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As Republicans are now one seat away from capturing a majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, there are still 13 races yet to be called that will determine how close the margins could be for the GOP should it ultimately prevail. A party must win 218 seats …

The Fox News Decision Desk can project that Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs will be the next governor of Arizona. She defeats GOP candidate and former local news host Kari Lake. Per Arizona law, the race may go to a recount.  Lake is a former TV news anchor who …

Republicans on Sunday picked up one of several seats that they’ll need to secure in order to gain a majority in the House of Representatives, which is still not guaranteed five days after the midterm elections were held. Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer bested Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner to take the House seat …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott cruised to a re-election victory in Tuesday’s midterms, dealing another blow to Democratic aspirations of taking control of the longtime Republican stronghold. Abbott defeated Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 11 percentage points in Tuesday’s election, according to The Associated Press’s unofficial results, only about two points …

President Biden has now twice referred to Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit host Cambodia as Colombia, including Saturday during remarks opening the talks. “It was an honor to host at the White House in May, and now that we are back together in Cambodia,” Biden said as he opened …

Authorities did not discover any substance in the “suspicious” items mailed to Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s campaign headquarters. This comes after Lake’s campaign alleged last week that a staffer was exposed to a “suspicious” white powdery substance sent in an envelope to her office. Phoenix Police said Friday …

The results of about two dozen congressional races across the country are still outstanding and all Republicans need to successfully flip the chamber (and retiring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) are seven of them. So far, after Tuesday’s midterm elections results, Republicans have secured 211 seats of the chamber’s 435 members …

Democrat Rep. Susie Lee will win re-election in a battleground Nevada district, The Associated Press projects, defeating Republican nominee April Becker. The incumbent congresswoman and former education nonprofit executive has served two-terms representing Nevada’s 3rd Congressional district, comprising the Las Vegas suburbs on the state’s southwest border.  Lee sought to …

Colorado Republican and former President Trump ally Rep. Lauren Boebert has inched ahead of her Democratic challenger as votes continue to be tallied Friday.  In an unexpectedly tight race where the freshman lawmaker is vying to secure a second term, Boebert has jumped forward in the count for the first …

Nevada Republican Adam Laxalt’s lead over incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., has shrunk to fewer than 9,000 votes as officials are still counting mail-in ballots in the state’s largest counties.  The latest updates from Clark and Washoe counties have put Laxalt just 8,988 votes over Cortez Masto, less than …