Five Takeaways From the Midterm Elections So Far  —  Democrats showed up, Trump-backed candidates underperformed and inflation wasn't the whole story: Here are last night's lessons.  —  Democrats tried to outrun history — and the lead weight of a wounded president who made his final political appearance …

One likely 2024 GOP contender triumphed on election night.  It wasn't Donald Trump.  —  Early returns suggested setbacks for the former president's endorsed candidates, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other potential 2024 rivals appeared emboldened  —  One likely contender …

Measures to Protect Abortion Rights Triumph on Tuesday  —  Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont on Tuesday adopted constitutional amendments that enshrine abortion rights into their state constitutions.  The referendums came in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling …

John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania Senate race, defeating TV doctor Mehmet Oz and flipping key state for Democrats  —  NBC News NOW  —  NEWTOWN, Penn.  — John Fetterman, the state lieutenant governor, has won Pennsylvania's high-voltage race for an open Senate seat, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz …

Mark Zuckerberg's Message to Meta Employees  —  Mark Zuckerberg just shared the following with Meta employees:  —  Today I'm sharing some of the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history.  I've decided to reduce the size of our team by about 13% and let more than 11,000 of our talented employees go.

McCarthy's victory party fizzles  —  Kevin McCarthy delayed a victory speech to what was supposed to be a jubilant party of Republicans until 2 a.m. Wednesday.  By that time, a sizable number of attendees had already left.  —  And the GOP leader kept his speech brief …

Colorado Third Congressional District Election Results  —  ‹ See all Colorado state results  —  Representative Lauren Boebert, one of former President Donald J. Trump's most ardent supporters, is facing Adam Frisch, a Democrat, and several independent candidates running as write-ins.

Magical Thinking at Lee Zeldin's ‘Victory’ Party  —  When the highlight of the night is an open bar, you know your candidate has fallen short.  —  As the polls closed at 9 p.m., Andrew Giuliani bounded up the steps of Cipriani 42nd Street with a Lee Zeldin campaign staffer …

JD Vance didn't mention Trump in Ohio Senate victory speech despite endorsement  —  Vance was one of the few key Trump endorsees to win in election results Tuesday night  —  Republican JD Vance defeats Democrat Tim Ryan in Ohio Senate race, Fox News projects

DCCC chair Maloney concedes defeat in New York  —  Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, conceded defeat Wednesday, a humiliating loss for Democrats and the chair of the party's campaign arm.  —  He was ousted by GOP state lawmaker Mike Lawler …

Ex-Proud Boy held rally for Rubio canvasser beaten in Hialeah.  Now he thinks story was a lie  —  Gabriel Garcia believed Christopher Monzon, the Republican Party canvasser who said he was beaten up in Hialeah last month because of his political beliefs.  —  So much that Garcia …

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wins re-election, defeating GOP challenger Derek Schmidt, NBC News projects  —  Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has won re-election to a second term, NBC News projects, defeating Republican challenger Derek Schmidt.  —  Kelly was the only Democratic governor running …

New York 14th Congressional District Election Results  —  ‹ See all New York state results  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat, wins the 14th District in New York.  —  Race called by The Associated Press.  —  Latest results from 12:15 AM ET  —  74% of votes in  —  U.S. House District 14

I was wrong about the midterms.  Here's what I missed.  —  Crow — the avian white meat!  I'm eating a lot of it today as my prediction of a big GOP win comes crashing down.  The question is why: What did I miss that others caught?  —  A few things come to mind quickly.

Counting all of the votes in Nevada could take days, election officials say.  —  Overwhelmed state election officials say that they have been flooded by thousands of mail-in ballots, many of which will not be counted until Thursday.  —  Overwhelmed election officials in Nevada …

Brittney Griner moves to Russian penal colony; exact location unknown  —  Brittney Griner is in the process of being transferred to a Russian penal colony — a move her family has dreaded since Griner's August conviction on drug charges — but her lawyers don't know where she is or where she's heading …

Putin to Skip G-20 Indonesia Summit, Facing Cold Shoulder  —  Vladimir Putin won't attend the Group of 20 summit next week, people familiar with the planning said, as the Kremlin seeks to protect the president from potential high-level tensions over his invasion of Ukraine.

Minneapolis Elects a Career Public Defender as Its New Prosecutor  —  In 2019, Mary Moriarty, the chief public defender of Minnesota's Hennepin County, sounded the alarm.  Upon reviewing arrests made by the Minneapolis police over low-level marijuana sales, her office discovered that 98 percent …