Left-leaning Washington, Colorado join conservative states in banning trans athletes

Texas business owner says he expected ICE raids to focus on those with criminal records not his relatives and employees Tuesday night’s explosive rout of the Republican party was supercharged by the fury of Hispanic Americans who turned out in record numbers in key battlegrounds to protest the Trump administration ’s anti-immigrant assault on their communities. “Trump went against us,” said Benny Melendez from Weslaco, Texas. “He made us the target of ICE operations, so we decided to punish him by voting against his party. That’s what happened.”

Voter frustration with healthcare costs helped fuel the Democrats' midterm takeover of Congress. But Democratic control doesn't mean "Medicare for All" will follow, as some hoped.

Further south this week, severe thunderstorms affected midterms voting in Florida, Oklahoma and Colorado Despite the rapid descent into autumn in the northern hemisphere, parts of eastern North America have experienced an exceptionally late taste of summer in recent days. Temperatures approached 23C (73.4F) in New York and Boston, about 7-10C above what is expected in early November. The unseasonable warmth also spilled into parts of eastern Canada, with temperatures exceeding 20C, about 10-15C above normal for the time of year. The balmy conditions…

The tech-heavy Nasdaq is now in a "correction" as Wall Street weighs the impact of the Democrats' wins on the critical AI sector.