Democrats aim to sweep most US governor elections after wins in key states
Party sees historic victories with Gina Hinojosa’s stunning upset in Texas and Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming first Black female governor in ...
Adam Hamilton wins in Kansas to become state’s first Democrat in Senate since 1932
Pastor clinches victory over incumbent Roger Marshall in state that emerged as unexpected battleground this yearDemocratic pastor Adam Hamilton has cl...
North Carolina voters elect Roy Cooper, state’s first Democratic senator in 10 years
Cooper, the state’s former governor, defeated former RNC chair Michael Whatley by focusing his campaign on lowering costsUS midterm elections – live u...
Results: States decide on voter ID and redistricting ballot measures
Several states — including Alaska, Arizona, California and Nevada — are voting on changes to how their elections are run, including voter ID measures....
US midterm elections 2026: live results from Senate, House and governor races in all 50 states
The US has been voting for senators, members of the House of Representatives and state governors in the midterm elections. Here are the results in ful...
New York child dies from measles in state’s first fatal case in 30 years
New York governor says case is ‘devastating reminder of what’s at stake’ when vaccine protections are erodedA child in rural northern New York has die...
Haley Stevens backs Mike Rogers. And, Gulf states brace for potential attack on Iran
Democrats in Michigan are considering their options after Haley Stevens endorsed GOP candidate Mike Rogers for Senate. And the Gulf states are bracing...
Gulf states must rethink trillion-dollar defence in light of US-Iran war, says report
IISS study questions over-reliance on American support and ‘over-dependence on expensive, high-end systems’Gulf states are going to have to reconfigu...
Gulf states working on multipart peace deal to avert renewal of US-Iran war
Talks are aimed at reopening strait of Hormuz and lifting sanctions on Iran, and for Houthis to withdraw in YemenA multipronged peace deal to reopen t...
FTC and 20 states sue Dollar General, accusing bargain chain of overcharging customers
Suit that cites 2025 Guardian investigation alleges ‘pattern of inaccurate pricing’ that ‘affects millions of purchases’The Federal Trade Commission a...
Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern states
Rapid Support Forces strike five power stations in three states controlled by Sudanese armySudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a c...
No unions, low taxes: why some of Britain’s top chefs are opening outposts in Gulf states
Leading restaurateur says Gulf countries actively help businesses set up, while east Asia has a better work ethicSome of London’s top restaurants are ...
UK must prepare for infrastructure attacks by hostile states, says Streeting
Warning by defence secretary comes as he opens a tank gun barrel factory in the West MidlandsBusiness live – latest updatesThe defence secretary, Wes ...
Florida kills 77-year-old man in state’s 18th execution of year
Vietnam veteran William Reaves executed by lethal injection despite letter from fellow veterans urging haltFlorida carried out its 18th execution of t...
Between the coasts, populist Democrats see room to reclaim lost ground in red states
In parts of the Great Plains and Midwest, Democrats are betting that harnessing anger at corporate power and both parties might succeed when voters be...
Trump defers federal diesel taxes to help farmers, but states issue warnings
President Trump's executive order deferring federal taxes on diesel is aimed at helping farmers but it's more complicated than it sounds and states ar...
Some conservative states aren’t using Medicaid hardship exemption – for political reasons
States like Missouri and Iowa are choosing to not take up exemption designed to help low-income people keep coverage during hardshipSome conservative ...
Trump promised a swing district blitz. He's going to a lot of very red states
President Trump's midterm travel blitz ahead of Election Day includes several red states he won easily 2 years ago, showing the electoral landscape is...
Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ...
FTC and seven states seek contempt ruling against Shkreli over pharma ban
Martin Shkreli’s 2022 release conditions bar him from participating in the pharmaceutical industry, including ownership stakes or business decisionsTh...
