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  1. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTDemocrats win control of both the House and Senate; Alaska and Mississippi Senate races still too close to call
  2. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTCollins, Marshall, Husted and Graham lose; Talarico beats Paxton in Texas
  3. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTDemocrats flip governorships in Texas, Georgia, Ohio and Iowa; voter-ID and citizenship measures pass in several states
  4. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTTrump says Democrats 'did a good job,' vows to veto 'insane' bills and blames gas prices
  5. World · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTIran says Hormuz reopens only after U.S. meets its seven conditions; drones hit Iranian Kurdish groups in Iraq
  6. World · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTRussia hits power stations in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions ahead of Abu Dhabi talks
  7. Supreme Court · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court hears Texas habeas case Guerrero v. Johnson today
  8. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Election Day enters its final hours; first polls close at 6 p.m. ET in Indiana and Kentucky
  9. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTWestchester County, N.Y., voting machines reject paper ballots; officials say every ballot will be counted
  10. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTNinth Circuit, 6-5, lets Trump administration ask states to set aside suspected noncitizen ballots
  11. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTUpdate: After U.S. strikes on Qeshm, Iran's Ghalibaf says 'the ball is now in America's court'; Qatar says talks continue
  12. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Russian attacks kill at least 38 and injure 167 across Ukraine in a day; Dnipro hospice destroyed
  13. Supreme Court · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court appears likely to side with Catholic preschools in Colorado case
  14. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTElection Day: polls open across America with control of the House and Senate on the line
  15. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTTrump on the eve of the vote: Iran is a 'very soft war' the U.S. can end 'at any time'
  16. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTJudge denies NAACP's broader request but orders DOJ poll monitors to be unarmed, non-police staff
  17. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTU.S. carries out 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island after Iran fires at U.S. aircraft
  18. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Qatar says it is seeking an interim U.S.-Iran deal after a three-hour session in Tehran, but 'no concrete progress' yet
  19. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTUpdate: Russia fires 289 drones and 76 missiles at Ukraine overnight; Kharkiv hospital hit, 73 injured; aid-center death toll rises to at least 31
  20. Supreme Court · Tue, Nov 3 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court hears Catholic preschools' challenge to Colorado's universal preschool rules today