Photos from outside the Oz and Fetterman debate

The court’s two oldest conservatives — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., 76, and Clarence Thomas, 78 — could face pressure to retire during the lame-duck period.

It’s not just the U.S. midterms: An anti-authoritarian wave appears to be crashing over elections around the world.

The conviction, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to obscure a $130,000 payment to adult film performer Stormy Daniels, continues to nettle Trump.

Bob Harvie has made history in defeating Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick in Bucks County's 1st District amid a national blue wave.

Throughout the cycle, Republicans sought to demonize El-Sayed, who was born in the U.S. after his parents immigrated from Egypt. President Donald Trump repeatedly called him a “jihadist."

The trifecta marks a monumental win for Democrats and Gov. Josh Shapiro, and sets them up to pass several long-stalled priorities, including a minimum wage increase.

Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija said the turnout story provides a warning for Democrats as the party takes the reins of power.

For the city’s leaders, the most transformative change could be what Gov. Josh Shapiro has said will be his No. 1 priority: raising the state minimum wage for the first time since 2009.

A fortuitous mix of personal narrative, message, and timing powered him to a victory no one could have imagined just months ago.

The governor staked his reputation on helping Pennsylvania Democrats win up and down the ballot, a move which could bolster his national standing.

The Philadelphia Democrat is set to lead the powerful House Budget Committee, the first Pennsylvanian to do so in nearly four decades.

Trump’s focus on the ballroom came even as midterm voters said they thought he was focused on the wrong issues.

Democratic candidates made up significant ground among key demographic groups in the midterms reversing many of the gains President Donald Trump made with the traditional Democratic coalition in 2024.

The flip effectively blocks Trump from confirming loyalist nominees to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

A breakdown of the firsts to come from the 2026 midterm elections, including the country’s first Black woman governor, the first Muslim U.S. senator, and the first Gen-Z woman in Congress.

Johnson is expected to retain his seat as a rank-and-file member of the House from Louisiana when the Congress convenes in January.

Now, Democrats — looking toward a new political order once they are sworn into office in January — must find a way to govern amid deep fractures within their own party.

Fetterman's former chief of staff and a 2022 primary rival both say the Pa. senator's influence in the Senate was diminished as Democrats went deep into GOP territory.

The change to the city’s contracting process marks a shift advanced by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration as it moves away from race- and gender-conscious contracting practices.

If you’ve heard about how people are struggling with affording healthcare but haven’t been touched by it or seen it, then this pop-up clinic just outside Washington, D.C., put the problem on display.

Here's what Kensington's cooking for The Inquirer's Food Festival, on Nov. 14.

Multiple flights in Europe made emergency landings on Thursday after bomb threats, according to authorities.

And an approved tax increase.

There is a difference between legitimate oversight and deciding in advance that impeachment will define the next Congress, writes Michael Gottesman.

A new initiative through Philly's Turn the Key program is turning vacant houses into affordable homes for first-time buyers. And a builder is trying to redevelop Germantown's YWCA for the third time.