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Elon Musk’s pick lost in Texas and billionaires Vivek Ramaswamy and Rick Jackson lost their own races, though California’s wealth tax is trailing.
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Republicans lost a six-term senator, a three-term governor and two appointed senators as voters named the cost of living a top issue.
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The Buckeye State has become the prototype for how the country will respond to the rapid buildout of AI.
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“It has been the honor of my life,” Collins said. One uncalled Maine House race will decide whether a GOP streak dating to 1854 ends.
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"I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!"
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Voters named the cost of living a top issue. In Ohio, the Democrat who ran on grocery, gas and electric bills beat Trump’s Senate pick.
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Democrats flipped at least six Senate seats and won the House, gaining power over Trump’s nominees and investigations but not his veto.
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Democrats flipped governor’s races in Texas and Ohio despite nine-figure spending, and won Iowa’s governorship for the first time since 2006.
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Opponents said a voter-approved constitutional amendment could result in limited tax relief for homeowners and big savings for corporations.
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Talarico is the first Democrat to win a Senate race in Texas since 1988, carrying suburban counties Trump won two years ago.
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Democrats can’t override Trump’s veto, but the incoming Oversight chair promised to probe the family’s crypto deals, and other family businesses.
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Trump put Darline Graham in her late brother’s seat and even rallied for her thrice. She ran about 10 points behind her own party’s candidate for governor.
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"A Democratic sweep could complicate negotiations over government spending and the debt ceiling."
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Lula’s campaign, the No Kings coalition and a Florida Senate candidate ran into restrictions on Meta’s platforms this fall. Each time, Meta blamed errors in its systems.
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Hazelbaker turned down the role in the spring, Fortune previously reported. But now it seems OpenAI has made her an offer she cannot refuse.
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The iPhone maker said AI agents could access systems without authorization and cause damage.
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Former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s new role at OpenAI could raise some conflict of interest concerns, according to American University Professor Gwanhoo Lee.
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Freshworks killed “$5 million ideas” and moved early-career work to AI, Woodside told Fortune. It was like "saying to somebody that your baby's ugly."
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Forecasters favor Democrats on Election Day. But response rates have collapsed, and presidential polls have missed toward Democrats three cycles running. (153 characters)
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A proposed constitutional amendment, if it passes, wouldn’t immediately lower income taxes—but would cap the state income tax at 3.5%.
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At a dinner in NYC, the head of ChatGPT lays out OpenAI's vision for agentic AI, but it faces some serious challenges.
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Ursula von der Leyen told a Brussels startup summit importing oil and gas means importing “the shocks and crises that come with them."
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The Thai industrial giant says regional scale, not national scale, is the only way to keep unit costs low enough to compete.
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From Texas to Los Angeles, traders are placing their bets. Recent surprises suggest the odds warrant caution.