters across political and demographic divides.
  
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• NASA's 3,200-pound observatory met a fiery end after a failed rescue mission

  04-11-2026 21:13 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  An illustration of NASA's Swift Observatory in space - NASA
  NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory met a fiery end on Wednesday morning, nearly 22 years after it launched to study the most powerful explosions in the universe.
  Data from the US Space Force estimates the 3,200-pound spacecraft plunged into Earth’s atmosphere over Indonesia around 7:39 a.m. ET.
  While most of the observatory was expected to burn up as it blazed through the thick inner band of Earth’s atmosphere, NASA predicted s
  
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• Alaska's Senate race is separated by just 626 votes. A winner could take weeks.

  04-11-2026 21:06 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska Dan Sullivan, left, and Democratic candidate Mary Peltola, right. Photos: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Flickr / CC BY 2.0, Arctic Warrior / U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Moises Vasquez / Flickr / Public Domain(The Center Square)—The outcome of a tightly contested and controversial U.S. Senate race in Alaska may not be known until the end of the month or later.
  U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, a Republican, is making a bid for a thi
  
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• 'Lawyer up': Democrats prepare to investigate Trump after taking Congress

  04-11-2026 20:56 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters during an election night watch party in Washington on Nov. 3, 2026. (Tom Brenner / Getty Images)Democrats in Congress gained the power Tuesday night to more forcefully investigate President Trump and rein in his agenda, setting up confrontations that are likely to define the final two years of his presidency.As party leaders on Wednesday celebrated retaking the House and Senate, they vowed to put Trump and his administration o
  
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• Supreme Court succession stakes rise after Democrats win control of the Senate

  04-11-2026 20:55 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  By John KruzelWASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The US midterm election landslide that gives Democrats control of Congress starting in January is fueling questions about the longevity of the Supreme Court's two eldest justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, and the durability of its conservative majority.As Republicans prepare to cede control of the Senate to Democrats for the next two years or ‌more, some conservative commentators already are expressing concerns about the health prospects of
  
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• Ballot measure results bring new abortion protections and transgender restrictions

  04-11-2026 20:18 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  The battle for control of Congress got the lion's share of the attention on Tuesday, but there were a lot of other consequential measures on the ballots that could have a direct impact on voters' lives.Ballot measures often don't receive much national focus, but every two years, voters across the country decide whether to adopt policies that have major implications for their states. This year was no different.There were more than 140 measures on the ballot across 40 states. Many touched on some
  
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• Progressive William Lawrence defeats GOP Rep. Tom Barrett in swing Michigan district

  04-11-2026 20:08 via NBC News Top Stories
  
  NBC News projects that Lawrence has unseated Barrett, who was running for a second term, in a district Trump carried in 2024.
  
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• California's billionaire tax is losing despite a nationwide backlash against the rich

  04-11-2026 20:08 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  California's proposed billionaire tax appeared headed for defeat on Wednesday in one of the final verdicts from voters in an election week that saw a wave of anti-billionaire sentiment elsewhere.The latest results on Wednesday afternoon showed California's Proposition 40 down by over 11 percentage points, with 60% of votes counted but the race not yet formally called.The referendum would amend California's constitution and impose a one-time 5% tax on California residents and trusts with assets o
  
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• Democrats gain full control of five state governments, further expanding the party’s power

  04-11-2026 20:00 via NBC News Top Stories
  
  Democrats gained total control of at least five state governments on Tuesday, giving the party a level of power it hasn’t held in some of those places in years.
  
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• 2 children and father fall to deaths in Pennsylvania in apparent murder-suicide

  04-11-2026 19:56 via NBC News Top Stories
  
  A Pennsylvania dad and his two children fell to their deaths on Election Day near a Mt. Lebanon parking garage in what police suspect was a murder-suicide.
  
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• Dow jumps over 1,500 points in response to Democrats' control of Congress

  04-11-2026 19:44 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  US stocks jumped on Wednesday after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in a seismic midterm election, paving the way for a divided government.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 2.9%, or around 1,500 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) climbed 1.8%. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) traded up by 1.9% as Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) stocks touched record highs.Markets swiftly repriced a Democratic sweep of the House and Senate — and the potential for ballot measures a
  
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• Trump brags about the White House ballroom in his first post-election appearance

  04-11-2026 19:36 via NBC News Top Stories
  
  In his first public appearance since Republicans racked up major losses in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump boasted Wednesday about the White House ballroom under construction and largely skirted talk about his party’s performance.
  
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• Trump answers questions from reporters after Republican midterm losses

  04-11-2026 19:32 via NBC News Top Stories
  President Trump took questions from reporters on the midterm results, the future of Republican leadership, the war with Iran and the possibility of impeachment in his first appearance since election night.
  
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• Democrats pledge quick action to reverse Medicaid cuts and restore ACA subsidies

  04-11-2026 19:32 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Newly empowered congressional Democrats are aiming to fulfill their pledges to quickly attempt to revive generous Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse Republicans’ Medicaid cuts when Congress convenes next year, according to two Democratic aides and another person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal deliberations.Democrats spent two years hammering on the economy, pledging to lower daily costs - such as health care and gas prices - for Americ
  
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• Dow jumps over 1,300 points in response to Democrats' control of Congress

  04-11-2026 19:00 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  US stocks jumped on Wednesday after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in a seismic midterm election, paving the way for a divided government.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 2.8%, or around 1,400 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) climbed 1.7%. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) traded up by 1.8% as Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) stocks touched record highs.Markets swiftly repriced a Democratic sweep of the House and Senate — and the potential for ballot measures a
  
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• Trump Media falls to an all-time low as Democrats take back Congress

  04-11-2026 18:26 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s social media company and meme coin both plunged after Democrats won a decisive victory in the midterm elections, dinging the multibillion-dollar fortune of a president whose slew of new business ventures became a defining feature of his second term.Most Read from BloombergMorgan Stanley Offers $2.3 Billion Debt for Dell Family DealDemocrats Sweep to Control of Congress in Rebuke of TrumpWhat the Democrats’ Sweep of Congress Means for TrumpDemocrat El-S
  
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• Democrats score key secretary of state wins ahead of the 2028 election

  04-11-2026 18:17 via NBC News Top Stories
  
  Democrats won secretary of state contests in four presidential battlegrounds while making inroads in red territory, giving them election oversight authority in key states for the 2028 elections.
  
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• CVS announces plan to split into 2 companies. Investors were not thrilled.

  04-11-2026 18:09 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  CVS Health Corporation (CVS) announced plans on Wednesday to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies, reshaping one of the largest healthcare companies in the US. Shares of CVS dropped more than 10% on Wednesday. The company also reported quarterly results. CVS Health intends to separate its insurance, pharmacy benefit management, and healthcare services operations from its retail pharmacy and community healthcare segments. The planned split marks a major shift from CVS Health's
  
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• Trump is reportedly asking his advisers if Hegseth should remain in his job

  04-11-2026 17:56 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  
  Washington — President Trump has been asking advisers around him and on the phone whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should stay in his job, following Republicans' catastrophic losses Tuesday night, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News. Some White House aides have predicted some of the blame for GOP midterm losses will be trained on Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, who both played big roles in
  
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• Trump avoids discussing GOP midterm losses as he tours White House ballroom

  04-11-2026 17:51 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave extended comments Wednesday, not about the Republican Party's midterm election wipeout but instead justifying his building a sprawling White House ballroom.Trump invited reporters into a cavernous construction site and talked about the building project for nearly 20 minutes without mention sweeping Republican defeats around the country the night before. “This has been a structure the likes of which has never been seen anywhere,” Trump said befo
  
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• Key races yet to be called include nail-biters in Colorado and Mississippi

  04-11-2026 17:48 via Yahoo.com/news Top Stories
  Democrats have regained control of Congress, winning back the U.S. House and Senate as Republican midterm losses mount.Coming into the night, Republicans held 53 of the Senate's 100 seats, compared with 45 held by Democrats. To wrest back control of the Senate, Democrats needed a net gain of at least four seats. As at 6 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the Democrats had won 54 Senate seats to the GOP's 44.Democrats won a series of key Senate seats. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed defeated Mike Rogers in one of
  
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