Volunteers applaud as US House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries gives a thumbs up at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee midterm election night phone bank and watch party at a hotel in Washington, November 3, 2026. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)Following the historic midterm election sweeping Democrats into majority control of the House...Read more

Georgia Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms appears on ABC News' "This Week." (ABC News)Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms declared Sunday that Georgia, a state dominated by Republicans for decades, is "a blue state.""I think it's safe to safe that we are a blue state," Bottoms said on ABC's "This Week.""I said throughout...Read more

Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) appears on ABC News' "This Week." (ABC News)Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said Sunday that Democrats will work with President Donald Trump to help the American people if "he wants to act serious," but if the president instead chooses "foolishness," the incoming senator said he will not...Read more

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) appears on ABC News' "This Week." (ABC News)House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) came out in support of impeaching Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday, telling ABC News he's a "hard yes.""I'm a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The so-called secretary of...Read more

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles (L) and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller arrive at an event in the White House on July 16, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is exiting the White House, President Donald Trump said in a social...Read more

Official White House photo by Joyce N. BoghosianPresident Donald Trump has made his mark on the White House in many ways -- including the massive ballroom construction project and the several gold touches he's added throughout the West Wing.Fresh off a midterm election defeat, Trump signed a proclamation Thursday aiming...Read more

Getty Images / Stock PhotoA federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s proposed “triumphal arch” in Washington, D.C., just hours after a federal panel voted to give final approval to the project Thursday night.D.C. District Court Judge Tonya S. Chutkan granted the D.C. and Virginia governments’ request for a temporary...Read more

Rep. Stacey Plaskett speaks during a mark up meeting with the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Four months after America celebrated 250 years of independence, voters are projected to make history again, electing Black governors in states that have never...Read more

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks while participating in a discussion during the U.S. Army's 2026 Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 14, 2026 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would remain on the job, even as he acknowledged that the war with...Read more

California Democratic Congressional candidate Randy Villegas listens to a question from a reporter at his election night party on November 03, 2026 in Bakersfield, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)Texas Republicans touched off a battle of mid-decade redistricting efforts when they embraced a plan pushed by President Donald Trump for the GOP-controlled...Read more

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a campaign rally at Griffiss International Airport on Nov. 2, 2026, in Rome, New York. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the Trump administration's ongoing war with Iran was to blame for Republicans' massive losses in Tuesday's midterm election, during which...Read more

Texas State Rep. James Talarico speaks with "Good Morning America," Nov. 4, 2026, after winning his election bid. (ABC News)Texas Senator-elect James Talarico says the Democratic sweep in the midterm elections goes beyond party lines."This was bigger than the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. Texans from all corners of...Read more

South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Annie Andrews gets an update on election results from her campaign team while waiting with family before a midterm election night watch party at the Charleston Marriott, Nov. 3, 2026, in Charleston, S.C. (Win Mcnamee/Getty Images)Democrats rode a wave of discontent -- both for the...Read more

The sun sets on the U.S. Capitol on Election Day evening on November 3, 2026 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Democrats are projected to retake the House for the first time since 2020 in an election where President Donald Trump’s shadow loomed large over the proceedings.Democrats made small but substantive improvements...Read more

President Donald Trump takes of his hat as he departs after delivering remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, November 2, 2026 in Washington. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)President Donald Trump on Tuesday at points lashed out, made excuses and appeared resigned after Republicans suffered resounding losses in the midterm elections.In some...Read more