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Election week in Trumpland: algae, space proclamations and a deflection of blame <p>Donald Trump’s unrelenting focus on the ‘beautification of Washington’ and Fox News ratings did not stop the Democrats’ decisive midterm election wins</p><ul><li><p><strong>This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/election-newsletter-sign-up-stakes"><strong>Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p></li></ul><p>Standing at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool on Monday afternoon, Donald Trump zeroed in on his closing message of the high-stakes midterm elections: it can take a long time to get rid of filth.</p><p>Less than 24 hours before Americans headed to the polls, the US president staged a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-midterms">bizarre press conference</a> in which he touted his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/11/reflecting-pool-repair-company-plan-flaws">troubled $14m renovation</a> of the Washington DC landmark and blamed his predecessors for the algae that once bloomed in its water.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/election-week-in-trumpland-algae-space-proclamations-and-a-deflection-of-blame">Continue reading...</a>
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US midterm elections 2026 live updates: Democrats take control of Congress in major setback for Trump <p>Democrats flip seven Senate seats in Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Maine, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina; ‘blue wave’ rejects Trump’s agenda</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/03/midterm-elections-full-results-senate-house-governor-races">Track live results from all 50 states</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/democrats-house-midterm-elections-results">Full report: Democrats win control of Congress in ‘blue wave’</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/tell-us-how-do-you-feel-about-the-us-midterm-election-results">Tell us: how do you feel about the US midterm election results?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/midterm-election-results-question-answer">Tell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election results?</a></p></li></ul><p>Good morning and welcome to the US politics live blog.</p><p>In case you fell asleep early, yesterday evening resonated as an extinction level-event for Donald Trump’s Republican Party, a worst-case scenario for the GOP that even the starkest polls might’ve underestimated.</p><p>Trump, uncharacteristically gracious, accepted his party’s resounding defeat, congratulated Democrats, and told The New York Times that he was “absolutely willing to accept” the election results. That was very much in doubt after the Trump administration spent months seeking to exert greater influence over the elections process through executive orders and the courts. <br></p><p>Deb Haaland, running in New Mexico, became the first Native American woman elected as governor. Keisha Lanca Bottoms became the first Black woman ever elected governor. Abdul El-Sayed, the victorious Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, became the first Muslim voted into the upper chamber. <br></p><p>Several key congressional races, including contests in Colorado, Michigan, Maine, New York, California, and North Carolina, remain to be called.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/04/midterm-elections-results-senate-house-michigan-maine-mississippi-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a>
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UK to deploy facial recognition in biggest-ever immigration crackdown <p>Documents show Home Office developing programme to use technology for general immigration enforcement</p><p>The Home Office is preparing to deploy facial recognition technology at transport hubs and public events as part of the biggest immigration enforcement crackdown in British history.</p><p>Policy documents show the government has been developing a programme to deploy live facial recognition (LFR) cameras for “general immigration enforcement”, including non-criminal immigration offences.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/04/uk-deploy-facial-recognition-biggest-ever-immigration-crackdown">Continue reading...</a>
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