Stratton's win sets up Senate first for 3 Black women

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Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won election to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, beating Republican Don Tracy, according to the Associated Press. She will take office in January and join Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland. Those two became the first Black women to serve together in the Senate after the 2024 elections.

Oil prices fell in early Asian trading as markets keep watching the unfolding U.S. midterm results.

Results are starting to come in from across the United States. Americans have voted on their next Congress, and Deutsche Welle is looking at who voted Republican and who voted Democrat. Early votes counted on Tuesday night are expected to appear redder than the final tally. Returning Republican senators are said to be unlikely to publicly blame President Trump for the outcome. President Trump is scheduled to travel to Iowa and Kansas. How the final tallies will affect party control of Congress and which races will decide the balance of power remain unresolved.

NBC News projects that Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms will serve as the next governor of Georgia. She would be the state’s first Black governor and the first Black female governor in the United States.

Here's Theo with business and technology.

Reporting in this segment

• Stratton's win sets up Senate first for 3 Black women · Axios
• Oil Prices Fall as U.S. Midterm Results Unfold · Wall Street Journal
• US midterm election results: How Americans voted and what the data tells us · Deutsche Welle
• Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms projected to win Georgia governor's race · NBC News

Business & Tech

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Nexus Mods, the biggest PC‑gaming mod repository, announced today that anyone uploading a new mod must disclose whether AI was used in creating it. The policy requires a clear statement on AI involvement for each upload.

Here's Ivy with a look at tomorrow across the country.

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• The biggest modding site in PC gaming is taking a stance on AI · The Verge

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Here’s a look at tomorrow across the country. The National Weather Service has flood warnings for parts of Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, and a flash flood warning for parts of Florida. The warmest spot on our map tomorrow is Miami at 84; the coolest, Seattle at 56.

That's our look at tomorrow. Back to you, Elena.

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