Follow election day live updates for the latest news and results from key races across the US, including the gubernatorial elections in NJ and VA, and the CA vote on Prop 50.

New Yorkers weigh in a mayoral race that has garnered national attention, while Virginia and New Jersey choose new governors.

Two suspected drug smugglers were killed Tuesday in a U.S. drone strike in the Pacific ordered by President Trump, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Tuesday that if the federal government shutdown continues another week it could lead to "mass chaos" and could force him to close some of the national airspace to air traffic,

US airports have descended into chaos with the government shutdown leading to major delays and cancellations. It comes following an uptick in absences from air traffic controllers, who are under “immense stress and fatigue” from the ongoing, record-breaking US government shutdown, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Soon after returning to the White House, Mr. Trump issued a sweeping order to halt all leasing of federal lands and waters for new wind farms. His administration has since gone after several wind farms that had been given federal permits by the Biden administration and were either under construction or about to start.

The internal watchdog for the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency is being removed from his role, three people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in President Donald Trump's targeting of perceived political enemies.

Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) last week to eliminate the filibuster — a procedure that allows senators to delay or block votes on legislation by extending debate. Johnson signaled his opposition to getting rid of the rule on Monday, suggesting that it could give more power to the Democrats.

The proposed resolution, sent to security-council members Monday, would give the US and its allied nations a broad mandate to oversee Gaza in place of Hamas and provide security through the end of