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When John Fetterman's team told him he was going to be Pennsylvania's next senator late into Election Night, the Democrat laughed. He smirked. Then, struck by the emotional end of a campaign that included a near-fatal stroke just five months ago, Fetterman wept.

Voters in several states have approved progressive measures that could not get through a Democratic-led Congress or Republican-dominated statehouses.

Find election results for the US 2022 Midterm Election here. Follow CNN's live coverage and results for key Senate, House and state races for Thursday, Nov. 10.

It's a story President Joe Biden tells at nearly every opportunity: last year, meeting his new counterparts at his first international summit, he proudly informed them, "America is back."

Control of the US Senate could hinge on Nevada and Arizona, two states where GOP victories could elevate some of the most prominent election deniers in the country even after other nominees who had amplified former President Donald Trump's falsehoods about the 2020 election were rejected by voters in Tuesday's midterm elections.

The US will have a record number of female governors in 2023. Still, the record-setting number -- 12 -- will represent a small fraction of the top executives across the 50 states.

A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have each been sentenced to about two decades behind bars for conspiring to sell classified information related to the design of nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country in exchange for thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency.

David DePape, the man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, has been indicted by a federal grand jury.

A grand jury has returned a federal indictment charging David DePape, the man accused of violently attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband in late October, with attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault of an immediate family member of a federal official.

US democracy, which almost buckled two years ago, just delivered a perfect reflection of a polarized nation that mistrusts its leaders and isn't ready to unite on a new path.

During the 2022 primary season, Democrats actively meddled in a number of Republican races -- hoping to boost GOP candidates who they viewed as too extreme (especially on the issue of election denialism) to win general elections.

If Georgia voters were hoping to avoid talking politics at Thanksgiving, the state's tightly contested Senate race has other plans.

The larger message from the midterm election may be that, shocker, the country is still very engaged in its politics and divided over who should be in charge -- although the lack of major issues administering this election so far is something every American can celebrate.

Not much can grow naturally in the barren desert landscape of Arizona's Maricopa County, but given its pivotal role in shaping national politics, it's fertile ground for conspiracy theories to take root.

Ron DeSantis' commanding reelection was a bright spot for Republicans, who otherwise waited for a red wave that never arrived and watched Trump-backed candidates flounder in key battlegrounds. And the reaction within the GOP has only further fueled momentum for DeSantis to run for president and take on Trump head-on next year.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is moving swiftly to lock down the votes to claim the speaker's gavel as a hard-right faction of his conference discusses whether to mount a long-shot challenge to complicate his bid and force concessions in the process, according to multiple GOP sources.

Republicans had hoped to make big enough gains among Latino voters in 2022, extending their inroads from two years ago, that would fundamentally realign the political landscape in several battleground states -- and the presidential map -- in their favor.

Election workers are tabulating ballots in key states that will determine the balance of power in Congress as well as more than three dozen statehouses. Because of differing laws, some states have tallied nearly all their ballots -- while others may not finish for several days.

At 9:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, Mehmet Oz did something that used to be de rigueur: He called John Fetterman to concede the Pennsylvania Senate race.