Instant reaction: Trump loses the House and Senate

Merkley, Bynum Among Oregon Democrats Poised to Return to Capitol Hill

Democrats appear poised to retain five of six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) is on track to…

Missouri voters turn down a Republican-backed congressional map

Missouri voters have denied a Republican-backed congressional map that wound its way through the courts before ultimately ending up on the state's ballot.

Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner’s Massive Debt to Oligarchy Riches

Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner’s Massive Debt to Oligarchy Riches

Trump, Kushner, and Netanyahu’s war with Iran began with a shadowy alliance that formed in late 2016, following the US election that turned the world…

Democrat Sherrod Brown wins Ohio Senate race

Democratic former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has won back a seat on Capitol Hill, defeating incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted after a close and expensive…

In major upset, Nathan Johnson takes Texas attorney general’s office for Democrats

In a stunning upset with repercussions across the national legal landscape, Democrat Nathan Johnson claimed victory in the race to be Texas’ next top lawyer. …

Colorado voters approve ballot measure requiring life in prison for child sex traffickers

Proposition 133 mirrors changes to state law rejected by the legislature this year

Adrian Fontes races out to large lead over Alexander Kolodin in secretary of state race

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is trouncing Republican challenger and election denier Alexander Kolodin in early election night returns.

Scott Wiener relents after blowback, allows Mission Local into event

Scott Wiener’s campaign barred Mission Local’s election reporter from its election night party over what it perceived as unfair coverage. Scott Wiener relents after blowback,…

Republicans Are Cornered and Pulling Away From Trump | Explainer

Live From Michigan! Are Progressives Finally Mainstream? With Mallory McMorrow

Demography is destiny: China will grow old before it gets rich

LONDON—In March, China’s 15th Five-Year Plan named two population problems: “population aging and the decline in births.”¹ Both problems are already reshaping the Chinese household.…

Annie Andrews victory speech in South Carolina Senate race

Annie Andrews (D-SC) Full Victory Speech

‘Total Repudiation’: Dems Sweep Texas’ Top Battleground Tarrant County in Historic Rout

In a stunning victory, Democrats swept nearly every race from the statewide level down to countywide offices in Tarrant County, an urban center that was…

San Francisco 2026 election results: Live updates

Mission Local is tracking election results for San Francisco and California races as they come in. Stay tuned for live updates. San Francisco 2026 election…

Millions of bogong moths are blanketing our cities and they are still endangered

These unassuming insects are increasingly under pressure from climate change.

Ohio elects Amy Acton first woman governor

Democrat Amy Acton beat biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican backed by President Trump, in a race marked in the final weeks by a Ramaswamy…

Surge in traffic causes voting results outage for Colorado Secretary of State’s Office 

The state’s vendor handling the public-facing site was knocked offline at 6:52 p.m.