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Academy Award-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
by Leila Fadel
Smith's seven-decade stage and screen career included many beloved roles, from "Harry Potter" Professor Minerva McGonagall, to Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey."
Republicans were adamant about overwhelming victories but they didn't happen
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Tara Setmayer, senior adviser to the Lincoln Project, a Republican political action committee, about how election deniers fared in Tuesday's elections.
Arizona has not yet completed its vote counts for the Midterm races
The closely contested gubernatorial race and the contest for the U.S. Senate are still undecided.
A ballot measure passed in Missouri requiring Kansas City to spend more on police
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Quinton Lucas, the Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, who discusses how the 2022 elections could affect police funding and cannabis use.
Republican predictions of big victories in the Midterms did not materialize
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to GOP strategist Scott Jennings, about reaction to the election results.
Exploring whether new voter laws affected the turnout for Midterm elections
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to professor Scot Schraufnagel, political science professor at Northern Illinois University, about voter turnout and claims of election fraud.
The party out of power usually has an advantage in Midterms. How did that play out?
Going into Tuesday night, based on trends, Democrats could expect to lose 20-30 seats in the House. Anything above 40 would be a total blowout. We examine the big picture.
Going into the election, the GOP controlled about two-thirds of state legislatures
In Michigan, Democrats flipped the state house. Minnesota is another place where a state chamber flipped: the senate switched from Red to Blue.
It's still undecided which party controls the House and Senate
Republicans had been forecast in recent days to gain 12-25 seats in the House. Democrats appear to have stemmed the Republican tide.
Young voters turned out for the first time for the 2022 Midterm elections
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jack Lobel of Voters of Tomorrow, an organization focused on engaging and mobilizing Gen Z voters, about election results.
Did Republicans do as well in Midterm races as they had predicted?
Republicans had been forecast in recent days to gain 12-25 seats in the House. With what we know now, how far did the red wave go?
Was the issue of reproductive rights as motivating for Democrats as hoped?
EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler talks to NPR's Rachel Martin about the midterm election results. The group's mission is to elect Democratic pro-choice women into office.
Americans debated abortion rights and on Tuesday voters registered their opinion
NPR's Steve Isnkeep talks Kentucky Public Radio's Divya Karthikeyan about the election results in Kentucky.