WASHINGTON — Democrats heralded a new era in American politics Wednesday after voters broke Republicans’ control of government and delivered a pivotal rebuke of President Donald Trump.

Victories that handed Democrats control of the House and Senate on Tuesday night came in historic form, with margins outstripping expectations, posting ...Read more

MANAMA, Bahrain — Conferences in the Persian Gulf are usually positive affairs, with government officials, executives of state-owned companies and armies of consultants touting petro-fueled visions promising fantastical technology and prosperity.

Yet optimism seemed in short supply at the Manama Dialogue, an annual security and geopolitical ...Read more

CalRecycle has picked the number that decides how much plastic California has to cut under the state’s 2022 landmark plastic law, and it is low.

It’s just one-third of what the state estimated in a 2024 report, and 20% lower than an initial number the industry announced in June.

The benchmark number, known as the source reduction baseline,...Read more

WASHINGTON — The new Democratic majority in the Senate will feature a number of top recruits with significant government experience both on and off Capitol Hill.

None is more familiar than Sen.-elect Sherrod Brown, who unseated appointed Sen. Jon Husted just two years after losing Ohio’s other Senate seat to Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno.

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WASHINGTON — As the scale of the Republican Party’s losses came into focus late Tuesday, President Donald Trump watched from the White House and went looking for someone to blame.

First it was Fox News. Just before midnight, with Democrats projected to seize control of the House, Trump wrote on Truth Social that the network “bears ...Read more

The morning after voters delivered a blistering midterm rebuke of President Donald Trump, with Democrats flipping both chambers of Congress and racking up victories even in deep-red bastions, Vice President JD Vance said there was one main reason for his party’s widespread losses.

“The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said ...Read more

To prevent pregnancy after sex, U.S. teenage girls and young women are more likely to rely on unproven strategies such as prayer, exercise and jumping up and down than they are on evidence-based methods such as Plan B emergency contraception, according to a new study.

The study, published in The Journal of Sex Research, is based on a survey of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The victims of a fatal shooting at a California state beach early Monday were two teenage boys, according to officials. One of them was days away from celebrating his 14th birthday.

The Monterey County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Tuesday the two people found dead near Moss Landing State Beach were Marco Antonio ...Read more

Americans have a lot of plans for the country’s power grid. Some people want to expand renewable energy by building solar and wind farms. Others want to add new coal- or natural gas-fired power plants. There are those who want to provide power to some unknown number of data centers processing artificial intelligence algorithms.

To ...Read more

With the race to build artificial intelligence systems smarter than any human has come a boom in “accidents.” In a safety test run by the company Anthropic, its own AI agent blackmailed an engineer to avoid being shut down. Criminals have used AI agents for data-extortion campaigns and to hack government agencies, banks and technology ...Read more

The U.S. election results were welcomed in many capitals for the limits that could place on Donald Trump, particularly on Iran, but foreign officials cautioned that the American preisdent could prove even more disruptive during the final two years of his term.

“On international affairs, he remains in charge,” French Finance Minister Roland...Read more

Israel paved the way for talks on a new government, certifying last week’s election results despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued claims about voting irregularities.

The results of the Oct. 27 ballot were presented by The Central Elections Committee to President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday. They put Netanyahu’s bloc ahead of...Read more

Voters turned out in massive numbers on Election Day to hand Democrats control of Congress, in a sweeping snub of President Donald Trump and Republicans. Democrats won several statewide races in places long considered GOP bastions, including races that were considered insurmountable even weeks ago.

Democrats took control of the House ...Read more

The idea that there will be a sharp, menacing dropoff in high school graduates that will have dramatic effects on college and university enrollment has often been repeated in higher education circles in recent years.

But will there be an actual “demographic cliff” over the next 15 years, and should leaders make big changes to prepare for it...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s state House Democrats have flipped the chamber after 16 years of Republican control, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night.

Democrats quickly claimed victory.

“There are counts to be had, but I’ve got one thing to guarantee for you tonight, North Carolina. In January 2027, the North ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As mobile crisis response teams in Northern California de-escalate and stabilize thousands of people with mental health conditions every year, they’re meeting a financial roadblock: health insurance companies.

Records obtained by Bay Area News Group show insurers rejected $4.1 million in payments to 11 counties for these ...Read more

The race for Kansas governor remained neck and neck late Tuesday, with no clear winner declared.

Voters appeared almost evenly split on the two candidates, who could set the state on two drastically different paths over the next four years, shaping how taxes are levied, education is funded and abortion is regulated.

As of 11:50 p.m., the ...Read more