Democrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House
Democrats in Texas took control of the state House after historic wins for governor and U.S. Senate, part of a series of sweeping gains nationwide in Tuesday’s elections that shifted the balance of power across several battleground and…
Big Tech claims voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”
Donald Trump’s big, rapid American AI buildout now faces a major slowdown as voters in yesterday’s elections overwhelmingly supported candidates and measures that favored increasing restrictions on AI and data centers nationwide. One resource…
U.S. stocks surge, and the Dow soars 1,500 points as Brent oil’s price drops below $95 per barrel
U.S. stocks are soaring Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm elections. Go to story
Israel’s president takes first steps on building new government after accepting election results
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday accepted the certified results of last week’s parliamentary elections as legally binding and began consultations with party representatives on forming a new government. Go to story
The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Didn’t Really Impact the Midterms
Leading the Future, backed by Silicon Valley’s biggest billionaires, had a war chest of $100 million and an aggressive stance against AI regulation. All of it didn’t add up to much on Tuesday night.Go to story
‘We Have No Shared Reality’: Two Political Influencers on the Future of Politics Online
Kat Abughazaleh and CJ Pearson spoke at WIRED World Fair on Wednesday about the influence of social media on politics following Tuesday’s midterm elections.Go to story
Knives Are Out in the White House
From top officials like Pete Hegseth to White House aides to right-wing pundits, the race is on to find someone besides Donald Trump to blame for the Republicans’ catastrophic losses.Go to story
Trump brags about the White House ballroom in his first post-election appearance
In his first public appearance since Republicans racked up major losses in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump boasted Wednesday about the White House ballroom under construction and largely skirted talk about his party’s performance. Go…
Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.
Over the weekend, the No Kings Coalition said Meta declined to commit to taking steps to prevent automated systems from suspending one of Instagram’s most prominent pro-democracy accounts if activity surged around the page during the midterm…
EPA throws in the towel on policing air pollution from factory farms
The Environmental Protection Agency late last week announced it would end a 20-plus-year effort to develop methods to monitor air pollution from factory farms, effectively shuttering the agency’s stop-and-start attempts to regulate the potentially…