November 4, 2026 4:38 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump. Michigan progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed became the latest in his party to win. Tuesday’s midterm elections laid bare voters’ deep frustration with high prices, the war in Iran and concerns about government corruption. Democrats routed their rivals across the map, flipping states that have voted Republican for decades and that Trump won by double digits just two years ago. Democratic control will profoundly reshape Trump’s final two years in office and likely hamstring his ability to push his agenda.
November 4, 2026 4:41 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump reacted to Republicans’ midterm election losses by showcasing the new White House ballroom. He invited reporters on Wednesday to listen as he dug into details of that construction project rather than addressing his party’s Election Day thumping. Voters expressed concerns about Trump’s and his ability to do the job. According to The AP Voter Poll, many voters believe Trump lacks the right focus. Trump did get around to talking about the election, and he tried to deflect blame for the election results, saying Republicans would have won if he’d been on the ballot. Trump has a history of passing the buck, especially when there are ballot-box failures.
November 4, 2026 4:40 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had escalated efforts to interfere in how states run their elections in the weeks leading up to Election Day. But the greatest fears of Democrats and voting rights groups did not come to pass. The biggest problems affecting voting were weather-related, with flooding in Florida and parts of the Southwest leading to polling location changes. In New York’s Westchester County, where some voters cast ballots in a competitive U.S. House race, an issue with malfunctioning scanners required ballots to be placed in secure bags for later counting.
November 4, 2026 4:41 am
Investigators say they found a piece of the Learjet that slammed into the ground in Florida miles from the crash site. Nine people on board were killed when the jet crashed into a residential area of Greenacres, near West Palm Beach, on Sunday afternoon. National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said Tuesday that most of the left elevator, which is part of the tail, was found in three pieces between 1.3 miles and 3.8 miles away. Chapman says this confirms the plane was breaking apart before it hit the ground.
November 4, 2026 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers ramped up their job postings in September as stronger economic growth may be encouraging more hiring. Yet voters are headed to the polls Tuesday largely gloomy over an economy beset by higher prices. U.S. job openings jumped to 7.5 million from a revised 7.19 million in August, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. It is the largest number of openings since May and up from a recent low of 6.9 million in March. The increases are a hopeful sign that hiring could improve, but the trend would have to continue for several months to suggest real improvement.
November 4, 2026 5:51 pm
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say a gunman opened fire at Citibank’s business complex in suburban Tampa and killed a woman before a security guard fatally shot him. Chief Deputy Frank Losat of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office told a news conference Wednesday that the shooter drove a car through a fence and plowed into an outdoor courtyard where Citibank employees were eating lunch. Losat said the gunman exited the car with a rifle and fatally shot one person before being shot by private security. Four other people were injured, but Losat said he didn’t know if any were shot. Authorities have not given a motive for the shooting at the sprawling complex, where 3,200 people were working.
November 3, 2026 4:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are casting ballots on the final day of voting in the U.S. midterms with relatively few issues so far. As of Tuesday afternoon, the biggest problems affecting voting were weather-related, with flooding in Florida and parts of the Southwest leading to polling location changes. In New York’s Westchester County, where some voters are casting ballots in a competitive U.S. House race, an issue with ballot scanners accepting paper ballots required ballots to be diverted to emergency bags for later counting. In Florida’s Broward County, a voting system issue as polls opened was resolved within 20 minutes, but led to some voters leaving prematurely. The final day of voting comes as President Donald Trump has been escalating efforts to interfere in how states run their elections.
November 3, 2026 3:23 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Pennsylvania, some U.S. House seats currently held by Republicans are being closely watched for their potential to turn blue. In three of those races, President Donald Trump outperformed the Republican House winners in the 2024 election, a warning sign that without his name on the ballot, incumbents now seeking reelection may struggle to generate the Republican turnout needed to stay in office. Democrats need to win three more seats in the midterm elections than they did in 2024 to take the majority back from Republicans.
November 3, 2026 9:39 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the U.S. will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest ally in the Middle East. The Republican president told Fox News Channel during a phone call Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approached him about the idea and that they’ve been talking about it for a couple of years. Trump says Israel doesn’t need the aid and it’s a lot of money for the U.S. to spend. But Trump also says U.S. aid to Israel has become a Democratic talking point for candidates such as Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Netanyahu’s office hasn’t commented.
November 3, 2026 1:18 am
Washington County Elections Director Melanie Ostrander says that her office is ready to take on Election Day. Ostrander says that because of the prediction of nice weather for Election Day, she anticipates that turnout will be in the range of 50%. She says that 19,461 mail in ballots have been sent, 16,334 have been returned. Ostrander reminds mail in voters that ballots must be returned to her office by 8:00 PM on Election Day. She stressed that postmarks do not count as the ballot being timely. Because of the current political climate, Ostrander says that if a voter feels like they are being intimidated, they are to report the harassment to the precinct’s judge of elections. They have been instructed on the proper steps to rectify that situation. Polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m.
