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U.S. Political History Rewritten: Democrats Win 6 Out of 7 Senate Battlegrounds midterm elections for the federal Senate, securing its majority status early on. SBS Nov 4, 2026 5:34 PM

Trump-Backed Senate Candidates Suffer Successive Defeats Despite Push Republican Senate candidates directly nominated and heavily backed by President Donald Trump have suffered successive defeats in the U.S. SBS Nov 4, 2026 5:16 PM

California 'Billionaire Tax' Likely to Fail as Early Ballots Show Majority Against According to outlets including the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle on November 3 , Proposition 40, which centers on levying a wealth tax, is leaning toward defeat with 43.5 percent in favor and 56.5 percent opposed, based on roughly 53 percent of the votes counted. SBS Nov 4, 2026 5:15 PM

China Says It Will Continue to Implement US-China Summit Agreements midterms, the Chinese government has stated its desire to maintain and implement the agreements reached between U.S. SBS Nov 4, 2026 5:06 PM

China Says It Will Continue to Uphold and Implement U.S.-China Summit Agreements Following Trump's Midterm Defeat and Chinese leaders meeting in Busan last October As the opposition Democratic Party has secured majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives in the U.S. SBS Nov 4, 2026 5:05 PM

US Midterms: Republicans Suffer Heavy Defeat, Trump Says He Will Accept Results In the US midterm elections that concluded just moments ago, the Republican Party led by President Trump has suffered a heavy defeat against the Democratic Party. SBS Nov 4, 2026 5:02 PM

"Like a Funeral," Trump Lays Blame as Midterms End in Defeat midterm elections concluded with a crushing defeat for the ruling Republican Party, U.S. SBS Nov 4, 2026 4:59 PM

"6-Year Sentence for Criticizing Xi Jinping": Chinese Scholar Requests Asylum in Taiwan, But Faces Rejection According to Taiwanese media outlets such as the Liberty Times and China Times on November 4, Cheng Wan-jun, a Chinese national who previously appeared as a lecturer on CCTV's Legal Lecture program, arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on a transit flight from Thailand on November 2. SBS Nov 4, 2026 4:55 PM

Trump Pushed Her Through Despite Backlash... An 'Upset' in Election Results midterm elections held on November 3 , a Democratic candidate is projected to win the Senate race in South Carolina, a traditionally Republican-leaning battleground. SBS Nov 4, 2026 4:13 PM

Not 'Shy Trump,' but 'Angry Trump' Sentiment Stood Out President Donald Trump As the opposition Democratic Party in the U.S. midterm elections on November 3 is poised to move beyond recapturing the House of Representatives and even vie for victory in the Senate, analyses suggest that the "Shy Trump" phenomenon, which upended polling predictions in past presidential elections, did not appear this time. SBS Nov 4, 2026 4:13 PM