NASA astronaut Anil Menon voted from orbit in the US midterm election by casting an electronic ballot from the International Space Station.

Keisha Lance Bottoms made history, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a US state after winning Georgia's gubernatorial race, according to US media projections. Supporters said the former Atlanta mayor's h

Democrats capture majorities in both the Senate and House, scoring sweeping victories that reached deep into Republican strongholds as tens of millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Donald Trump. The

House speaker Mike Johnson said he was ‘disappointed’ by the overwhelming gains made by Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections, but vowed to battle on against what he called a ‘insurgent socialist movement’.