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CVS Health Corporation ( CVS ) announced plans on Wednesday to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies, reshaping one of the largest healthcare companies in the US. Shares of CVS dropped more than 10% on Wednesday. The company also reported quarterly results. CVS Health intends to separate its insurance, pharmacy benefit management, and healthcare services operations from its retail pharmacy and community healthcare segments. The planned split marks a major shift from CVS Health

Washington President Trump has been asking advisers around him and on the phone whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should stay in his job, following Republicans' catastrophic losses Tuesday night, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News. Some White House aides have predicted some of the blame for GOP midterm losses will be trained on Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, who both played big roles in guid

Vice President JD Vance blamed Republicans sweeping midterm losses on the war with Iran on Wednesday, arguing that voters who backed President Donald Trump in 2024 turned against the Republican Party over the conflict. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night, Vance wrote in a lengthy social media post . The remarks represent a striking acknowledgment from the vice president that the administrations handling of the Iran conflict has become a political liability for

The results of the 2026 midterm elections have delivered a series of historic wins, with candidates across the country breaking barriers and glass ceilings at the ballot box. The results come amid a sweeping Democratic victory in a battle for control of Congress, with both chambers shifting from Republican to Democratic majorities starting in January. Among the headline-making victories are the nation's first Black woman governor, the first Native American woman governor, the first Muslim U.S.

US stocks glided higher on Wednesday after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in a seismic midterm election, paving the way for a divided government. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ) rose 2.1%, while those on the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC ) climbed 1.5%. The Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ) traded up by 2%. AMD ( AMD ) stock fell slightly following the company's Q3 earnings beat . Markets swiftly repriced a Democratic sweep of the House and Senate and the potential for ballot measures

Capitals from Kyiv to Tehran were closely watching the U.S. midterm elections for clues about the direction of Washingtons foreign policy after two erratic years that have put many leaders in conflict with President Donald Trump. Those eager to see the president put on his back foot woke up Wednesday to find Republican losses even greater than they expected. But with Democrats set to control both houses of Congress, U.S. allies and foes alike are now wondering whether Trump - weakened and stymie

NEW YORK (AP) A reopened criminal investigation into gang rape allegations at Cornell University will be led by a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who oversaw high-profile sex crimes cases against music mogul Sean Diddy Combs and fashion executive Peter Nygrd , New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Wednesday. Jacqueline Kelly, a Cornell alumna and partner at the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner , will serve as outside counsel for James' investigation, which was spurred by a for

WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era, eager to meet voter demands for change with plans to tackle high costs of living and confront President Donald Trump's final years in the White House. In a nationwide romp, Democrats ousted Republicans from coast to coast , with many surprising places in between, as voters rejected the presidents party for the promise of something different for the country. Their majorities will be padded by wide margins in both the Ho

What to know about the Iran war today: Iran's chief negotiator said Wednesday that the U.S. midterm election results reflected Americans' rejection of the war President Trump launched against his country. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf added a warning that if Mr. Trump does not heed the message from American voters, it will bring a Nightmare.President Trump acknowledged Tuesday night that the war with Iran was partially to blame for the GOP's resounding midterm elections losses. But Mr. Trump told The

Democrats retook power in Washington on Tuesday after flipping key House and Senate seats to command majorities in both chambers of Congress. The party secured control of the Senate after winning a series of races in historically red states including Texas, South Carolina, and Kansas to take control of at least 54 seats in the 100-seat chamber. The party was also took control US House with that win becoming official early Wednesday morning after the party won key races from Pennsylvania to New J

The 2026 midterm elections made history for several candidates, as voters are projected to have elected the country's first Black, Native American and Latina female governors and more major firsts. All eyes were on the results Tuesday night in the high-stakes election, in which House and Senate races will determine the balance of power in Congress. But the midterms have also seen an expansion of representation among America's lawmakers, with several candidates celebrating groundbreaking wins. Th

It was a blue wave big enough to become a blue tsunami. On Tuesday, the Democratic Party shattered a series of decades-long Republican winning streaks, notched several historic firsts and flipped both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as Americans in states and districts that voted to reelect President Trump just two years ago delivered a harsh judgment on the steep tariffs, rising gas prices, aggressive immigration raids and unresolved war in Iran that have so far dominated his secon

Former Wayne County and Detroit health director Abdul El-Sayed, a child of Egyptian immigrants who ran on a progressive platform and has withstood an unprecedented level of attack ads against him and a campaign where he was unfairly described as a jihadist and sympathizer to terrorism, made history Nov. 4 by winning Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat. Decision Desk HQ and Fox News called the race for El-Sayed by 2 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4. He will become the nation's first Muslim U.S. senator when t

Democrat Troy Jackson has defeated Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, flipping a long Republican-held seat and giving his party a crucial win as they seek to flip the U.S. Senate, according to projections by CNN and Fox News . Collins called her opponent to concede, Jackson campaign spokesperson Maggie Amjad confirmed to USA TODAY. Jackson had just a few months to run his Senate campaign after oyster farmer Graham Platner dropped out of the race following accusations of sexual assault, which he denies

President Donald Trump sought to distance himself from Republicans' mounting midterm losses Tuesday, declaring in his first remarks on the election results that his party would have been victorious had he been on the ballot. I wasnt on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Trump wrote on social media. Trump's efforts to sidestep blame for the growing blue wave came as Republicans were dealt stunning losses in deep red states and districts, with Democrats flipping Senate seat

Democrat James Talarico defeated the states attorney general Ken Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump who survived impeachment and years of scandal (ALEX WONG) Democrat James Talarico, a former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminarian who campaigned on a politics of love, on Tuesday won the US Senate race in Texas, flipping yet another seat for his party in a huge blow to Republicans. Talarico defeated the states attorney general Ken Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump who

Dr. Amy Acton speaks at a campaign rally in Toledo, Ohio, on Oct. 29, 2026. Michael M. SantiagoGetty Images Dr. Amy Acton will be Ohios next governor, defeating her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy in a heated race that has gained national attention in recent weeks over a controversial attack-ad against the Democrat. On Tuesday evening, AP called the race for Acton, who previously served as the director of the states health department during the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting that she won 50.8%

By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Rtrs) - Democrat Annie Andrews won a US Senate seat in conservative South Carolina on Tuesday, according to media projections, ousting Republican Darline Graham in a state President Donald Trump carried by 18 percentage points just two years ago. Andrews, a pediatrician, is the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in South Carolina in 28 years, a striking gain for a party that needed a net four seats to overturn Republicans' 53-47 majority. Andrews' win in a

Democratic candidate for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, speaks at a rally with former President Barack Obama and Sen. Jon Ossoff in south Atlanta on Oct. 28, 2026. Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, will be the first Democrat to occupy Georgias top office in more than two decades and the first Black woman governor anywhere in the country. Bottoms defeated her Republican opponent, healthcare executive Rick Jackson, who wa

By Parisa Hafezi and Jana Choukeir DUBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States are still far from a deal to end their war, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump declined to rule out a resumption of US combat operations after theelections in the United States. Trump made his comments in separate interviews as Americans voted in pivotal midterm elections in which the unpopular Iran war has been a key factor and as mediator Qatar stepped up efforts

ASHEVILLE - A decade of control over North Carolina's coveted U.S. Senate seat ended after a campaign plagued by gaffes, scandals and self-inflicted wounds. Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper defeated Republican Michael Whatley in North Carolina's closely watched U.S. Senate race Nov. 3, flipping a seat held by Republicans since 2015 and delivering one of the nation's most consequential Democratic victories as Democrats battle for control of the U.S. Senate. Cooper's win means North Carolina will

Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Chris Pappas meets with volunteers during a visit to a campaign field office on October 24, 2026 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (John Tully/Getty Images) In New Hampshire, Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas defeated former Sen. John Sununu, a Republican backed by President Donald Trump, according to projections by Decision Desk HQ. Pappas will be the first out gay man to serve in the upper chamber. This race, which had no incumbent, is one of a handful of competitive el

Two people were killed -- one of whom died in a vehicle -- and hundreds of others were rescued since Sunday as a storm brought severe flooding in Palm Bay, Florida, according to Palm Bay Mayor Rob Medina. The deceased victims have been identified by Florida officials as Joshua Bennett, 34, and Archie Richards, 78 Emergency crews rescued hundreds of people from flooded areas using boats and special high-water vehicles, Medina said in a press conference Tuesday. Port St. Lucie Police Department -

Featuring one of the most diverse slates of both Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years, this midterm election has set up a possible wave of historic leadership firsts across the country. Voters on Tuesday could propel into office the first Native American female governor and Native women senators, the first Black female governor, the first openly gay U.S. senator and the first Muslim U.S. senator , among other milestones. Most are Democrats, but the GOP could also break ground. Wh

The Justice Department in recent days has continued moving at an aggressive clip in ramping up its criminal investigation into the Alaska U.S. Senate race, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News, with prosecutors in the process of issuing more than 100 subpoenas and at least twenty letters alerting individuals they are targets of the probe. The investigation began accelerating last week after The New York Times detailed alleged efforts by Democrats and some in Democratic candidate Mary P

Authorities have captured a convicted murderer who evaded law enforcement for more than a week after escaping from a Tennessee prison. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that Jacob Morley was back in custody. He was arrested near Kansas City, Missouri, investigators said. Thank you to the public for your assistance, vigilance, and the tips provided during this investigation, the bureau said in a statement. We also thank all of our law enforcement partners for their continued

By Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - US intelligence sharing on Iran and other global threats with Congress and across the federal government has slowed and, in some cases, temporarily stopped during President Donald Trump's second term, according to eight current and former officials and people briefed on the matter. Former officials and outside experts said the disruptions risk leaving policymakers with an incomplete picture of threats facing the country, echoing int

WASHINGTON (AP) The United States 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, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. The Republican president told Fox News Channel during a phone call on Election Day for the midterms that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approached him about the idea and that they have been talking about it for a couple of years. Trump said Israel doesnt need the aid and its a lot of

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman took to his personal social media account Nov. 2 to defend the female co-pilot of the Learjet that crashed near Palm Beach, Florida. The private jet, bound from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas, plummeted into the ground Nov. 1 near Greenacres and exploded into a fireball. All nine people onboard were killed. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but heavy rainfall and thunderstorms were occurring in the area at the time the jet went down, forecaster Ac

It has been a busy few days for Changpeng Zhao in the wake of the hack on the enormous crypto platform he co-founded, Binance. It's been a pretty hectic process, Zhao, better known in crypto circles as CZ , told Yahoo Finance. But the good thing is right now the withdrawals have been restored, the systems back to normal. People are free to use the platform without any issues now. And then all user funds are covered. The users did not suffer any loss. Binance is the world's largest cryptocurrency

Election Day is here. Today, voters across the United States are heading to the polls to cast their ballots in the 2026 midterms . And with control of Congress up for grabs, the stakes are high for both parties as President Trump heads into his final two years in office. Democrats are seeking to regain control of both the House and Senate, while Republicans, who have held narrow majorities in both chambers since January 2025, are seeking to retain control. In the House, there are 435 seats. And

Talks between the U.S. and Iran remain stalled despite the two countries signing a memorandum of understanding in June, aimed at ending the war that began with joint American-Israeli strikes on the country in February. The opening strikes killed a host of top Iranian officials and commanders, among them Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The two sides have continued to exchange strikes, though have not returned to the intense fighting seen in the early stages of the conflict. The U.S. says i

Prosecutors announced in court on Nov. 2 that they intend to retry Lindsay Clancy , the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children. Clancy, 36, was charged with murder for killing her children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, on Jan. 24, 2023, by strangling them with exercise bands in the basement of their Duxbury home. Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington argued she can't be held criminally responsible, Massachusetts' version of the insanity defense, because she was sufferi

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump's administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections . The emergency appeal came after an appeals court rejected the request to set aside some 20,000 ballots from people the federal government suspects may not be citizens . The federal government says those ballots should not be counted until the voters status can be verified. California o

On Election Day, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers will face off in what may be the marquee battle of the 2026 midterms: the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan. It's a contest that could decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. Democrats currently hold 47 Senate seats, including two independents who caucus with them. They need 51 to win back the chamber. (A 50-50 split would give Vice President JD Vance the tiebreaking vote.) Polls suggest that

Here are the five questions that probably will determine how Tuesday's midterm elections turn out. 1. What do disaffected voters do? By all accounts, many Democratic voters across the country are excited to vote. But Democrats' path to a successful election requires Republican-leaning and independent voters, who will be needed if Democrats are to secure the Senate majority, a significant House majority and a majority of governor's mansions. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most impo

WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of falsely downplaying their knowledge of a laptop the Justice Department says belonged to Hunter Biden. The decision by U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui followed a dramatic hearing in which he scolded prosecutors for their unorthodox maneuvers and an FBI agent who worked the case testified that he had been concerned the investigation would be seen as political. The Justice Departm

The 2026 midterm elections are tomorrow. So where do things stand nationwide in the race to control Congress? Which party has a better chance of, you know, winning? To get a sense of that, it helps to geek out over some cold, hard data. The usual caveats apply, of course. Polls aren't predictions; they're momentary snapshots of public opinion. And they have been wrong before . Yet time is almost up and the stakes on Nov. 3 couldn't be higher, especially for President Trump, who has enjoyed co

What to know about the Iran war today: Mediators continue pushing for a deal between the U.S. and Iran to end the eight-month war sparked by U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic. Three consecutive days of indirect, closed-door negotiations led by Qatar have yielded no apparent breakthrough, with Iran saying Monday that the ball is in the U.S. court.President Trump has kept his intentions on Iran ambiguous, saying Saturday that the U.S. still has targets to take care of, and then tell

HULL, England (AP) Karl Bushby completed his 28-year odyssey to walk around the world Monday by returning to his mothers home in northern England. Bushby embraced his emotional mother, Angela, outside her row house in Hull, England, which he left in 1998. They were surrounded by journalists, a documentary film crew and a large crowd outside the home that had a banner saying Welcome Home Son. Bushby was a 29-year-old ex-paratrooper when he walked away from the home to a Royal Air Force base near

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A private jet bound for the Bahamas crashed in Palm Beach County, Fla., Sunday afternoon, killing all nine people on board. The Learjet 60, which had taken off from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, went down at about 12:50 p.m. ET near Cresthaven, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said. Dashcam footage posted to social media by an eyewitness showed the aircraft falling toward the ground beside a road and exploding into a fireball, narrowly missing cars and homes. Duffy called t

President Trump's economic approval ratings are hovering at second-term lows, with inflation worries the central headwind for the president and his party as the midterm elections loom. A raft of recent polls underscores this reality: Trump's low overall approval ratings are being dragged down by economic sentiment that is even lower. A new national poll released on Sunday by NBC News found that a majority of Republicans 53% say they are dissatisfied with the state of the economy. And inflation

Police and fire units respond near Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama, after a shooting following the 85th Magic City Classic on Saturday. - WVTM More than a dozen people were killed and over 90 others injured over a Halloween weekend marred by gun violence, with multiple shootings across the country upending celebrations. One mass shooting in California occurred as people went to get last-minute costumes at Spirit Halloween, leaving a pregnant woman dead and sending people scrambling for cover.

Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Michigan, and Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens speak to reporters outside Perfecting Church in Detroit on Nov. 1, 2026. Emily ElconinBloomberg/Getty Images President Donald Trump invited outgoing congresswoman Haley Stevens, a longtime Michigan Democrat, to join the Republican Party after she surprisingly endorsed her states GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, Mike Rogers, in a last-minute move her partymates have called a betrayal. I dont know

Four United States citizens were among the at least 69 people who were killed when a high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train in central Spain last week, officials said Sunday. The Center for Integrated Data, the legal body in Spain in charge of identifying victims of events with a high death toll, said on Sunday night that the casualties in the country's second deadly rail collision this year also included one citizen each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Cz

By Andrew Goudsward, David Morgan and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Two days before Tuesday's midterm elections, President Donald Trump's Republicans got an unexpected boost in Michigan with an endorsement from a prominent Democrat, while suffering a setback in Alaska when a federal judge dismissed a legal challenge. US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost Michigan Democrats' Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in a bitterly contested race, on Sunday publicly backed

A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Justice Departments lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaskas U.S. Senate race if Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses, two days before Election Day. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason wrote that the relief the government sought was infeasible because many ballots have already been cast and mixed together, the AP reported . She also wrote that the government provides no workable plan for separating ballots ranking Dan J. Sullivan and investigating

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy was hospitalized after suffering a stroke, the senator's chief of staff said on Sunday. Murphy began experienceing numbness in his arm while attending his son's hockey game on Saturday afternoon, said Allison Herwitt, chief of staff to the Connecticut senator. He was taken to a local hospital, where it was discovered he had experienced a stroke. He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to tr

At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in a shooting after a football game in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday, law enforcement said. At least one person was detained in connection with the shooting, according to the Birmingham Police Department. Shortly after 7:50 p.m., multiple shots rang out in the 400 block of Grayman Avenue West, officers responded and located multiple gunshot victims, Officer Darrell Freeman said during a press conference. Freeman said nine people had