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Mark Kelly projected to win Senate race in Arizona
Jon Cherry/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Mark Kelly is projected to win reelection, ABC News reports, securing a full six-year term to the Senate after pitching himself as an independent-minded ...
Nov 12, 2022
Student debt relief program no longer accepting applications after lawsuit blocks program
jayk7/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Education is no longer accepting applications for the student debt relief program as a result of Thursday night's ruling from a Texas judge. "Studen...
Nov 11, 2022
Dramatic new details released of Bush, Cheney dealing with 9/11 attacks
Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- More than 21 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, new details of how President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney reacted that day in th...
Nov 11, 2022
Texas court blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness policy
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's student debt forgiveness policy, ruling that it goes beyond the authority of the Educat...
Nov 11, 2022
Trump takes aim at Ron DeSantis, suggesting he's a 2024 rival
Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump on Thursday escalated his criticism of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, suggesting he views DeSantis as a potential ch...
Nov 11, 2022
Here's how ranked choice voting will decide Alaska's Senate race
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two days after the midterms, the Senate races in Alaska, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada remain undecided. With Georgia headed toward a runoff in December...
Nov 11, 2022
Biden to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he heads on post-midterms trip to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is set to meet with China's President Xi Jinping on Monday while the two are in Bali, Indonesia, for the annual summit of ...
Nov 10, 2022
The race for a Georgia Senate seat is headed to a runoff, ABC News projects. Here's how it works.
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- No candidate in the Georgia Senate race will receive more than 50% of the vote, ABC News is projecting, which means the state will hold a runoff election bet...
Nov 10, 2022
Why Americans voted to protect abortion rights during 2022 midterms
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Despite expectations that inflation and crime would be the foremost issues during the midterms, voters signaled support for protecting abortion rights in...
Nov 09, 2022
Election-denying secretary of state candidates see defeats in 2022 midterms
adamkaz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Some Republican candidates who rejected the results of the 2020 race failed in their bids for secretary of state in key midterm races across the country, according ...
Nov 09, 2022
