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“Calls were mounting on Van Hollen to throw his hat in the race for the senate majority leader amid some opposition to minority leader Senator Chuck Schumer’s continued tenure after he faced criticism over how he has handled the Democratic Caucus during the…”

“At a closed-door meeting at the US Capitol on Tuesday, the South Dakota lawmaker won the support of his fellow Senate Republicans – even as some had hoped to delay the leadership vote to examine what went wrong in last week’s election.”

“So what do we know about the affair, and how will this impact US-China relations and the race for AI dominance?”

“It said the board continued to have “confidence in Jensen and his leadership team”.”

“The leadership race will also test whether Republicans intend to continue backing Trump’s agenda or rethink their approach.”

“In fact, Pew Research released a report analysing pre-election polling data and found that the data understated the Democratic margin by at least 2 points in 23 of 27 races for governor and the US Senate.”

“The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which counts several elected officials among its members, has not backed Jeffries or Schumer for their respective leadership posts.”

“Democrats have notched their strongest showing in decades in the 2026 midterm elections, taking control of both chambers of the United States Congress, as well as a share of the country’s gubernatorial races.”

“Another top prosecutor has resigned from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) following the Democratic victory in the midterm elections.”

“…acing criticism from fellow Democrats for not pushing back hard enough against Trump, as well as anger from progressives over his support for arms sales to Israel, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is now poised to reclaim his position as majority…”

“Analysts said the sweeping victories for Democrats, which complicate the president’s remaining years in office, would only serve to make the leadership of Iran more adamant about their demands for ending the war started by the US and Israel on February 28.”

“Democratic Senate candidates have shattered decades-old electoral records across traditional Republican strongholds, in particular flipping key seats in Kansas, Texas and South Carolina.”

“State governor races saw record-breaking diversity across the country: Black Leadership: Keisha Lance Bottoms (Georgia) became the first Black woman elected governor in US history.”

“But their wins in the 2026 midterm election solidify a political shift in the New York City area, ushered in by Mamdani’s own victory as a Democratic socialist in the 2025 mayoral race.”

“In the lead-up to these midterms, Democratic candidates are expected to have spent more than $2.2bn compared with $1.4bn by Republican candidates, according to OpenSecrets.”

“Meanwhile in Detroit, Michigan’s Democratic senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed had called for an end to US military assistance to Israel, a position that experts say echoed the “America First” message on which many Republicans had won previous midterm races.”

“In the San Francisco Bay Area, moderate Democrat Scott Wiener is leading progressive rival Connie Chan in a race for the seat of retiring Representative Nancy Pelosi, the powerful former Democratic House speaker.”

“During the 2024 presidential race, he was considered one of the chief Republican challengers to President Donald Trump.”