After a decade at the center of American politics, President Trump is politically wounded, with diminished power. Those who know him say the next two years will be unpredictable.
The two companies settled billing disputes between doctors and insurers, keeping patients out of the middle. One let doctors win 96 percent of the time.
The Maine Republican survived tough cycles in the past even as the political ground shifted underneath her. But the anti-Trump fever in her state doomed her this time.
Democrats won control of state governments in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and won chambers in Texas, Georgia and North Carolina.
About a half-dozen Democratic doctors and nurses ran for Congress. Some made opposition to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. central to their campaigns.
The war in Iran, efforts to promote fossil fuels and attacks on renewable energy contributed to higher prices for gas and electricity that drove voter discontent.
President Trump usurped power from the legislative branch with Republican help for two years. Democrats are now positioned to try to claw back some of Congress’s prerogatives.
In a social media post, the vice president offered a critique of the administration’s agenda and messaging in what appeared to be an effort to separate himself from the president.
