Recent polling indicates strong support among U.S. voters for a third political party to challenge both Republican and Democratic parties. Most voters, however, are not interested in a party led by Elon Musk.
Mitch McConnell told Senate Republicans that Americans concerned about losing Medicaid will 'get over it.' No one will 'get over' losing a loved one because Republicans in Congress failed them.
In many other years, the first set of local elections with a new government and prime minister in place would be scrutinised keenly as a judgment on the PM's performance so far.
So we've got the exit poll, which came out last night just as the polls closed. And that's given us an indication of the vote share. And then vote counting began this morning. The initial suggestion from the exit poll is that Sinn Fein has a narrow lead over the two big center parties. But it is pretty tight between all three.