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The Republicans haven't been this weakened in Congress since 1990, but they did have some wins.
The Republicans haven't been this weakened in Congress since 1990, but they did have some wins.
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<p>CVS Pharmacy will be separate from CVS Health, housing major insurer Aetna and benefits manager Caremark</p><p>CVS Health, the largest US healthcare conglomerate valued at $117bn, has announced its plans split off its pharmacy chain from its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/healthinsurance">health insurance</a> and benefits businesses, ending an era in which healthcare companies grew into massive conglomerates.</p><p>In their announcement on Wednesday, CVS Health said they will split off its 9,000 pharmacies, in-store clinics and mail order prescription business into a business named CVS Pharmacy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/cvs-health-pharmacy-insurance">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Reported move from the Republican speaker of the House comes in light of the party’s disastrous midterms defeat</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/04/midterm-elections-results-senate-house-michigan-maine-mississippi-latest-updates">US midterms 2026 live – latest updates</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>Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House, has said he is not planning to pursue the role of minority leader once his party loses its majority in the chamber, according to multiple reports.</p><p>Coming in light of Republicans’ disastrous midterm defeat, Johnson’s decision effectively yields the position of highest ranking Republican in the House to whichever member of his party can claim it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/mike-johnson-house-leadership">Continue reading...</a>
<p>British companies that supply the budget retailer face millions of pounds-worth of losses if it collapses</p><p>Suppliers facing millions of pounds in losses if Poundland collapses have said the chain’s US owner “should not be permitted” to maximise its return at their expense, as ministers attempt to intervene in the situation.</p><p>The fate of the retail chain, its 12,000 staff and about 2,000 suppliers remains uncertain after it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/29/poundland-brink-administration-12000-jobs-at-risk">filed a notice of intention</a> to appoint administrators at the high court last Thursday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/04/poundland-suppliers-facing-losses-gordon-brothers">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Pedro Sánchez and his socialist-led coalition government are racing to rebuild trust ahead of a snap election, but the task they face is immense</p><p><strong>• </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/22/this-is-europe-sign-up-guardian-email-updates"><strong>Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here</strong></a></p><p>A week ago today, for the second time in nine months, I got in my car and drove south from Madrid to cover a deadly train crash.</p><p>At 8.53am last Wednesday, a high-speed train operated by Spain’s state-owned rail company, Renfe, smashed into the back of a stationary train run by the private rail company Iryo, on the outskirts of the small town of Urda in Castilla-La Mancha. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/29/spain-mourning-period-deadly-train-crash">Sixty-nine people died in the accident</a>, more than 100 were injured, and Spain’s already depleted confidence in its treasured rail network plummeted.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/spains-deadly-train-crashes-have-damaged-public-trust-in-the-system">Continue reading...</a>