Historic Democratic wins could bring big changes to Texas schools

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One of the first places in Texas that could see major changes after Democrats move into power are the schools, with Governor-elect Hinojosa promising to fire the state’s commissioner of education. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz talks with Professor Michael Harris about what could be next for teachers and classrooms. 

Pete Hegseth may take fall for Republicans’ midterm losses, despite Trump support

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JD Vance calls Iran war into question as Thomas Massie files eight articles of impeachment Send us your questions about the US midterms results and Democrats’ ‘blue wave’ Pete Hegseth is increasingly looking like he may take the fall for Republicans’ midterm losses, despite Donald Trump’s vocal support for his defense secretary, even calling him … Read more

Colorado rejects conservative effort to require police to cooperate with immigration officers

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Amendment 81 would have required law enforcement to notify federal agents if people accused of violent crimes were not lawfully present in US Colorado voters have spurned a conservative group’s effort to force police and prosecutors to aid the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. Amendment 81, which failed to receive 55% of the vote on … Read more

Datacenters were on the ballot. US voters rejected them

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Voters approved nearly every datacenter moratorium that was on the ballot, dozens in total in Tuesday’s elections Track live results from all 50 states Send us your questions about the US midterms results and Democrats’ ‘blue wave’ There were three big losers in Tuesday’s midterm elections in the US: Donald Trump, Elon Musk and datacenters. … Read more

Stock market surges on election results

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Investors drove the DOW up more than three percent with bullish sentiment following Democrats’ historic win in the elections. NBC News’ Christine Romans explains what helped push markets higher.

Election results yield historic firsts

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From state capitals to the halls of Congress, the elections resulted in a sea of fresh faces and a wave of firsts in political leadership across the country. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz reports on the history making changes.