Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has defended the Democrats' position to vote against funding the government until Republicans engage in a negotiation over health care that the GOP have repeatedly said they wouldn't partake in unless the lights were turned back on.

Following a night of Democratic electoral victories, one-time GOP presidential candidate and DOGE chief Vivek Ramaswamy admitted, “We got our a--es handed to us."

Protesters at an anti-Trump demonstration in Washington, D.C., were re-energized following significant Democratic victories in elections this week.

A majority of those who voted Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction and anger towards the state of the country, ABC News exit poll analysis shows.