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2026 U.S. MIDTERM ELECTIONS

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a photograph after delivering remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, reopened after months of repairs, ahead of the midterm elections, in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
G7 allies to assess impact of Trump’s midterm setback at Paris talks
Diplomats signaled the results could narrow Trump’s room for maneuver but warned against expecting a return to traditional U.S. multilateralism.
Demonstrators against artificial intelligence hold a protest in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 8, 2026
AI safety advocates make gains after $110 million midterm fight
A rival funding network pursuing the opposite cause — offering the industry more leeway to develop AI — also claimed successes.
Marco Rubio, U.S. secretary of state, during a news conference at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on Oct. 31.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Rubio warns top staff against conflicts of interest as U.S. Republicans look to 2028
His message comes as leading Republican figures attempt to distance themselves from an increasingly unpopular Trump administration.
A cutout of US President Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin token during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 8, 2026
Crypto’s Trump-fueled Washington boom reaches its endgame
The industry now faces the challenge of remaining a lasting force in finance as its extraordinary political advantage evaporates.
U.S. President Donald Trump and UFC CEO Dana White arrive for the "UFC Freedom 250" mixed martial arts event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on June 14.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Trump taps UFC boss as press secretary and urges criminal probes into Democrats
The posts echoed comments Trump made after a midterm defeat in 2018, when he said his White House would assume “a war-like posture.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, on Oct. 18. Zelenskyy has expressed hope that the outcome of the U.S. midterm election will boost support for Kyiv and help end Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
U.S. midterms offer hope on new aid for Ukraine, analysts say
The Democratic sweep of the elections could also bring about greater scrutiny of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Russia policies.
Technology stocks plunged on Thursday as traders assessed the implication of a Democratic sweep in the U.S. midterm elections on artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 6, 2026
Blue tsunami wipes out $2.5 trillion from Nasdaq as investors fret about AI trade
It was the second straight day of selling in AI stocks and the fifth decline of more than 500 points in the Nasdaq Composite since mid-October.
The rout of U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republicans in the U.S. midterm elections was also a defeat for Elon Musk and for the massive campaign spending meant to sway voters.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2026
Musk has little to show for his record spending on Republican campaigns in U.S. midterms
Just three of the 37 Republicans Musk backed for the U.S. House of Representatives won on Tuesday night.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at an executive order signing event in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, after Democrats swept the midterm elections earlier in the week.
EDITORIALS
Nov 6, 2026
Trump’s midterm shellacking: an uncertain response
The day after the vote, the Japanese government said that it intends to honor its promise to invest $550 billion in the U.S.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting on Oct. 28 in Cebu, the Philippines. Democrats are planning to target Hegseth in Congress while Republicans are blaming the Iran war he championed for their recent election losses.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Pressure mounts on U.S. defense chief after Republican election rout
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have blamed election losses on the Iran war, for which Hegseth is a key advocate.
The 2026 U.S. midterms showed that Japan can no longer take Republican influence for granted and must adapt to a Washington in which Democrats hold significant power.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2026
Navigating Japan-U.S. relations after the ‘blue tsunami’
Tokyo will have to shift gears to deal effectively with the Democrats’ rising power.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a midterm campaign rally at Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kansas, on Nov. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Marco Rubio denies plans to leave post for White House bid
Rubio, who also serves as national security adviser, is widely considered a potential successor to U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2028 presidential race.
Voters cast their ballots at the Faiss Middle School voting center in Las Vegas on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 5, 2026
‘We’re not for sale’: Americans want to pump brakes on data centers
Voters in dozens of American cities approved restrictions or outright bans on data centers during Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico celebrates with supporters in Austin after defeating his Republican opponent, State Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the midterm election on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2026
America’s midterms: History rhymes half a century later
Why 2026 feels like the 1976 election of Jimmy Carter and why it doesn’t.
An American flag billows as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a topping off event in the White House ballroom under construction in Washington on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 5, 2026
Tokyo braces for fallout from the U.S. midterms
While relations are well-insulated from executive action due to bipartisan support, Tokyo will watch for changes in post-election decision-making.
President Donald Trump with President Xi Jinping of China at the White House in Washington on Sept. 24.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2026
China keeps faith in Trump even as ‘total defeat’ adds new risks
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s third summit of the year unfolds in just two weeks.
Supporters of James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, react after his victory was announced during an election night watch party in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2026
Texas turns blue in stunning rebuke of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and GOP
The party swept the governor’s office, a U.S. Senate seat and every other statewide race in the U.S. midterm election.
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on on the day the final steel beam goes into the ballroom, at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2026
Beaten at home, Trump faces stark choice on Iran: deal or escalation
Facing a Democratic Congress able to constrain his military options, Trump has a greater incentive to seek a deal.
An election night event for former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat from Alaska and U.S. Senate candidate, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 5, 2026
What the Democratic U.S. midterm sweep means for climate and clean energy
After a historic election win Tuesday, Democrats are expected to step up scrutiny of the Trump administration’s record on the environment.
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. President Donald Trump hold hands during a midterm election campaign rally at an event center in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Oct. 29.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
Trump hand-picked Senate candidates. Republicans paid the price.
Tuesday’s results revealed the U.S. president was unable to persuade the broader electorate to back his choices.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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