US midterm elections 2026 live: all eyes on last two razor-thin Senate races as Democrats vie to expand blue wave

Tight races in Mississippi and Alaska could further tip scale for Democrats; blue wave has already given the party more than 40 new House seatsLive results: see results from races in all 50 statesSign up for Breaking News US emailThe Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to release the latest US jobs report at 8.30am ET today. Analysts have predicted a slight increase in October job numbers, while predicting that unemployment will stay around 4.2%.A reminder that the last report before the midterm elections saw US employers add only 29,000 jobs in September, a sharp drop from August’s gains, and unemployment rose slightly. Continue reading...