Today is Wednesday, November 5th. We'll tell you how Americans voted in the first major elections of President Trump's second term.

Also, why there's new hope for ending what's now the longest government shutdown in history and what's at stake in a Supreme Court case over global tariffs.

Plus a catastrophic plane crash in Kentucky, growing backlash over a Congresswoman's Halloween costume and the first artist created by AI to debut on a billboard chart.

Those stories and even more news to know coming up.

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Democrats swept key elections all around the country yesterday. In Virginia, Dems won every single

statewide contest. And former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger was elected governor in what

was the strongest Democratic performance in the state's recent history. In New Jersey's gubernatorial

race, moderate Democrat Mikey Sherrill also easily beat another strong Republican candidate. In New York

City, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor, making him the first Muslim to lead

America's most populous city. And those are just to name a few of the big wins. Though it's worth

noting the results might not settle the Democratic Party's internal debate about its way forward

ahead of next year's midterms. That's because even though the top winners were all Democrats,

they have some pretty sharp ideological differences. As far as what they do have in common, the candidates focused on the

issue of affordability, and they were all critical of President Trump, who was polling poorly

right now. Trump actually weighed in last night, blaming the shutdown and the fact that he

wasn't on the ballot for Republicans' losses. He's now especially focused on New York

City, threatening to withhold federal funding now that Momdani has won. Trump also called Mom Dani one of the

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