Abdul El-Sayed becomes the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate after winning in Michigan. He welcomes Trump’s plan to end military aid to Israel and calls for a halt to U.S. weapons sales to the country.
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Stocks rallied after Democrats won control of Congress, with the Dow jumping more than 1,200 points shortly after Wednesday’s open. Investors are weighing the prospect of limited federal policy changes against possible state restrictions on data center construction.
House Speaker Mike Johnson told staff he will not seek to lead House Republicans in the next Congress after Democrats won the House majority. Republicans plan to hold a leadership election Nov. 10.
Democrats have taken the House and Senate after flipping seats in Texas, Kansas and other Republican strongholds. Republicans also lost five governor’s races, though they won statewide contests in Florida and elsewhere.
James Talarico won Texas’s Senate seat for Democrats for the first time since 1988, defeating Ken Paxton despite substantial spending by Elon Musk. Democrats also took control of both chambers of Congress.
John Frieda, the celebrity hairstylist who created Frizz-Ease and built an international hair-care business, has died at 75. His salon said he died peacefully surrounded by family.
Iran’s chief negotiator cast Republican midterm losses as a rejection of the war, but the country’s supreme leader said the vote would not change U.S. policy. Trump said he had no immediate plan for new strikes as tensions persisted in the Strait of Hormuz.
Democrats’ takeover of Congress drew reactions from governments weighing its implications for war, diplomacy and U.S. alliances. Iran called the vote a rejection of war, while several allies emphasized continuity in their ties with Washington.