Politics
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US sanctions target alleged false ship registries and Iranian airline support
The US Treasury announced new sanctions on November 4 against an India-based network it alleges supplied false flags and certifications to vessels transporting Iranian petroleum. It also designated a Turkish ground-services company for supporting sanctioned Iranian airlines. Treasury said the maritime network was connected to Suniel Kumar Sharma and Jaspreet Preeti Shahid and used entities…
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Pritzker offers Congress a 200-proposal agenda on healthcare and household costs
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker unveiled an approximately 200-proposal agenda on November 4, urging the incoming Congress to address healthcare, wages, household costs and federal program changes. It is an attempt to shape debate, not a package already adopted by Congress. The agenda includes proposed action on Medicaid and food assistance changes, Affordable Care Act premium…
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Vance questions Iran war’s cost as Republicans assess election losses
Vice President JD Vance’s assessment that the Iran war hurt Republicans in the midterm elections has opened a sharper question about what, precisely, he was criticizing: the decision to begin the conflict, the way it was conducted, or its political and economic consequences. In remarks reported by ABC News on November 4, Vance said the…
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Democrats flip four governorships as three state races remain unresolved
Arizona’s Capitol complex and surrounding Phoenix in an aerial photograph taken March 26, 2018. Archive image, not a photograph of 2026 voting or ballot counting. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Decision Desk HQ has called 21 of this year’s state contests for Democrats and 12 for Republicans. The…
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Democrats win House control as the final seat count takes shape
Archive photograph: The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: Toni Smith/USGS, public domain. AP has declared Democratic control. Decision Desk HQ’s running party tally stands at 241 Democratic seats and 149 Republican seats, with 45 unassigned. Results checked at 8:42 a.m. Eastern, November 4, 2026. News projections and declarations, not certified results. Democrats have won…
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Democrats secure projected Senate majority with two races unresolved
Decision Desk HQ’s tally gives the Democratic caucus 54 seats and Republicans 44. Alaska and Mississippi remain uncalled by the desk. The U.S. Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. File photo. U.S. Senate Historical Office / Wikimedia Commons. Results checked at 8:42 a.m. Eastern, November 4, 2026. News projections and declarations, not certified…
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Missouri’s Amendment 3 returns abortion rights to the ballot—with the opposite question
Missouri voters will encounter a familiar label on Tuesday’s ballot, but Amendment 3 now asks a fundamentally different question. Two years after voters approved constitutional protection for reproductive freedom, the 2026 proposal would repeal that protection and replace it with a more restrictive framework. The repeated number matters: support for Amendment 3 in 2024 and…
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Vermont’s labor vote tests lasting protections and who would gain them
Vermont voters considered Proposal 3 on Tuesday, a constitutional question about how firmly to protect collective bargaining from future changes in state law. The constitutional amendment would strengthen the legal foundation for organizing and negotiating with employers, while its broad language raises a further question: how those protections would apply to workers left outside existing…
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Arizona prepares for an election count that will extend beyond Tuesday night
Arizona’s first election-night returns will offer an early picture of Tuesday’s midterms, not a certified verdict. County officials are outlining a reporting process that continues after polls close, with additional ballot checks and counting ahead of a statewide canvass scheduled for November 23. Arizona’s Capitol complex and surrounding Phoenix in an aerial photograph taken March…
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Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
DETROIT — U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens broke with her party Sunday to endorse Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, withdrawing her support from Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed two days before voters finish casting their ballots. Stevens attended a Detroit church service with Rogers before announcing her decision. Addressing her opposition to political…