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Talarico wins Senate race, ending decades of Republican dominance in Texas
Democrats celebrate Talarico's and Hinojosa's victories, redefining Texas politics after decades of Republican reign.
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ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections
Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls amid deep discontent over water outages, power cuts and crumbling infrastructure. The former liberation movement, which Nelson Mandela led to power in 1994 at the end of apartheid as South Africa’s first black president, is still likely to be the largest party. However, polls show it getting less than a third of the vote, down from 45.6% at the last municip
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Key US Senate results: Democrats win upper chamber with victories in Texas and Iowa
Democrats won control of the Senate in the US midterm elections Tuesday, with initial results showing the party securing shock victories in Texas, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa.
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Deb Haaland wins in New Mexico and will become first female Native American governor
Democratic candidate defeated Republican Gregg Hull, businessman and longtime mayor of Rio Rancho
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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 attack ad that drew national criticism.
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Weapon or wine bottle? China disputes reports of artillery shell in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea police had earlier dismissed speculation that the 32kg object was "merely a dummy".
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5 DSA candidates are elected to the House in a historic night for their movement
The candidates tapped into voter frustration with the political status quo and will now look to translate their success into policy wins that push Democrats further to the left.
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Rahm Emanuel says Trump's policies have upended the president's coalition
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Rahm Emanuel, who served as Chicago mayor and chief of staff to President Obama.
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Democrat Annie Andrews flips South Carolina’s Senate seat
Andrews beats Republican incumbent Darline Graham, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, in a major upset.
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Democrat Annie Andrews flips South Carolina’s Senate seat
Andrews beats Republican incumbent Darline Graham, sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, in a major upset.
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Democrat Annie Andrews wins South Carolina Senate race in major upset
Andrews, a pediatrician, defeated GOP Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed to the seat after the death of her brother, longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham.
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Australia’s first GLP-1 weight-loss pill has been approved. How does it differ to injections and who will be eligible?
Wegovy tablets will be going on sale soon as a daily dose after TGA approval, but with restrictions and still plenty of unknowns
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