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From the minimum wage to marijuana to gun control, voters across the country are deciding much more than just the presidency.

Wildfires from three Southern states are shrouding neighboring South Carolina with smoke.

Republican Kelly Ayotte has conceded the race for her US Senate seat in New Hampshire to Democratic challenger Maggie Hassan, according to a statement from Ayotte's campaign, giving Democrats their second pick-up in the chamber this election cycle.

Hillary Clinton came so close to winning the White House that she had planned to deliver her victory speech beneath a symbolic glass ceiling.

Hillary Clinton on Wednesday delivered the most painful and potentially final, big speech of her political career on Wednesday after her stunning defeat to Donald Trump in the presidential race.

House Speaker Paul Ryan congratulated President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday on his victory, saying he will lead "a unified Republican government."

Watch as the Clinton campaign and its supporters goes from full of hope to the agony of defeat in 36 hours.

Donald Trump's election victory proved -- once and for all -- that 2016 was the year that everything the political class thought it knew was wrong.

The man who has been satirically portraying Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" weighed in Wednesday on Trump becoming the president-elect.