There was a blue tsunami in the midterms. Peer inside it and you see a few powerful forces: Artificial intelligence. MAHA. Trade. Israel. In our new issue, reporters went deep on how these became four of the biggest policy disputes that defined 2026. These issues divided voters between and within political parties, spurred the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars and scrambled campaigns all over the country from Iowa to Michigan to New York. Grab your pumpkin latte infused with collagen and topped off with raw milk — yes, that’s a real drink mentioned in our MAHA story — and read on.

But Democrat Blake Gendebien has conceded the race, admitting that he sees no path forward to victory. Republican Anthony Constantino, citing a pundit who called the race, has claimed victory. The blue wave sweeping through the United States on Election Night left North Country farmer Blake Gendebien behind.

Although Constantino’s race did not seem competitive initially, Democrats saw an opportunity to flip it as the national environment shifted against Republicans.

Democratic Rep.-elect Cait Conley joins Meet the Press NOW fresh off of her win against Rep. Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th congressional district as President Trump announced he will make Stephen Miller the new White House chief of staff.

The Republican gubernatorial candidate got hammered by Kathy Hochul in Tuesday’s election and is proving himself to be a graceless loser.

Democrat Cait Conley won the crucial 17th Congressional District seat.

Awkwafina was feeling under the weather recently and decided she was going to make soup. And that startled her because she hasn’t always been the kind of person who made soup. “If I had told myself like a year or so ago that I would be looking at ingredients to make a soup, that would be like insane,” she says, laughing. “Like, a soup? ‘Hell, no, it’s just a hot liquid.’” The actor-comedian-rapper’s 180-degree shift is largely thanks to her...

Bruce Blakeman, who lost his bid to become Governor of New York, fired off a rant about his opponent, Elise Stefanik, on Thursday. The post Defeated NY GOP Governor Candidate Thrashes ‘Selfish, Do-Nothing’ Elise Stefanik for Not Helping His Doomed Campaign first appeared on Mediaite.

Conservative Ukraine stalwarts like New York’s Mike Lawler and Maine’s Susan Collins were shown the political door on election night. At the same time, Republican members who have been more sympathetic to Russia,