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  1. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTUpdate: NBC News now estimates Democrats will win at least 259 House seats; Mississippi Senate race separated by 65 votes
  2. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTSpeaker Mike Johnson won't seek to lead House Republicans in the next Congress
  3. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTTrump, at ballroom site, says Iran war 'largely' cost GOP but 'I'd have to do it again'
  4. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTVance: 'The reason we lost is the war'; Trump reportedly asks advisers about Hegseth
  5. World · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTIran says Americans voted 'NO TO WAR'; IRGC claims four tankers hit mines; U.S. sanctions shadow-fleet fraud network
  6. World · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTBrent crude falls under $100 for the first time since September
  7. World · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTU.S. to host Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi Nov. 10-11
  8. Supreme Court · Wed, Nov 4 · 5 PM CTSupreme Court hears Texas death-penalty habeas case Guerrero v. Johnson
  9. 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
  10. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTCollins, Marshall, Husted and Graham lose; Talarico beats Paxton in Texas
  11. 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
  12. White House · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTTrump says Democrats 'did a good job,' vows to veto 'insane' bills and blames gas prices
  13. 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
  14. World · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTRussia hits power stations in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions ahead of Abu Dhabi talks
  15. Supreme Court · Wed, Nov 4 · 6 AM CTSupreme Court hears Texas habeas case Guerrero v. Johnson today
  16. 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
  17. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTWestchester County, N.Y., voting machines reject paper ballots; officials say every ballot will be counted
  18. White House · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTNinth Circuit, 6-5, lets Trump administration ask states to set aside suspected noncitizen ballots
  19. 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
  20. World · Tue, Nov 3 · 5 PM CTUpdate: Russian attacks kill at least 38 and injure 167 across Ukraine in a day; Dnipro hospice destroyed