We're 2 days out from Election Day. Here's the news that you'll want to know:

(1) the biggest news from the presidential race today

(2) congressional Democrats in disarray, Nancy Pelosi may lose role as Speaker

(3) Americans voted down progressive ballot initiatives across the country

The biggest news from the presidential race today

State of the race

• Both President Trump and Joe Biden have expressed their confidence in winning the presidential election. Now it comes down to the battleground states still counting ballots.

• We're waiting for final counts for the presidential election from Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. A Georgia election official was reportedly hopeful for a final tally today.

Battleground updates

• At least one Senate race in Georgia will go to a run-off election in January 2021. There's a possibility the second Georgia Senate race will also go to a run-off -- which could mean that party control of the U.S. Senate will be decided then.

• There's a pending legal battle in Pennsylvania. This comes after the Trump campaign had a "big legal win" in the state this morning, and vote-counting in Philadelphia was temporarily paused but then resumed.

• And overall, President Trump's campaign has filed lawsuits in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan so far. Earlier today, the President seemed to suggest that his campaign may file more lawsuits in other critical states.

Congressional Democrats are in disarray -- and Nancy Pelosi may lose her role as Speaker of the House.

"'I mean Nancy Pelosi doesn’t even have a majority where she can be elected Speaker again,' Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said on Fox News on Wednesday. 'Whoever would have guessed that it’d be possible that Nancy Pelosi might not be the Speaker?'" (Daily Wire)

• Although House Democrats were expected to win big this week, that didn't happen.

• House Republicans "defied expectations" and have won at least six seats. Although they aren't expected to take the majority, the number of Members (and thus votes!) aligned with the GOP means they will have more influence in the next Congress.

• And House Democrats are blaming just about everyone, including their leadership. As POLITICO reported, "Some in the party questioned the tactics at the top, with several Democrats demanding an overhaul within the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee or DCCC]."

• That has led some centrist Democrats to speculate about replacing Pelosi as Speaker.

Americans voted down progressive ballot initiatives across the country.

"Nonetheless, major defeats for left-leaning proposals add, alongside polling misses and still-razor-thin races for the presidency and Senate, to the overall sense of surprising failure for Democrats on Tuesday evening. Far from the blue wave many predicted, voters' responses to liberal politicians and policies indicate the narrow measure of approval with which any eventually ensconced Democratic coalition might govern." (Washington Free Beacon)

• Americans voted down many progressive state ballot initiatives on Election Day.

• Among the major defeats for progressive ideas, as the Washington Free Beacon reported:

-- Californians voted down an initiative to end cash bail

-- Californians voted down the use of affirmative action in government decision-making

-- Illinois voters said no to a "fair tax," which conservatives criticized as an unfair tax increase

• And, in a victory for pro-life conservatives, Louisiana voters added a pro-life amendment to their state constitution.